Hoot Evers
Walter Arthur Evers
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 8, 1921 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Collinsville (Collinsville, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1941
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: January 25, 1991 in Houston, TX
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 DET AL 20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0-0-1
1946 DET AL 25 OF 76 203 196 2 5 0 .975 2.61 .977 2.24 1-76-0
1947 DET AL 26 OF 123 372 354 10 8 2 .978 2.96 .979 2.35 0-123-0
1948 DET AL 27 OF 138 411 392 8 11 0 .973 2.90 .975 2.36 0-138-0 AS,MVP-17
1949 DET AL 28 OF 123 333 319 12 2 2 .994 2.69 .980 2.27 81-42-2
1950 DET AL 29 OF 139 341 325 15 1 3 .997 2.45 .979 2.34 139-3-0 AS,MVP-11
1951 DET AL 30 OF 108 249 234 9 6 1 .976 2.25 .977 2.23 66-45-1
1952 BOS AL 31 OF 105 233 219 8 6 3 .974 2.16 .980 2.18 90-12-20
1953 BOS AL 32 OF 93 166 161 3 2 0 .988 1.76 .981 2.18 78-16-0
1954 TOT MLB 33 OF 29 13 157.1 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -12.2 -0.6 -2.4 1.8 -1 2.23 1.34 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 TOT MLB 33 LF 20 8 95.2 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 17.6 1.4 0.0 1.4 0 2.26 1.20 .975 2.26 1.93
1954 TOT MLB 33 CF 4 1 20.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.8 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 3.48 2.00 .988 2.83 2.65
1954 TOT AL 33 OF 25 13 146.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -11.5 -0.4 -2.0 1.6 -1 2.16 1.40 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 TOT AL 33 LF 18 8 93.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 15.4 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 2.12 1.22 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 BOS AL 33 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1954 BOS AL 33 OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.36 2.20
1954 NYG NL 33 OF 4 0 11.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -21.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 3.18 1.00 .975 2.38 2.17
1954 NYG NL 33 CF 2 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.80 2.65
1954 NYG NL 33 LF 2 0 2.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 102.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 7.71 1.00 .950 2.31 2.00
1954 DET AL 33 OF 24 12 138.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -8.7 0.0 -1.6 1.6 -1 2.22 1.42 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 DET AL 33 LF 17 7 85.1 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 22.5 1.6 0.4 1.2 0 2.21 1.24 .976 2.26 1.93
1954 DET AL 33 RF 6 4 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -3.1 -90.7 -2.1 -2.1 0.0 -1 1.54 1.17 .971 2.04 1.82
1954 DET AL 33 CF 2 1 11.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 51.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 4.63 3.00 .983 2.85 2.65
1955 TOT AL 34 OF 80 62 556.2 142 139 2 1 1 .993 -1.9 -4.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.2 -1 2.28 1.76 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 TOT AL 34 LF 36 26 229.1 60 58 1 1 1 .983 -0.7 -3.7 -0.7 -1.3 0.5 0 2.32 1.64 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 TOT AL 34 RF 34 28 238.1 63 62 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -6.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 -2 2.38 1.85 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 TOT AL 34 CF 14 8 89.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 1 2.12 1.50 .981 2.87 2.56
1955 BAL AL 34 OF 55 49 409.1 108 106 1 1 0 .991 0.2 0.6 1.2 0.1 1.1 -1 2.35 1.95 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 BAL AL 34 RF 32 28 234.1 63 62 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -5.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 -2 2.42 1.97 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 BAL AL 34 LF 21 16 132.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1.3 11.8 1.3 -0.2 1.5 0 2.39 1.67 .981 2.26 1.78
1955 BAL AL 34 CF 5 5 43.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 1 2.30 2.20 .982 2.87 2.56
1955 CLE AL 34 OF 25 13 147.1 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 -2.1 -17.1 -2.1 -0.9 -1.3 0 2.08 1.36 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 CLE AL 34 LF 15 10 97.1 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -24.7 -2.0 -1.1 -1.0 0 2.22 1.60 .979 2.26 1.78
1955 CLE AL 34 CF 9 3 46.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.6 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 1.96 1.11 .980 2.88 2.56
1955 CLE AL 34 RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.75
1956 BAL AL 35 OF 36 31 248.2 65 63 1 1 1 .985 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.4 -1.1 0 2.32 1.78 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 BAL AL 35 RF 33 30 233.2 58 56 1 1 1 .983 -0.7 -3.6 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 0 2.20 1.73 .972 2.09 1.80
1956 BAL AL 35 LF 4 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0 3.86 0.75 .967 2.06 1.70
1956 BAL AL 35 CF 2 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 1.000 2.81 2.50
12 Seasons OF 1051 106 962.2 2554 2440 71 43 13 .983 -3.3 -4.1 -1.3 -1.8 0.5 -2 23.48 2.39 .978 2.38 2.25 515-475-97
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 73 62 513.0 128 125 2 1 1 .992 -5.1 -11.9 -2.1 -0.8 -1.3 -3 2.23 1.74 .977 2.07 1.77
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 60 34 332.0 87 84 2 1 1 .989 1.3 4.7 1.3 -0.9 2.2 0 2.33 1.43 .978 2.25 1.83
3 Seasons (incomplete) CF 20 10 117.2 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 5.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 1 2.45 1.60 .984 2.86 2.57
12 Seasons TOT 1051 106 962.2 2554 2440 71 43 13 .983 -3.3 -4.1 -1.3 -1.8 0.5 -2 23.48 2.39 .962 2.38 2.25 515-475-97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 DET AL 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1946 DET AL 25 81 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76 0 76
1947 DET AL 26 126 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 123
1948 DET AL 27 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138
1949 DET AL 28 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 42 2 123
1950 DET AL 29 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 3 0 139
1951 DET AL 30 116 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 45 1 108
1952 BOS AL 31 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 12 20 105
1952 DET AL 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 32 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 16 0 93
1954 DET AL 33 30 12 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 6 24 6 2
1954 NYG NL 33 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 0
1954 BOS AL 33 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
1955 BAL AL 34 60 49 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 31 55 9 1
1955 CLE AL 34 39 13 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 2 25 13 6
1956 BAL AL 35 48 31 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 33 36 14 1
1956 CLE AL 35 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
12 Seasons 1142 106 1142 1142 0 0 0 0 0 0 504 486 96 1051 55 13
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1954 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 351 57% 83% 29% 35 57%
1954 NYG NL 33 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 0 0 11 64% 73% 36% 3 67%
1954 BOS AL 33 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 0 0 37 62% 81% 30% 1 100%
1955 BAL AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 579 59% 79% 30% 63 56%
1955 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 9 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 24 15 62.5% 8 1 4.2% 0 440 62% 76% 26% 64 36%
1956 BAL AL 35 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 26 50% 85% 42% 4 75%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 19 17 0 8 3 0 5 4 0 5 1 0 6 5 1 43 30 69.8% 12 1 2.3% 1 1444 59% 79% 29% 170 49%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1954 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 202 64% 84% 26% 16 44%
1955 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 8 0 7 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 4 3 0 36 12 33.3% 24 0 0.0% 1 1034 61% 81% 31% 121 52%
1955 CLE AL 34 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 0 0 15 67% 60% 27% 0
1956 BAL AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 9 0 11 1 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 6 4 1 38 19 50.0% 18 1 2.6% 0 1049 55% 80% 26% 114 49%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 31 17 0 20 1 0 7 5 0 10 1 0 10 7 1 78 31 39.7% 46 1 1.3% 1 2300 59% 80% 28% 251 50%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1954 DET AL 33 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 54 59% 81% 24% 9 67%
1954 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 45 51% 71% 16% 6 33%
1955 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 189 58% 76% 26% 22 45%
1955 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 6 60.0% 3 1 10.0% 0 204 64% 79% 25% 29 38%
1956 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 61% 85% 30% 3 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 20 9 45.0% 10 1 5.0% 0 525 60% 78% 25% 69 46%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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