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Earl Averill    \A-ver-ull\

Howard Earl Averill (Rock or The Earl of Snohomish)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 21, 1902 in Snohomish, WA
High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Braves 1929-1941

Final Game: April 25, 1941 (Age 38)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1975.
   View Earl Averill Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 16, 1983 in Everett, WA
Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, WA
Relatives: Father of Earl Averill
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #158. Ozzie Smith… #159. Jeff Kent… #160. Kiki Cuyler… #161. EARL AVERILL… #162. Adrian Beltre… #163. Buddy Bell… #164. Hugh Duffy… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1929 27 CLE AL 152 680 597 110 198 43 13 18 96 13 14 63 53 .332 .398 .538 .936 136 321 3 17 *8O
1930 28 CLE AL 139 606 534 102 181 33 8 19 119 10 7 56 48 .339 .404 .537 .941 133 287 2 13 *O8/9
1931 29 CLE AL 155 701 627 140 209 36 10 32 143 9 9 68 38 .333 .404 .576 .979 150 361 6 0 *8O MVP-4
1932 30 CLE AL 153 712 631 116 198 37 14 32 124 5 8 75 40 .314 .392 .569 .961 138 359 6 0 *8O MVP-4
1933 31 CLE AL 151 658 599 83 180 39 16 11 92 3 1 54 29 .301 .363 .474 .837 116 284 5 0 *8O AS,MVP-15
1934 32 CLE AL 154 705 598 128 187 48 6 31 113 5 3 99 44 .313 .414 .569 .982 150 340 4 1 *8O AS,MVP-17
1935 33 CLE AL 140 638 563 109 162 34 13 19 79 8 4 70 58 .288 .368 .496 .863 120 279 1 4 *8O AS
1936 34 CLE AL 152 682 614 136 232 39 15 28 126 3 3 65 35 .378 .438 .627 1.065 157 385 1 2 *8O AS,MVP-3
1937 35 CLE AL 156 702 609 121 182 33 11 21 92 5 4 88 65 .299 .387 .493 .880 122 300 0 5 *8O AS,MVP-19
1938 36 CLE AL 134 567 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 5 2 81 48 .330 .429 .535 .965 142 258 3 1 *O89 AS,MVP-8
1939 37 TOT AL 111 427 364 66 96 28 6 11 65 4 3 49 42 .264 .353 .464 .817 103 169 4 1 11 O79/8
1939 37 CLE AL 24 61 55 8 15 8 0 1 7 0 1 6 12 .273 .344 .473 .817 109 26 0 0 0 O9
1939 37 DET AL 87 366 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 4 2 43 30 .262 .354 .463 .817 102 143 4 1 11 O7/8
1940 38 DET AL 64 124 118 10 33 4 1 2 20 0 0 5 14 .280 .309 .381 .690 72 45 3 0 1 O8/79
1941 39 BSN NL 8 19 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .118 .211 .118 .328 -4 2 0 1 0 /O87
13 Yrs 1669 7221 6353 1224 2019 401 128 238 1164 70 58 774 518 .318 .395 .534 .928 133 3390 7 33 55
162 Game Avg. 162 701 617 119 196 39 12 23 113 7 75 50 .318 .395 .534 .928 133 329 3 5
CLE (11 yrs) 1510 6712 5909 1154 1903 377 121 226 1084 66 56 725 470 .322 .399 .542 .940 136 3200 0 31 43
DET (2 yrs) 151 490 427 68 114 24 7 12 78 4 2 48 44 .267 .342 .440 .783 93 188 7 1 12
BSN (1 yr) 8 19 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .118 .211 .118 .328 -4 2 0 1 0
AL (12 yrs) 1661 7202 6336 1222 2017 401 128 238 1162 70 58 773 514 .318 .395 .535 .930 133 3388 7 32 55
NL (1 yr) 8 19 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .118 .211 .118 .328 -4 2 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1929 27 CLE AL 152 680 32 -2 0 -8 -3 18 1.7 25 43 4.2 .511 .511 4.9 -1.0 51 $4,800 *8O
1930 28 CLE AL 139 606 28 -0 0 -6 -3 19 1.7 23 42 4.0 .512 .511 4.5 -0.8 48 $7,000 *O8/9
1931 29 CLE AL 155 701 45 -1 0 -3 -3 38 3.6 26 64 6.1 .523 .522 6.3 -0.5 67 $9,000 *8O MVP-4
1932 30 CLE AL 153 712 34 -2 0 -6 -2 24 2.2 25 50 4.7 .515 .514 5.2 -0.8 56 $12,500 *8O MVP-4
1933 31 CLE AL 151 658 12 1 0 3 -2 15 1.5 25 39 3.8 .509 .509 3.5 0.1 36 $14,500 *8O AS,MVP-15
1934 32 CLE AL 154 705 46 0 0 4 -2 48 4.4 26 74 6.8 .529 .527 6.6 0.2 70 $9,000 *8O AS,MVP-17
1935 33 CLE AL 140 638 14 0 0 2 -2 15 1.3 23 38 3.6 .510 .509 3.5 -0.1 36 $13,500 *8O AS
1936 34 CLE AL 152 682 56 -0 0 -4 -2 50 4.2 24 74 6.5 .528 .526 6.9 -0.5 78 $11,000 *8O AS,MVP-3
1937 35 CLE AL 156 702 21 -0 0 -9 -2 10 0.9 25 35 3.2 .506 .506 4.1 -1.0 44 $15,000 *8O AS,MVP-19
1938 36 CLE AL 134 567 34 1 0 2 -2 35 3.2 20 55 5.0 .523 .519 4.8 0.1 53 $12,000 *O89 AS,MVP-8
1939 37 CLE AL 24 61 0 -0 0 -2 -1 -3 -0.2 2 -0 -0.0 .490 .499 0.1 -0.2 2 O9
1939 37 DET AL 87 366 -0 0 0 -1 -4 -4 -0.4 13 9 0.8 .495 .497 0.9 -0.4 10 $13,000 O7/8
1940 38 DET AL 64 124 -5 0 0 -4 -1 -10 -0.9 4 -6 -0.6 .485 .494 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $10,000 O8/79
1941 39 BSN NL 8 19 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .469 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 /O87
13 Seasons 1669 7221 316 -3 0 -32 -27 254 22.9 262 515 48.1 .514 .510 51.0 -5.3 547 $131,300
CLE (11 yrs) 1510 6712 324 -4 0 -27 -23 270 24.5 244 514 48.0 .516 .514 50.5 -4.5 541 $108,300
DET (2 yrs) 151 490 -5 0 0 -5 -4 -14 -1.4 17 3 0.3 .491 .496 0.7 -0.8 8 $23,000
BSN (1 yr) 8 19 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .469 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 38 DET AL WS CIN L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 CLE AL 27 CF 152 152 152 412 383 14 15 3 .964 2.61 .970 2.89
1929 CLE AL 27 OF 152 152 152 411 383 14 14 3 .966 2.61 .966 2.42
1930 CLE AL 28 OF 134 133 130 375 345 11 19 5 .949 2.66 .965 2.32
1930 CLE AL 28 CF 132 131 128 371 341 11 19 5 .949 2.67 .966 2.84
1930 CLE AL 28 RF 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 1.95
1931 CLE AL 29 CF 155 155 152 417 398 9 10 3 .976 2.63 .975 2.83 MVP-4
1931 CLE AL 29 OF 155 155 152 417 398 9 10 3 .976 2.63 .969 2.38 MVP-4
1932 CLE AL 30 CF 153 153 153 440 412 12 16 3 .964 2.77 .971 2.94 MVP-4
1932 CLE AL 30 OF 153 153 153 440 412 12 16 3 .964 2.77 .967 2.42 MVP-4
1933 CLE AL 31 CF 149 148 147 410 390 8 12 3 .971 2.67 .976 2.75 AS,MVP-15
1933 CLE AL 31 OF 149 148 147 410 390 8 12 3 .971 2.67 .970 2.37 AS,MVP-15
1934 CLE AL 32 CF 154 154 152 435 410 12 13 3 .970 2.74 .972 2.64 AS,MVP-17
1934 CLE AL 32 OF 154 154 152 435 410 12 13 3 .970 2.74 .968 2.29 AS,MVP-17
1935 CLE AL 33 CF 139 139 133 384 371 6 7 2 .982 2.71 .974 2.84 AS
1935 CLE AL 33 OF 139 139 133 384 371 6 7 2 .982 2.71 .970 2.39 AS
1936 CLE AL 34 CF 150 149 140 392 369 11 12 2 .969 2.53 .974 2.82 AS,MVP-3
1936 CLE AL 34 OF 150 149 140 392 369 11 12 2 .969 2.53 .968 2.38 AS,MVP-3
1937 CLE AL 35 CF 156 156 154 382 362 11 9 3 .976 2.39 .974 2.84 AS,MVP-19
1937 CLE AL 35 OF 156 156 154 382 362 11 9 3 .976 2.39 .969 2.35 AS,MVP-19
1938 CLE AL 36 OF 131 131 125 354 331 14 9 2 .975 2.63 .972 2.35 AS,MVP-8
1938 CLE AL 36 CF 118 118 112 333 311 13 9 1 .973 2.75 .972 2.82 AS,MVP-8
1938 CLE AL 36 RF 13 13 13 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.62 .972 2.06 AS,MVP-8
1939 TOT AL 37 OF 91 89 83 176 169 3 4 0 .977 1.89 .969 2.44
1939 CLE AL 37 OF 11 11 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 .969 2.44
1939 CLE AL 37 RF 11 11 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 .962 2.08
1939 DET AL 37 OF 80 78 72 164 157 3 4 0 .976 2.00 .969 2.44
1939 DET AL 37 LF 76 75 69 159 153 2 4 0 .975 2.04 .966 2.38
1939 DET AL 37 CF 4 3 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.25 .976 2.88
1940 DET AL 38 OF 22 17 16 26 23 2 1 0 .962 1.14 .970 2.40
1940 DET AL 38 CF 11 6 6 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.55 .976 2.78
1940 DET AL 38 LF 7 6 6 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0.43 .962 2.33
1940 DET AL 38 RF 5 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.08
1941 BSN NL 39 OF 4 3 1 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 .974 2.30
1941 BSN NL 39 CF 3 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 .980 2.63
1941 BSN NL 39 LF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.30
13 Seasons OF 1590 1579 1538 4209 3968 115 126 29 .970 2.57 .968 2.37
13 Seasons CF 1476 1466 1432 4003 3770 111 122 28 .970 2.63 .972 2.82
3 Seasons LF 84 82 76 165 157 3 5 0 .970 1.90 .966 2.38
4 Seasons RF 31 31 30 42 41 1 0 1 1.000 1.35 .968 2.06
13 Seasons TOT 1590 1579 1538 4209 3968 115 126 29 .970 2.57 .968 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1975 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1975
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1933 *
1934 *
1935
1936 (CF)
1937 (CF)
1938 (CF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (4, 54%)
1932 AL (4, 46%)
1933 AL (15, 6%)
1934 AL (17, 4%)
1936 AL (3, 60%)
1937 AL (19, 5%)
1938 AL (8, 10%)
1.85 Career Shares (111th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1931 AL  6.1 (8th)
1934 AL  6.9 (7th)
1936 AL  6.5 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1931 AL  6.1 (5th)
1932 AL  4.7 (9th)
1934 AL  6.9 (4th)
1936 AL  6.5 (4th)
1938 AL  5.0 (9th)
Career  48.1 (199th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1929 AL  5.0 (10th)
1931 AL  6.3 (4th)
1932 AL  5.3 (6th)
1934 AL  6.6 (4th)
1936 AL  6.9 (3rd)
1938 AL  4.8 (10th)
Career  51.0 (153rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1931 AL  .333 (6th)
1936 AL  .378 (2nd)
1938 AL  .330 (9th)
Career  .318 (59th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1931 AL  .404 (9th)
1934 AL  .414 (8th)
1936 AL  .438 (4th)
1938 AL  .429 (4th)
Career  .395 (79th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1929 AL  .538 (10th)
1930 AL  .537 (8th)
1931 AL  .576 (4th)
1932 AL  .569 (4th)
1933 AL  .474 (10th)
1934 AL  .569 (5th)
1935 AL  .496 (10th)
1936 AL  .627 (4th)
Career  .534 (46th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1930 AL  .941 (10th)
1931 AL  .979 (4th)
1932 AL  .961 (5th)
1934 AL  .982 (6th)
1935 AL  .863 (10th)
1936 AL  1.065 (3rd)
1938 AL  .965 (8th)
Career  .928 (41st)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 AL  152 (7th)
1931 AL  155 (2nd)
1932 AL  153 (5th)
1933 AL  151 (9th)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1937 AL  156 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1929 AL  597 (7th)
1931 AL  627 (1st)
1932 AL  631 (2nd)
1933 AL  599 (8th)
1934 AL  598 (8th)
1937 AL  609 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 AL  680 (7th)
1931 AL  701 (4th)
1932 AL  712 (2nd)
1934 AL  705 (3rd)
1937 AL  702 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1931 AL  140 (3rd)
1932 AL  116 (9th)
1934 AL  128 (3rd)
1935 AL  109 (8th)
1936 AL  136 (5th)
1937 AL  121 (7th)
Career  1,224 (159th)

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  198 (9th)
1931 AL  209 (2nd)
1932 AL  198 (5th)
1933 AL  180 (10th)
1934 AL  187 (10th)
1936 AL  232 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  321 (7th)
1931 AL  361 (3rd)
1932 AL  359 (4th)
1933 AL  284 (6th)
1934 AL  340 (5th)
1936 AL  385 (3rd)
Career  3,390 (188th)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL  43 (5th)
1933 AL  39 (7th)
1934 AL  48 (3rd)
Career  401 (170th)

Triples s c a p y
1929 AL  13 (8th)
1932 AL  14 (5th)
1933 AL  16 (2nd)
1935 AL  13 (5th)
1936 AL  15 (1st)
1937 AL  11 (8th)
1938 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  128 (84th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  18 (6th)
1930 AL  19 (9th)
1931 AL  32 (3rd)
1932 AL  32 (5th)
1934 AL  31 (5th)
1935 AL  19 (8th)
1936 AL  28 (5th)
Career  238 (230th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1931 AL  143 (3rd)
1932 AL  124 (5th)
1934 AL  113 (7th)
1936 AL  126 (7th)
Career  1,164 (169th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  99 (5th)
1937 AL  88 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1929 AL  53 (8th)
1935 AL  58 (9th)
1937 AL  65 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  131 (7th)
1936 AL  150 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1931 AL  150 (4th)
1932 AL  138 (5th)
1934 AL  150 (6th)
1936 AL  157 (3rd)
1938 AL  142 (6th)
Career  133 (132nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1929 AL  123 (9th)
1931 AL  141 (4th)
1932 AL  136 (4th)
1933 AL  102 (10th)
1934 AL  139 (5th)
1935 AL  102 (9th)
1936 AL  167 (2nd)
Career  1,323 (140th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  32 (10th)
1931 AL  44 (5th)
1932 AL  34 (5th)
1934 AL  47 (5th)
1936 AL  54 (2nd)
1938 AL  33 (5th)
Career  312 (115th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL  3.0 (10th)
1931 AL  4.2 (5th)
1932 AL  3.2 (5th)
1934 AL  4.3 (5th)
1936 AL  4.7 (2nd)
1938 AL  3.0 (5th)
Career  28.6 (130th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  74 (6th)
1931 AL  78 (4th)
1932 AL  83 (3rd)
1933 AL  66 (4th)
1934 AL  85 (4th)
1935 AL  66 (5th)
1936 AL  82 (5th)
Career  767 (134th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1929 AL  264 (10th)
1931 AL  283 (4th)
1932 AL  279 (4th)
1934 AL  290 (4th)
1936 AL  298 (4th)
1937 AL  270 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1930 AL  .690 (10th)
1931 AL  .745 (6th)
1932 AL  .714 (5th)
1934 AL  .742 (6th)
1936 AL  .791 (2nd)
1938 AL  .722 (5th)
Career  .691 (88th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL  6 (3rd)
1932 AL  6 (1st)
1933 AL  5 (2nd)
1934 AL  4 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1929 AL  14 (3rd)
1932 AL  8 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1929 AL  15.1 (3rd)
1930 AL  13.1 (8th)
1931 AL  14.0 (3rd)
1935 AL  11.3 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1930 AL  28.1 (9th)
1931 AL  19.6 (4th)
1932 AL  19.7 (5th)
1934 AL  19.3 (7th)
1935 AL  29.6 (9th)
1936 AL  21.9 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 AL  430 (10th)
1932 AL  441 (8th)
1937 AL  436 (8th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 AL  152 (1st)
1930 AL  132 (2nd)
1931 AL  155 (1st)
1932 AL  153 (1st)
1933 AL  149 (2nd)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1935 AL  139 (2nd)
1936 AL  150 (2nd)
1937 AL  156 (1st)
Career  1,476 (33rd)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 AL  383 (1st)
1930 AL  341 (4th)
1931 AL  398 (3rd)
1932 AL  412 (2nd)
1933 AL  390 (2nd)
1934 AL  410 (1st)
1935 AL  371 (4th)
1936 AL  369 (5th)
1937 AL  362 (4th)
Career  3,770 (33rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 AL  14 (3rd)
1930 AL  11 (1st)
1931 AL  9 (4th)
1932 AL  12 (3rd)
1934 AL  12 (2nd)
1936 AL  11 (3rd)
1938 AL  13 (5th)
Career  111 (22nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 AL  15 (1st)
1930 AL  19 (1st)
1931 AL  10 (3rd)
1932 AL  16 (1st)
1933 AL  12 (1st)
1934 AL  13 (1st)
1936 AL  12 (2nd)
1937 AL  9 (4th)
1938 AL  9 (5th)
Career  122 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 AL  3 (4th)
1930 AL  5 (1st)
1931 AL  3 (4th)
1932 AL  3 (4th)
1933 AL  3 (2nd)
1934 AL  3 (1st)
1935 AL  2 (3rd)
1937 AL  3 (5th)
Career  28 (24th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1929 AL  152 (1st)
1931 AL  155 (1st)
1932 AL  153 (2nd)
1933 AL  149 (3rd)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1936 AL  150 (2nd)
1937 AL  156 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1929 AL  383 (1st)
1930 AL  345 (4th)
1931 AL  398 (3rd)
1932 AL  412 (3rd)
1933 AL  390 (2nd)
1934 AL  410 (1st)
1935 AL  371 (5th)
1936 AL  369 (5th)
1937 AL  362 (4th)
Career  3,968 (74th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1938 AL  14 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1929 AL  14 (5th)
1930 AL  19 (1st)
1933 AL  12 (5th)
1934 AL  13 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1930 AL  5 (1st)
1934 AL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  2.67 (3rd)
1934 AL  2.74 (2nd)
1938 AL  2.75 (5th)
Career  2.63 (62nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1930 AL  .949 (5th)
1931 AL  .976 (3rd)
1934 AL  .970 (4th)
1935 AL  .982 (2nd)
1936 AL  .969 (5th)
1937 AL  .976 (3rd)
1938 AL  .973 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1930 AL  2.66 (5th)
1933 AL  2.67 (3rd)
1934 AL  2.74 (1st)
Career  2.57 (54th)

Oldest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1902-05-21 (5th)
1941 NL  born 1902-05-21 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (346), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 128 (107), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 50 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (27th), 48.1 career WAR/37.4 7yr-peak WAR/42.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Chuck Klein (915) *
  2. Bob Johnson (872)
  3. Babe Herman (858)
  4. Kirby Puckett (855) *
  5. Magglio Ordonez (853)
  6. Brian Giles (847)
  7. Dante Bichette (846)
  8. Minnie Minoso (838)
  9. Moises Alou (834)
  10. Cy Williams (834)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Johnny Frederick (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Frederick (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Josh Hamilton (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Josh Hamilton (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Johnson (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Johnson (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chick Hafey (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chick Hafey (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Babe Herman (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Babe Herman (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chuck Klein (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chuck Klein (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Chuck Klein (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
192927Cleveland Indians$4,800Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193028Cleveland Indians$7,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193129Cleveland Indians$9,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193230Cleveland Indians$12,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193331Cleveland Indians$14,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193432Cleveland Indians$9,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193533Cleveland Indians$13,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193634Cleveland Indians$11,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts3/18/37 TSN:13500.00,
193735Cleveland Indians$15,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193836Cleveland Indians$12,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193937Detroit Tigers$13,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194038Detroit Tigers$10,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$131,300
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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