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Earl Averill
Howard Earl Averill (Rock and Earl of Snohomish)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 21, 1902 in Snohomish, WA
High School: Snohomish (Snohomish, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929
Final Game: April 25, 1941
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1975.
Died: August 16, 1983 in Everett, WA
Relatives: Father of Earl Averill
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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 151 680 597 110 198 43 13 18 96 13 13 63 53 .332 .398 .538 .936 135 321 3 17 *O
1930 28 CLE AL 139 605 534 102 181 33 8 19 119 10 7 56 48 .339 .404 .537 .941 133 287 2 13 *O
1931 29 CLE AL 155 701 627 140 209 36 10 32 143 9 9 68 38 .333 .404 .576 .979 149 361 6 0 *O 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 *O 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 *O AS,MVP-15
1934 32 CLE AL 154 702 598 128 187 48 6 31 113 5 3 99 44 .313 .414 .569 .982 151 340 4 1 *O 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 *O 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 *O 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 *O 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 *O AS,MVP-8
1939 37 TOT AL 111 425 364 66 96 28 6 11 65 4 3 49 42 .264 .353 .464 .817 103 169 4 1 11 O
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 O
1939 37 DET AL 87 364 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 4 2 43 30 .262 .354 .463 .817 102 143 4 1 11 O
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 O
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 /O
13 Seasons 1668 7215 6353 1224 2019 401 128 238 1164 70 57 774 518 .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) 1509 6708 5909 1154 1903 377 121 226 1084 66 55 725 470 .322 .399 .542 .940 136 3200 0 31 43
DET (2 yrs) 151 488 427 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) 1660 7196 6336 1222 2017 401 128 238 1162 70 57 773 514 .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

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1929 CLE AL 27 OF 151 412 384 14 14 3 .966 2.64 .966 2.28 0-151-0
1930 CLE AL 28 OF 134 375 345 11 19 5 .949 2.66 .966 2.16 0-132-2
1931 CLE AL 29 OF 155 417 398 9 10 3 .976 2.63 .969 2.25 0-155-0 MVP-4
1932 CLE AL 30 OF 153 440 412 12 16 3 .964 2.77 .967 2.28 0-153-0 MVP-4
1933 CLE AL 31 OF 149 410 390 8 12 3 .971 2.67 .970 2.21 0-149-0 AS,MVP-15
1934 CLE AL 32 OF 154 435 410 12 13 3 .970 2.74 .968 2.16 0-154-0 AS,MVP-17
1935 CLE AL 33 OF 139 384 371 6 7 2 .982 2.71 .970 2.30 0-139-0 AS
1936 CLE AL 34 OF 150 392 369 11 12 2 .969 2.53 .968 2.29 0-150-0 AS,MVP-3
1937 CLE AL 35 OF 156 382 362 11 9 3 .976 2.39 .969 2.28 0-156-0 AS,MVP-19
1938 CLE AL 36 OF 131 354 331 14 9 2 .975 2.63 .972 2.28 0-118-13 AS,MVP-8
1939 TOT AL 37 OF 91 176 169 3 4 0 .977 1.89 .969 2.35 75-5-11
1939 CLE AL 37 OF 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 .967 2.35 0-0-11
1939 DET AL 37 OF 80 164 157 3 4 0 .976 2.00 .969 2.35 75-5-0
1940 DET AL 38 OF 22 26 23 2 1 0 .962 1.14 .969 2.32 7-11-5
1941 BSN NL 39 OF 4 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 .971 2.15 1-3-0
13 Seasons OF 1589 4210 3969 115 126 29 .970 2.57 .968 2.26 83-1476-31
13 Seasons TOT 1589 4210 3969 115 126 29 .970 2.57 .938 2.26 83-1476-31

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (106th)

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--76th

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--44th

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--40th

Games Played s c a p y
1929 AL--151--9th
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--702--4th
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--1224--154th

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
Career--2019--247th

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--3390--174th

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL--43--5th
1933 AL--39--7th
1934 AL--48--3rd
Career--401--157th

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--219th

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--1164--158th

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--149--6th
1932 AL--138--5th
1934 AL--151--6th
1936 AL--157--3rd
1938 AL--142--6th
Career--133--126th

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--1323--134th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL--31--10th
1931 AL--44--5th
1932 AL--34--4th
1934 AL--48--5th
1936 AL--54--2nd
1938 AL--33--5th
Career--311--113th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL--2.9--10th
1931 AL--4.1--5th
1932 AL--3.2--4th
1934 AL--4.4--5th
1936 AL--4.7--2nd
1938 AL--3.0--5th
Career--28.5--127th

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--120th

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
Career--2826--238th

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--87th

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--13--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--429--10th
1932 AL--441--8th
1937 AL--436--8th

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 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 128 (106), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 50 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1929 Season: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from San Francisco (PCL).

June 14, 1939: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Eisenstat and cash.

February 8, 1941: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 26, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

April 29, 1941: Released by the Boston Braves.

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