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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1956 CLE AL 24 C 34 25 17 225.0 173 157 15 1 2 .994 -1 -5 6.88 5.06 .988 5.91 5.86 2 6 16 9 36% 44% 0
1958 CLE AL 26 3B 17 17 5 126.1 51 10 34 7 3 .863 0 5 3.13 2.59 .951 3.11 3.08
1959 CHC NL 27 C 32 25 22 236.2 191 173 11 7 1 .963 -4 -20 7.00 5.75 .989 6.34 6.28 3 6 18 5 22% 38% 1
1959 CHC NL 27 3B 13 13 8 109.0 53 16 32 5 2 .906 -0 -1 3.96 3.69 .950 2.97 2.94
1959 CHC NL 27 LF 5 4 1 31.1 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0 11 1.44 1.00 .972 2.04 2.02
1959 CHC NL 27 OF 5 4 1 31.1 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0 11 1.44 1.00 .977 2.21 2.20
1959 CHC NL 27 2B 2 1 1 11.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 1 76 7.36 4.50 .976 5.24 5.20
1960 TOT MLB 28 C 39 24 11 213.1 167 154 10 3 1 .982 -3 -17 6.92 4.21 .986 6.50 6.49 3 7 16 4 20% 40% 0
1960 CHC NL 28 C 34 21 9 187.0 141 130 8 3 1 .979 -3 -19 6.64 4.06 .986 6.58 6.57 2 6 15 3 17% 40% 0
1960 CHC NL 28 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
1960 CHC NL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1960 CHC NL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
1960 CHW AL 28 C 5 3 2 26.1 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 8.89 5.20 .987 5.91 5.92 1 1 1 1 50% 40% 0
1961 LAA AL 29 C 88 78 72 708.1 585 542 38 5 6 .991 -5 -8 7.37 6.59 .989 6.21 6.14 17 24 44 16 27% 36% 4
1961 LAA AL 29 LF 9 7 3 54.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 0.83 0.56 .968 2.00 1.98
1961 LAA AL 29 OF 9 7 3 54.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 0.99 0.67 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 LAA AL 29 2B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0.00 0.00 5.10 5.20
1962 LAA AL 30 LF 49 42 17 348.1 76 74 2 0 0 1.000 4 16 1.96 1.55 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 LAA AL 30 OF 49 42 17 348.1 72 70 2 0 0 1.000 4 16 1.86 1.47 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 LAA AL 30 C 6 3 3 36.2 20 15 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.91 3.33 .989 6.31 6.28 1 2 2 3 60% 36% 0
1963 PHI NL 31 C 20 8 3 84.2 89 77 9 3 0 .966 -1 -14 9.14 4.30 .986 7.07 7.05 2 6 5 5 50% 42% 0
1963 PHI NL 31 LF 9 5 2 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.25 1.00 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 PHI NL 31 OF 8 5 2 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.25 1.13 .977 2.00 2.00
1963 PHI NL 31 1B 1 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1963 PHI NL 31 3B 1 1 1 9.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -1 -80 5.00 5.00 .941 2.90 2.90
6 Seasons C 219 163 128 1504.2 1225 1118 88 19 10 .984 -14 -11 7.21 5.51 .988 6.28 6.27 28 51 101 42 29% 39% 5
5 Seasons LF 73 58 23 471.0 97 94 2 1 0 .990 4 10 1.83 1.32 .975 1.99 1.97
5 Seasons OF 72 58 23 471.0 94 91 2 1 0 .989 4 10 1.78 1.29 .979 2.18 2.17
4 Seasons 3B 32 31 14 246.1 111 28 69 14 5 .874 -0 -1 3.54 3.03 .950 3.04 3.02
2 Seasons 2B 3 1 1 14.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 1 69 5.79 3.00 .976 5.21 5.20
1 Season 1B 1 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
7 Seasons TOT 327 254 166 2238.0 1440 1241 165 34 16 .976 -10 -5 5.65 4.30 .985 5.06 5.05 28 51 101 42 29% 39% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1956 CLE AL 24 C -1 -5 -1
1958 CLE AL 26 3B 0 5 0 -1 2 0
1959 CHC NL 27 C -4 -20 -4
1959 CHC NL 27 3B -0 -1 -0 0 -0 0
1959 CHC NL 27 LF 0 11 0 -0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 27 2B 1 76 1 1 0 0
1960 CHC NL 28 C -3 -19 -3
1960 CHC NL 28 3B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
1960 CHC NL 28 LF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 C 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 29 C -5 -8 -5
1961 LAA AL 29 LF -1 -24 -1 -1 0 0
1961 LAA AL 29 2B 0 40 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 30 LF 4 16 2 2 1 2
1962 LAA AL 30 C 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 31 C -1 -14 -1
1963 PHI NL 31 LF 0 7 0 1 -1 0
1963 PHI NL 31 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 31 3B -1 -80 -1 -1 0 0
6 Seasons C -14 -11 -14
5 Seasons LF 4 10 2 1 1 2
4 Seasons 3B -0 -1 -0 -1 1 0
2 Seasons 2B 1 69 1 1 0 0
1 Season 1B 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT -10 -5 2 0 2 0 2 -14
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 CLE AL 24 42 25 42 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1958 CLE AL 26 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 27 74 43 74 50 0 32 0 2 13 0 5 0 0 5 0 29 0
1960 CHC NL 28 52 21 52 36 0 34 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 29 0
1960 CHW AL 28 10 3 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 LAA AL 29 115 85 115 95 0 87 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 27 0
1962 LAA AL 30 92 45 92 54 0 6 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 0 40 0
1963 PHI NL 31 47 15 47 29 0 20 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 9 0 27 0
7 Seasons 449 254 449 320 0 218 1 3 32 0 73 0 0 73 0 168 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1956 CLE AL 24 959 3.36 3.93 24 100% 0 0 156 22 1 4 129 14 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1959 CHC NL 27 1033 4.41 5.06 16 81% 0 0 174 11 1 7 155 11 1 0 0 2 7 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 28 807 3.80 4.57 12 92% 0 0 127 10 0 3 114 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1960 CHW AL 28 115 4.44 4.78 4 100% 0 1 22 3 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 29 3054 4.88 5.39 42 100% 0 0 546 31 2 17 496 38 11 1 0 6 5 0 0 5 0 6 1 1 3 8 100%
1962 LAA AL 30 178 5.15 7.12 3 100% 0 0 17 1 0 1 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1963 PHI NL 31 370 3.30 4.25 5 100% 0 0 75 3 0 5 67 9 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 6516 4.35 4.98 106 96% 0 1 1117 81 4 37 995 85 18 1 0 12 19 1 4 14 1 10 1 2 5 12 100%
MLB Averages 3.85 4.36 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1956 CLE AL 24 2 6 366 16 9 8 36% 14 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 26 9 0.82 1.06
1959 CHC NL 27 3 6 384 18 5 4 22% 17 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 37 8 1.56 0.80
1960 CHC NL 28 2 6 301 15 3 3 17% 13 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 3 1.12 0.70
1960 CHW AL 28 1 1 40 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.28 1.74
1961 LAA AL 29 15 24 1194 44 16 15 27% 40 12 4 2 0 2 4 0 116 28 1.29 1.03
1962 LAA AL 30 1 2 69 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0.41 1.26
1963 PHI NL 31 2 6 154 5 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 0.95 0.82
6 Seasons 26 51 2508 101 42 39 29% 92 35 7 2 2 5 5 0 237 60 1.20 1.00
MLB Averages 39% 1.19 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 CHC NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 126 67% 78% 28% 16 31%
1960 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 67% 67% 11% 1 100%
1961 LAA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 220 71% 80% 23% 13 38%
1962 LAA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 18 16 1 8 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 6 6 0 36 27 75.0% 8 1 2.8% 1 1483 64% 79% 28% 151 50%
1963 PHI NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 153 50% 79% 33% 25 36%
5 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 28 22 1 11 3 0 5 5 0 6 4 0 7 7 0 57 41 71.9% 15 1 1.8% 1 1991 64% 79% 28% 206 47%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 63% 80% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 CLE AL 26 516 60% 80% 28% 52 81% 0 10 7 1 2 35 30 5 0 1 7 0 4 3 6 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 75%
1959 CHC NL 27 454 66% 83% 35% 48 85% 0 14 9 3 2 30 25 5 0 0 5 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 28 6 33% 83% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 31 43 58% 84% 28% 6 67% 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
4 Seasons 1019 63% 82% 32% 106 82% 0 26 17 4 5 68 58 10 0 2 14 0 7 7 13 5 3 0 4 1 0 1 5 60%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 CHC NL 27 46 43% 85% 30% 6 100% 0 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 29 7 57% 43% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 53 45% 79% 26% 6 100% 0 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 PHI NL 31 9 78% 67% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 78% 67% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 94% 86%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  17 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1961 AL  44 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1961 AL  7.37 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1961 AL  6.59 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1961 AL  .991 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  5 (5th)

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