Earl Averill

Earl Douglas Averill

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 9, 1931 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)
School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cubs/Indians/Phillies/WhiteSox 1956-1963

Final Game: September 26, 1963
Relatives: Son of Earl Averill
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Standard Batting

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
1953	21	CLE-min	A	71	210	210		66	10	4	6						.314	.314	.486	.800		102							REA · EL
1954	22	CLE-min	A	113	353	353		104	17	5	10						.295	.295	.456	.751		161							REA · EL
1955	23	CIN-CLE-min	AA,AAA	96	308	294	13	82	17	1	11	21	0		11	17	.279	.302	.456	.758		134	1	0	0	3			NVL,INA · SOUA,AA
1956	24	CLE-min	AAA	22	64	58	9	14	1	0	5	13	2		4	13	.241	.297	.517	.814		30	0	1	0	1			INA · AA
1956	24	CLE	AL	42	110	93	12	22	6	0	3	14	0	1	14	25	.237	.343	.398	.740	94	37	2	1	2	0	1	2

1957	25	CLE-min	Opn	119	440	381	58	104	19	4	19	67	3		54	66	.273	.362	.493	.856		188	11	1	1	3			SDG · PCL
1958	26	CLE-min	AAA	112	470	401	84	139	16	7	24	87	2		58	63	.347	.428	.601	1.029		241	8	4	0	7			SDG · PCL
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	98	84	2	2	0	2	1	25/74
1960	28	ATL-min	AAA	21	66	57	6	11	0	0	2	4	0		9	10	.193	.303	.298	.601		17							LOU · AA
1960	28	TOT	MLB	62	135	116	16	27	4	0	1	15	1	1	15	18	.233	.321	.293	.614	71	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	71	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	391	323	56	86	9	0	21	59	1	0	62	70	.266	.384	.489	.873	123	158	9	2	1	4	1	2/74
1962	30	LAA	AL	92	233	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
1964	32	BOS-min	AAA	125	465	396	57	125	20	0	14	60	5	2	56	54	.316	.408	.472	.880		187		7	4	2			SLE · PCL
1965	33	ANA-BOS-min	AAA	119	452	397	47	102	15	3	13	71	1	1	47	73	.257	.332	.408	.740		162		0	3	5			SLE,TTO · PCL,IL
7 Yrs				449	1217	1031	137	249	41	0	44	159	3	3	162	220	.242	.346	.409	.755	102	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	102	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	89	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	80	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	105	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	95	145	7	3	2	6	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1956	24	CLE	AL	42	110	-2	0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.2	0.0	2	$	2

1958	26	CLE	AL	17	60	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	5
1959	27	CHC	NL	74	205	-1	-0	0	-3	2	-2	-0.2	7	4	0.5	.497	.498	0.8	-0.1	8	$	25/74
1960	28	CHC	NL	52	117	-4	-1	-0	-3	1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.485	.495	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	2/57
1960	28	CHW	AL	10	18	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1961	29	LAA	AL	115	391	10	0	-1	-6	4	8	0.6	11	18	1.7	.507	.505	2.5	-0.2	24	$	2/74
1962	30	LAA	AL	92	233	-0	-0	1	4	-2	3	0.2	6	9	0.9	.503	.502	0.5	0.2	5	$	7/2
1963	31	PHI	NL	47	83	2	-0	-0	-1	0	0	0.1	3	3	0.4	.501	.500	0.5	-0.1	5	$	2/735
7 Seasons				449	1217	1	-1	-1	-9	7	-2	-0.5	36	34	3.2	.499	.500	4.3	-0.3	43	$

LAA (2 yrs)				207	624	9	0	0	-2	3	11	0.9	17	28	2.6	.505	.503	3.0	-0.0	29	$
CHC (2 yrs)				126	322	-5	-1	-0	-6	3	-10	-1.0	11	1	0.1	.492	.497	0.7	-0.3	7	$
CLE (2 yrs)				59	170	-4	0	-0	-0	1	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.1	0.1	2	$
PHI (1 yr)				47	83	2	-0	-0	-1	0	0	0.1	3	3	0.4	.501	.500	0.5	-0.1	5	$
CHW (1 yr)				10	18	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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	108	.292	.237	.270	.343	.352	.398	.412	.740	.764	94	.478	-0.7	-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	4.6	103	.245	.237	.268	.298	.334	.452	.415	.749	.748	98	.493	-0.9	-0.1	.690	.290	.215	.0
1960	28	TOT	MLB	135	96	12	3.4	98	.263	.233	.261	.321	.328	.293	.401	.614	.729	71	.382	-3.9	-0.4	.538	.190	.060	1.0
1960	28	CHC	NL	117	85	10	3.2	98	.264	.235	.261	.310	.326	.304	.400	.614	.727	71	.357	-3.6	-0.4	.524	.176	.069	1.0
1960	28	CHW	AL	18	11	2	4.9	101	.250	.214	.264	.389	.337	.214	.403	.603	.740	69	.540	-0.4	-0.0	.636	.286	.000
1961	29	LAA	AL	391	251	64	6.8	112	.275	.266	.275	.384	.352	.489	.428	.873	.780	123	.667	12.2	1.2	.907	.418	.223	1.9
1962	30	LAA	AL	233	149	26	4.7	100	.270	.219	.259	.366	.331	.332	.404	.698	.736	93	.514	0.4	0.0	.716	.342	.112	.0
1963	31	PHI	NL	83	57	11	5.2	89	.286	.268	.253	.341	.315	.423	.378	.764	.693	120	.627	2.2	0.2	.722	.282	.155	.0
7 Yrs				1217	823	155	5.0	104	.263	.242	.267	.346	.339	.409	.412	.755	.750	102	.549	5.6	0.5	.734	.325	.168	5.6
162 Game Avg.				439	297	56	5.0	104	.263	.242	.267	.346	.339	.409	.412	.755	.750	102	.549	2	0	.734	.325	.168	2

LAA (2 yrs)				624	400	90	6.0	108	.273	.249	.269	.377	.344	.431	.420	.809	.764	112	.619	12.6	1.2	.835	.390	.182	1.9
CHC (2 yrs)				322	232	35	4.0	101	.252	.236	.265	.302	.331	.399	.410	.701	.741	89	.448	-4.4	-0.4	.630	.250	.163	1.8
CLE (2 yrs)				170	123	17	3.7	104	.243	.216	.266	.310	.344	.365	.406	.674	.750	80	.399	-4.4	-0.4	.612	.270	.149	1.7
PHI (1 yr)				83	57	11	5.2	89	.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	.264	.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	.344	.412	.416	.776	.760	105	.577	7.9	0.7	.779	.362	.171	3.8
NL (3 yrs)				405	289	46	4.3	99	.259	.242	.263	.310	.328	.404	.403	.714	.731	95	.486	-2.2	-0.2	.648	.256	.162	1.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	1.19	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	391	5.4%	17.9%	15.9%	7.7%	35%	1.13	4.6	15.4	5.5	0.89	60%
1962	30	LAA	AL	233	1.7%	20.2%	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 Yrs				1217	3.6%	18.1%	13.3%	7.0%	34%	1.36	4.7	23.4	6.5	0.93	64%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.5%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.6	37.8	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	24	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	111	-0.3	1.4	-1.7	.95	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	0.97	-2.2	1.86	8

1958	26	CLE	AL	-3.7	-0.4	61	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.00	-0.3	0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.97	-2.4		0
1959	27	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	208	0.7	5.3	-4.6	1.30	-0.1	0.7	2.9	0.3	0.99	-0.6	2.54	25
1960	28	TOT	MLB	-4.1	-0.4	141	-0.7	2.7	-3.4	1.32	-0.5	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	-3.6	1.92	30
1960	28	CHC	NL	-3.7	-0.4	123	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	1.29	-0.5	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	1.01	-3.9	1.83	25
1960	28	CHW	AL	-0.4	-0.0	18	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.51	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.90	0.3	2.40	5
1961	29	LAA	AL	11.8	1.2	398	1.7	9.1	-7.3	1.08	1.6	0.0	17.4	1.6	0.96	20.4	1.53	23
1962	30	LAA	AL	0.4	0.0	236	-0.4	3.7	-4.2	1.03	0.0	-0.5	3.9	0.4	1.00	2.1	1.72	34
1963	31	PHI	NL	2.2	0.2	83	0.2	1.8	-1.6	1.31	0.4	-0.3	2.3	0.2	0.97	5.2	1.62	24
7 Yrs				4.7	0.4	1238	1.1	25.1	-23.9	1.13	1.1	-0.0	21.8	2.0	0.98	18.9	1.86	144

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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%	69	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%	45	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	29%	7	6	1	4	3	1	6	3	3
1960	28	CHC	NL	1	0	37%	36	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	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%	166	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 Yrs				12	0	25%	438	3	3	50%	2	1	1	1	0	1	6	1	10	16	44%	60	35	25	19	13	5	35	14	20

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.86	3	0	6	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	24	2	8%	8	3	38%	80	12	15%	9	7	78%	4	4	100%	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%	0	0		0
1959	27	CHC	NL	205	47%	44			25	10	1	8	2.54	10	2	8	8	2	3	7	0	0	0		41	2	5%	15	3	20%	138	25	18%	14	6	43%	11	6	55%	0
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%	7	2	29%	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%	7	2	29%	0
1960	28	CHW	AL	18	44%	3			5	1	0	1	2.40	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	391	31%	86			23	8	0	4	1.53	21	0	12	14	7	16	5	0	2	1	50%	78	9	12%	43	11	26%	255	39	15%	23	8	35%	21	8	38%	0
1962	30	LAA	AL	233	43%	41			34	7	1	6	1.72	4	0	8	2	2	3	1	0	0	0		40	2	5%	22	2	9%	164	19	12%	17	4	24%	8	6	75%	0
1963	31	PHI	NL	83	83%	19			24	4	1	3	1.62	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	1	33%	22	2	9%	9	4	44%	53	7	13%	4	2	50%	5	3	60%	0
7 Yrs				1217	41%	249			144	37	4	28	1.86	44	2	41	29	15	26	18	0	8	5	63%	242	22	9%	115	26	23%	811	122	15%	80	34	43%	56	29	52%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	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	3	14	0	1	14	25	.237	.343	.398	.740	94	37	2	1	2	0	1
1957	25	42	110	93	12	22	6	3	14	0	1	14	25	.237	.343	.398	.740	94	37	2	1	2	0	1
1958	26	59	170	148	14	32	7	5	21	1	1	18	32	.216	.310	.365	.674	80	54	4	2	2	0	1
1959	27	133	375	334	36	76	17	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	16	70	2	3	48	89	.229	.308	.382	.690	85	172	9	5	3	4	3
1961	29	310	901	773	108	189	30	37	129	3	3	110	159	.245	.341	.427	.768	102	330	18	7	4	8	4
1962	30	402	1134	960	129	230	39	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	44	159	3	3	162	220	.242	.346	.409	.755	102	422	22	8	5	11	8

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	24	44	113	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	214	194	23	46	10	0	10	36	0	16	41	.237	.299	.443	.742	26	74
1960	28	65	141	121	17	28	4	0	1	16	1	16	19	.231	.321	.289	.611	12	62
1961	29	115	382	317	50	80	8	0	20	52	1	58	70	.252	.367	.467	.834	54	115
1962	30	92	232	187	21	41	9	0	4	22	0	43	47	.219	.366	.332	.698	23	92
1963	31	47	86	73	9	21	2	0	3	9	0	10	14	.288	.365	.438	.803	12	47
7 Yrs		458	1230	1045	134	248	40	0	43	156	3	161	224	.237	.340	.399	.739	144	449
162 Game Avg.		162	435	370	47	88	14	0	15	55	1	57	79	.237	.340	.399	.739	51	449

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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