Earl Averill
Earl Douglas Averill
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 9, 1931 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Snohomish (Snohomish, WA)
School: University of Oregon
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Final Game: September 26, 1963
Relatives: Son 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
1956 24 CLE AL 42 110 93 12 22 6 0 3 14 0 1 14 25 .237 .343 .398 .740 93 37 2 1 2 0 1 2
1958 26 CLE AL 17 60 55 2 10 1 0 2 7 1 0 4 7 .182 .250 .309 .559 54 17 2 1 0 0 0 5
1959 27 CHC NL 74 205 186 22 44 10 0 10 34 0 1 15 39 .237 .298 .452 .749 97 84 2 2 0 2 1 25/74
1960 28 TOT MLB 62 135 116 16 27 4 0 1 15 1 1 15 18 .233 .321 .293 .614 70 34 3 1 1 2 1 2/57
1960 28 CHC NL 52 117 102 14 24 4 0 1 13 1 1 11 16 .235 .310 .304 .614 70 31 3 1 1 2 1 2/57
1960 28 CHW AL 10 18 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .214 .389 .214 .603 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1961 29 LAA AL 115 392 323 56 86 9 0 21 59 1 0 62 70 .266 .384 .489 .873 122 158 9 2 1 4 1 2/74
1962 30 LAA AL 92 232 187 21 41 9 0 4 22 0 0 43 47 .219 .366 .332 .698 93 62 2 1 0 1 3 7/2
1963 31 PHI NL 47 83 71 8 19 2 0 3 8 0 0 9 14 .268 .341 .423 .764 120 30 2 0 1 2 1 2/735
7 Seasons 449 1217 1031 137 249 41 0 44 159 3 3 162 220 .242 .346 .409 .755 101 422 22 8 5 11 8
162 Game Avg. 162 439 372 49 90 15 0 16 57 1 1 58 79 .242 .346 .409 .755 101 152 8 3 2 4 3
LAA (2 yrs) 207 624 510 77 127 18 0 25 81 1 0 105 117 .249 .377 .431 .809 112 220 11 3 1 5 4
CHC (2 yrs) 126 322 288 36 68 14 0 11 47 1 2 26 55 .236 .302 .399 .701 88 115 5 3 1 4 2
CLE (2 yrs) 59 170 148 14 32 7 0 5 21 1 1 18 32 .216 .310 .365 .674 79 54 4 2 2 0 1
PHI (1 yr) 47 83 71 8 19 2 0 3 8 0 0 9 14 .268 .341 .423 .764 120 30 2 0 1 2 1
CHW (1 yr) 10 18 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .214 .389 .214 .603 69 3 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 276 812 672 93 162 25 0 30 104 2 1 127 151 .241 .363 .412 .776 104 277 15 5 3 5 5
NL (3 yrs) 173 405 359 44 87 16 0 14 55 1 2 35 69 .242 .310 .404 .714 94 145 7 3 2 6 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 24 CLE AL 110 76 13 4.6 109 .292 .237 .271 .343 .353 .398 .413 .740 .767 93 .478 -0.8 -0.1 .689 .301 .161 .0
1958 26 CLE AL 60 47 4 2.3 97 .174 .182 .260 .250 .329 .309 .396 .559 .725 54 .238 -3.7 -0.4 .489 .218 .127 1.3
1959 27 CHC NL 205 147 25 4.5 104 .245 .237 .269 .298 .335 .452 .416 .749 .751 97 .492 -1.1 -0.1 .690 .290 .215 .0
1960 28 TOT MLB 135 96 12 3.4 99 .263 .233 .262 .321 .329 .293 .402 .614 .731 70 .382 -4.1 -0.4 .538 .190 .060 1.0
1960 28 CHC NL 117 85 10 3.2 98 .264 .235 .262 .310 .328 .304 .402 .614 .730 70 .357 -3.7 -0.4 .524 .176 .069 1.0
1960 28 CHW AL 18 11 2 4.9 101 .250 .214 .263 .389 .337 .214 .403 .603 .740 69 .540 -0.4 0.0 .636 .286 .000
1961 29 LAA AL 392 251 64 6.8 113 .275 .266 .276 .384 .353 .489 .430 .873 .783 122 .667 11.8 1.1 .907 .418 .223 1.9
1962 30 LAA AL 232 149 26 4.7 100 .270 .219 .259 .366 .331 .332 .404 .698 .735 93 .514 0.4 0.0 .716 .342 .112 .0
1963 31 PHI NL 83 57 11 5.2 88 .286 .268 .253 .341 .315 .423 .378 .764 .693 120 .627 2.2 0.2 .722 .282 .155 .0
7 Seasons 1217 823 155 5.0 105 .263 .242 .267 .346 .339 .409 .413 .755 .752 101 .548 4.7 0.3 .734 .325 .168 5.6
162 Game Avg. 439 297 56 5.0 105 .263 .242 .267 .346 .339 .409 .413 .755 .752 101 .548 2 0 .734 .325 .168 2
LAA (2 yrs) 624 400 90 6.0 108 .273 .249 .270 .377 .345 .431 .421 .809 .766 112 .619 12.2 1.1 .835 .390 .182 1.9
CHC (2 yrs) 322 232 35 4.0 102 .252 .236 .266 .302 .332 .399 .411 .701 .743 88 .448 -4.8 -0.5 .630 .250 .163 1.8
CLE (2 yrs) 170 123 17 3.7 105 .243 .216 .267 .310 .345 .365 .407 .674 .751 79 .399 -4.5 -0.5 .612 .270 .149 1.7
PHI (1 yr) 83 57 11 5.2 88 .286 .268 .253 .341 .315 .423 .378 .764 .693 120 .627 2.2 0.2 .722 .282 .155 .0
CHW (1 yr) 18 11 2 4.9 101 .250 .214 .263 .389 .337 .214 .403 .603 .740 69 .540 -0.4 0.0 .636 .286 .000
AL (5 yrs) 812 534 109 5.5 107 .266 .241 .269 .363 .345 .412 .417 .776 .762 104 .577 7.3 0.6 .779 .362 .171 3.8
NL (3 yrs) 405 289 46 4.3 99 .259 .242 .264 .310 .329 .404 .405 .714 .733 94 .486 -2.6 -0.3 .648 .256 .162 1.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 24 CLE AL 110 2.7% 22.7% 12.7% 8.2% 41% 1.79 3.7 31.0 6.6 1.27 59%
1958 26 CLE AL 60 3.3% 11.7% 6.7% 5.0% 30% 1.75 7.9 27.5 7.9 0.95 77%
1959 27 CHC NL 205 4.9% 19.0% 7.3% 9.8% 46% 2.60 4.8 18.6 5.5 1.15 68%
1960 28 TOT MLB 135 0.7% 13.3% 11.1% 3.7% 19% 1.20 6.4 116.0 7.7 1.00 73%
1960 28 CHC NL 117 0.9% 13.7% 9.4% 4.3% 21% 1.45 6.4 102.0 7.8 0.91 74%
1960 28 CHW AL 18 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.50 7.0 7.0 2.00 67%
1961 29 LAA AL 392 5.4% 17.9% 15.8% 7.7% 35% 1.13 4.6 15.4 5.5 0.78 60%
1962 30 LAA AL 232 1.7% 20.3% 18.5% 5.6% 32% 1.09 4.0 46.8 8.5 0.87 59%
1963 31 PHI NL 83 3.6% 16.9% 10.8% 6.0% 26% 1.56 5.1 23.7 8.9 0.45 67%
7 Seasons 1217 3.6% 18.1% 13.3% 7.0% 34% 1.36 4.7 23.4 6.5 0.90 64%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 24 CLE AL 0 0 27% 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 3
1958 26 CLE AL 2 0 0% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 CHC NL 2 0 24% 67 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 29% 7 4 3 2 2 0 5 4 1
1960 28 TOT MLB 1 0 36% 44 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 29% 7 6 1 4 3 1 6 3 3
1960 28 CHC NL 1 0 37% 35 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 31% 7 6 1 3 2 1 6 3 3
1960 28 CHW AL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 29 LAA AL 2 0 27% 160 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 55% 24 13 11 7 4 3 11 2 9
1962 30 LAA AL 3 0 21% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 42% 14 7 7 6 4 1 6 3 3
1963 31 PHI NL 2 0 20% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 12 0 25% 429 3 3 50% 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 1 10 17 44% 60 35 25 19 13 5 35 14 20
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 24 CLE AL 110 40% 22 8 2 0 2 1.90 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 24 2 8% 8 3 38% 80 12 15% 9 7 78% 5 3 60% 0
1958 26 CLE AL 60 7% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 2 15% 7 0 0% 36 6 17% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1959 27 CHC NL 197 49% 44 25 10 1 8 2.56 10 2 8 8 2 3 7 0 0 0 39 2 5% 15 3 20% 133 25 19% 14 6 43% 14 5 36% 8
1960 28 TOT MLB 135 44% 27 30 6 1 5 1.92 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 11 3 27% 85 14 16% 10 6 60% 9 1 11% 0
1960 28 CHC NL 117 44% 24 25 5 1 4 1.83 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 22 3 14% 10 3 30% 78 12 15% 9 5 56% 9 1 11% 0
1960 28 CHW AL 18 44% 3 5 1 0 1 2.36 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1961 29 LAA AL 381 32% 86 23 8 0 4 1.53 21 0 11 14 7 16 5 0 2 1 50% 76 9 12% 41 11 27% 247 39 16% 23 8 35% 27 8 30% 10
1962 30 LAA AL 231 43% 41 34 7 1 6 1.74 4 0 8 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 40 2 5% 22 2 9% 164 19 12% 17 4 24% 15 7 47% 2
1963 31 PHI NL 83 83% 19 24 4 1 3 1.73 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 33% 22 2 9% 9 4 44% 53 7 13% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 1197 41% 249 144 37 4 28 1.89 44 2 40 29 15 26 18 0 8 5 63% 238 22 9% 113 26 23% 798 122 15% 80 34 43% 76 26 34% 20
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 24 42 110 93 12 22 6 0 3 14 0 1 14 25 .237 .343 .398 .740 93 37 2 1 2 0 1
1957 25 42 110 93 12 22 6 0 3 14 0 1 14 25 .237 .343 .398 .740 93 37 2 1 2 0 1
1958 26 59 170 148 14 32 7 0 5 21 1 1 18 32 .216 .310 .365 .674 79 54 4 2 2 0 1
1959 27 133 375 334 36 76 17 0 15 55 1 2 33 71 .228 .303 .413 .716 90 138 6 4 2 2 2
1960 28 195 510 450 52 103 21 0 16 70 2 3 48 89 .229 .308 .382 .690 85 172 9 5 3 4 3
1961 29 310 902 773 108 189 30 0 37 129 3 3 110 159 .245 .341 .427 .768 101 330 18 7 4 8 4
1962 30 402 1134 960 129 230 39 0 41 151 3 3 153 206 .240 .346 .408 .754 100 392 20 8 4 9 7
1963 31 449 1217 1031 137 249 41 0 44 159 3 3 162 220 .242 .346 .409 .755 101 422 22 8 5 11 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 24 44 111 96 12 22 6 0 3 14 0 14 26 .229 .333 .385 .719 13 42
1958 26 18 62 57 2 10 1 0 2 7 1 4 7 .175 .242 .298 .540 4 17
1959 27 77 215 195 24 47 11 0 11 37 0 16 41 .241 .302 .467 .769 27 74
1960 28 65 143 123 18 30 4 0 1 17 1 17 19 .244 .336 .301 .636 13 62
1961 29 115 384 319 49 82 9 0 20 52 1 59 70 .257 .372 .473 .846 56 115
1962 30 92 242 192 22 46 10 0 4 23 0 48 47 .240 .393 .354 .747 27 92
1963 31 47 85 73 9 21 2 0 3 9 0 10 14 .288 .365 .438 .803 12 47
7 Seasons 458 1242 1055 136 258 43 0 44 159 3 168 224 .245 .349 .410 .760 152 449
162 Game Avg. 162 439 373 48 91 15 0 16 56 1 59 79 .245 .349 .410 .760 54 449

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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