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Al Evans

Alfred Hubert Evans

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 28, 1916 in Kenly, NC
High School: Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge, NC)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1939-1951

Final Game: August 5, 1951
Died: April 6, 1979 in Wilson, NC
Buried: Kenly Cemetery, Kenly, NC
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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
1939 22 WSH AL 7 26 21 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .333 .462 .333 .795 114 7 0 0 0 /2
1940 23 WSH AL 14 31 25 1 8 2 0 0 7 1 0 6 7 .320 .452 .400 .852 129 10 0 0 0 /2
1941 24 WSH AL 53 168 159 16 44 8 4 1 19 0 3 9 18 .277 .315 .396 .712 91 63 2 0 0 2
1942 25 WSH AL 74 251 223 22 51 4 1 0 10 3 0 25 36 .229 .309 .256 .565 60 57 5 1 2 2
1944 27 WSH AL 14 24 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 2 1 0 0 /2
1945 28 WSH AL 51 169 150 19 39 11 2 2 19 2 1 17 22 .260 .339 .400 .739 123 60 3 1 2 2
1946 29 WSH AL 88 306 272 30 69 10 4 2 30 1 2 30 28 .254 .332 .342 .674 93 93 6 2 2 2
1947 30 WSH AL 99 351 319 17 77 8 3 2 23 2 1 28 25 .241 .303 .304 .607 71 97 11 0 4 2
1948 31 WSH AL 93 271 228 19 59 6 3 2 28 1 1 38 20 .259 .367 .338 .705 90 77 10 1 4 2
1949 32 WSH AL 109 374 321 32 87 12 3 2 42 4 1 50 19 .271 .369 .346 .715 92 111 8 0 3 *2
1950 33 WSH AL 90 322 289 24 68 8 3 2 30 0 0 29 21 .235 .309 .304 .614 61 88 7 2 2 2
1951 34 BOS AL 12 28 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .125 .250 .167 .417 10 4 0 0 0 2
12 Yrs 704 2321 2053 188 514 70 23 13 211 14 9 243 206 .250 .332 .326 .658 82 669 53 7 19
162 Game Avg. 162 534 472 43 118 16 5 3 49 3 2 56 47 .250 .332 .326 .658 82 154 12 2 4
WSH (11 yrs) 692 2293 2029 187 511 69 23 13 209 14 9 239 204 .252 .333 .328 .660 83 665 53 7 19
BOS (1 yr) 12 28 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .125 .250 .167 .417 10 4 0 0 0

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 Awards
1939 22 WSH AL 7 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .517 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /2
1940 23 WSH AL 14 31 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .513 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $ /2
1941 24 WSH AL 53 168 -2 -1 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.2 0.2 2 $ 2
1942 25 WSH AL 74 251 -11 1 0 -3 2 -11 -1.2 5 -6 -0.7 .484 .493 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 2
1944 27 WSH AL 14 24 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .475 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /2
1945 28 WSH AL 51 169 4 0 0 -2 1 4 0.4 4 7 0.8 .508 .502 1.0 -0.1 9 $ 2
1946 29 WSH AL 88 306 -1 -0 0 -4 2 -3 -0.4 8 5 0.4 .496 .498 0.9 -0.2 9 $ 2
1947 30 WSH AL 99 351 -12 0 0 2 3 -6 -0.7 9 3 0.2 .493 .496 0.0 0.5 1 $ 2
1948 31 WSH AL 93 271 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.7 0.2 8 $ 2
1949 32 WSH AL 109 374 -2 2 1 0 3 4 0.4 9 14 1.4 .504 .503 1.4 0.3 13 $ *2
1950 33 WSH AL 90 322 -16 0 -1 1 3 -12 -1.2 8 -4 -0.3 .487 .493 -0.4 0.4 -5 $ 2
1951 34 BOS AL 12 28 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 2
12 Seasons 704 2321 -45 3 -0 -6 19 -29 -3.1 57 28 2.8 .496 .498 3.5 1.3 34 $
WSH (11 yrs) 692 2293 -42 3 -0 -6 19 -27 -2.9 57 30 3.0 .496 .498 3.7 1.3 36 $
BOS (1 yr) 12 28 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $

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
1939 22 WSH AL 26 14 3 5.7 107 .368 .333 .276 .462 .350 .333 .408 .795 .758 114 .552 1.0 0.1 .857 .238 .000
1940 23 WSH AL 31 17 5 7.8 105 .444 .320 .271 .452 .342 .400 .410 .852 .753 129 .696 1.7 0.2 1.000 .360 .080 .0
1941 24 WSH AL 168 120 19 4.2 102 .307 .277 .270 .315 .345 .396 .397 .712 .742 91 .449 -2.7 -0.3 .575 .157 .119 .0
1942 25 WSH AL 251 179 18 2.7 94 .273 .229 .265 .309 .339 .256 .370 .565 .709 60 .316 -11.3 -1.2 .486 .152 .027 .0
1944 27 WSH AL 24 21 0 0.0 87 .125 .091 .262 .167 .328 .091 .358 .258 .686 -24 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .190 .091 .000
1945 28 WSH AL 169 117 20 4.6 81 .294 .260 .251 .339 .321 .400 .341 .739 .662 123 .577 4.6 0.5 .687 .260 .140 2.0
1946 29 WSH AL 306 213 30 3.8 91 .277 .254 .257 .332 .330 .342 .369 .674 .699 93 .454 -1.9 -0.2 .588 .195 .088 1.3
1947 30 WSH AL 351 258 29 3.0 94 .257 .241 .259 .303 .339 .304 .373 .607 .711 71 .354 -13.0 -1.4 .496 .154 .063 2.0
1948 31 WSH AL 271 184 28 4.0 103 .277 .259 .269 .367 .354 .338 .389 .705 .743 90 .441 -2.0 -0.2 .644 .246 .079 1.3
1949 32 WSH AL 374 246 41 4.4 104 .283 .271 .267 .369 .358 .346 .388 .715 .746 92 .486 -2.2 -0.2 .675 .240 .075 2.7
1950 33 WSH AL 322 230 27 3.1 109 .248 .235 .272 .309 .358 .304 .408 .614 .766 61 .298 -17.0 -1.6 .522 .170 .069 .0
1951 34 BOS AL 28 21 1 1.3 110 .136 .125 .279 .250 .362 .167 .409 .417 .771 10 .091 -3.2 -0.3 .381 .208 .042
12 Yrs 2321 1620 221 3.6 98 .273 .250 .264 .332 .345 .326 .382 .658 .727 82 .411 -49.5 -5.0 .577 .196 .075 13.5
162 Game Avg. 534 373 51 3.6 98 .273 .250 .264 .332 .345 .326 .382 .658 .727 82 .411 -49.5 -5.0 .577 .196 .075 3
WSH (11 yrs) 2293 1599 220 3.7 98 .275 .252 .264 .333 .345 .328 .381 .660 .726 83 .415 -46.3 -4.7 .580 .196 .076 13.5
BOS (1 yr) 28 21 1 1.3 110 .136 .125 .279 .250 .362 .167 .409 .417 .771 10 .091 -3.2 -0.3 .381 .208 .042

Ratio Batting*

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
1939 22 WSH AL 26 0.0% 7.7% 19.2% 0.0% 0% 0.40 10.5 21.0 73%
1940 23 WSH AL 31 0.0% 22.6% 19.4% 6.5% 25% 1.17 3.6 3.6 58%
1941 24 WSH AL 168 0.6% 10.7% 5.4% 7.7% 30% 2.00 8.8 159.0 8.4 83%
1942 25 WSH AL 251 0.0% 14.3% 10.0% 2.0% 10% 1.44 6.2 22.3 75%
1944 27 WSH AL 24 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 67%
1945 28 WSH AL 169 1.2% 13.0% 10.1% 8.9% 39% 1.29 6.8 75.0 7.9 75%
1946 29 WSH AL 306 0.7% 9.2% 9.8% 5.2% 23% 0.93 9.7 136.0 9.1 79%
1947 30 WSH AL 351 0.6% 7.1% 8.0% 3.7% 17% 0.89 12.8 159.5 13.9 83%
1948 31 WSH AL 271 0.7% 7.4% 14.0% 4.1% 19% 0.53 11.4 114.0 8.1 1.00 76%
1949 32 WSH AL 374 0.5% 5.1% 13.4% 4.6% 20% 0.38 16.9 160.5 7.6 1.01 80%
1950 33 WSH AL 322 0.6% 6.5% 9.0% 4.0% 19% 0.72 13.8 144.5 9.6 0.66 83%
1951 34 BOS AL 28 0.0% 7.1% 14.3% 3.6% 33% 0.50 12.0 12.0 0.90 79%
12 Yrs 2321 0.6% 8.9% 10.5% 4.6% 21% 0.85 10.0 157.9 9.7 0.87 79%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.6 60.1 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 22 WSH AL 1.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 WSH AL 1.7 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 WSH AL -2.7 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 WSH AL -11.3 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 27 WSH AL -3.5 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 WSH AL 4.6 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 WSH AL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 WSH AL -13.0 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 WSH AL -2.0 -0.2 255 -1.2 3.5 -4.6 1.03 -0.4 -0.7 -4.3 -0.4 0.98 -1.3 1.58 14
1949 32 WSH AL -2.7 -0.3 355 0.9 6.5 -5.6 1.03 -0.0 0.9 7.2 0.7 0.97 0.2 1.10 3
1950 33 WSH AL -17.0 -1.6 319 -1.2 5.4 -6.6 1.10 -1.4 0.3 -14.6 -1.4 0.97 -17.1 0.65 3
1951 34 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 28 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 .75 -0.3 0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.88 -3.8 0.39 1
12 Yrs -50.0 -5.0 957 -1.6 15.5 -17.2 1.05 -2.2 0.6 -13.6 -1.3 0.97 -22.0 1.32 21

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 WSH AL 0 0 18% 88 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 15 10 5 5 1 4 8 2 5
1949 32 WSH AL 6 0 22% 155 4 1 80% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 35% 21 18 3 4 1 3 12 4 7
1950 33 WSH AL 4 0 23% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 17 15 2 2 1 1 8 2 6
1951 34 BOS AL 0 0 14% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 10 0 23% 370 14 9 61% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 39% 54 44 10 12 3 9 28 8 18

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
1948 31 WSH AL 271 53% 59 14 2 0 1 1.58 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 60 10 17% 32 11 34% 174 26 15% 15 7 47% 8 3 38% 0
1949 32 WSH AL 374 49% 87 3 1 0 1 1.10 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 77 8 10% 30 9 30% 232 37 16% 27 16 59% 11 6 55% 0
1950 33 WSH AL 322 38% 68 3 1 0 1 0.65 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 100% 61 7 11% 26 8 31% 218 28 13% 21 9 43% 10 7 70% 0
1951 34 BOS AL 28 11% 3 1 0 0 0 0.39 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 18 2 11% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 995 45% 514 21 4 0 3 1.32 13 0 28 5 1 1 5 0 9 19 211% 200 53 27% 88 28 32% 642 93 14% 64 33 52% 29 16 55% 0
MLB Averages 51% 397% 41% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1939 22 7 26 21 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .333 .462 .333 .795 114 7 0 0 0
1940 23 21 57 46 3 15 2 0 0 8 1 0 11 9 .326 .456 .370 .826 122 17 0 0 0
1941 24 74 225 205 19 59 10 4 1 27 1 3 20 27 .288 .351 .390 .741 99 80 2 0 0
1942 25 148 476 428 41 110 14 5 1 37 4 3 45 63 .257 .329 .320 .649 80 137 7 1 2
1943 26 148 476 428 41 110 14 5 1 37 4 3 45 63 .257 .329 .320 .649 80 137 7 1 2
1944 27 162 500 450 46 112 14 5 1 37 4 3 47 69 .249 .321 .309 .630 75 139 8 1 2
1945 28 213 669 600 65 151 25 7 3 56 6 4 64 91 .252 .326 .332 .657 86 199 11 2 4
1946 29 301 975 872 95 220 35 11 5 86 7 6 94 119 .252 .328 .335 .663 88 292 17 4 6
1947 30 400 1326 1191 112 297 43 14 7 109 9 7 122 144 .249 .321 .327 .648 84 389 28 4 10
1948 31 493 1597 1419 131 356 49 17 9 137 10 8 160 164 .251 .329 .328 .657 85 466 38 5 14
1949 32 602 1971 1740 163 443 61 20 11 179 14 9 210 183 .255 .337 .332 .668 86 577 46 5 17
1950 33 692 2293 2029 187 511 69 23 13 209 14 9 239 204 .252 .333 .328 .660 83 665 53 7 19
1951 34 704 2321 2053 188 514 70 23 13 211 14 9 243 206 .250 .332 .326 .658 82 669 53 7 19

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1939 22 7 27 22 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 .318 .444 .318 .763 3 7
1940 23 15 32 26 1 8 2 0 0 6 1 6 7 .308 .438 .385 .822 4 14
1941 24 55 172 163 16 44 8 4 1 19 0 9 19 .270 .308 .387 .695 20 53
1942 25 78 267 237 24 55 4 1 0 11 3 27 38 .232 .313 .257 .571 19 74
1944 27 15 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 14
1945 28 54 188 165 25 47 13 2 2 25 2 20 23 .285 .366 .424 .790 26 51
1946 29 92 328 290 36 78 11 5 2 36 1 34 29 .269 .350 .362 .712 37 88
1947 30 103 370 335 19 84 9 3 2 26 2 31 26 .251 .314 .313 .628 33 99
1948 31 97 281 237 19 60 6 3 2 28 1 39 21 .253 .361 .329 .690 28 93
1949 32 114 390 335 33 90 12 3 2 43 4 52 20 .269 .367 .340 .707 42 109
1950 33 94 332 299 23 68 8 3 2 29 0 29 22 .227 .300 .294 .594 26 90
1951 34 13 29 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 .120 .241 .160 .401 1 12
12 Yrs 737 2441 2157 199 544 74 24 13 226 14 258 215 .252 .334 .327 .661 239 704
162 Game Avg. 162 537 474 44 120 16 5 3 50 3 57 47 .252 .334 .327 .661 53 704

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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