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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
Schools: 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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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
1941 20 DET AL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 /O
1946 25 DET AL 81 341 304 42 81 8 4 4 33 7 1 34 43 .266 .344 .359 .703 92 109 5 2 1 O
1947 26 DET AL 126 525 460 67 136 24 5 10 67 8 7 45 49 .296 .366 .435 .801 119 200 13 6 14 *O
1948 27 DET AL 139 606 538 81 169 33 6 10 103 3 4 51 31 .314 .378 .454 .831 118 244 16 4 13 *O AS,MVP-17
1949 28 DET AL 132 508 432 68 131 21 6 7 72 6 7 70 38 .303 .403 .428 .831 120 185 16 2 4 *O
1950 29 DET AL 143 610 526 100 170 35 11 21 103 5 9 71 40 .323 .408 .551 .959 141 290 17 4 9 *O AS,MVP-11
1951 30 DET AL 116 440 393 47 88 15 2 11 46 5 3 40 47 .224 .297 .356 .653 76 140 15 1 6 *O
1952 31 TOT AL 107 442 402 53 106 17 4 14 59 5 2 29 55 .264 .320 .430 .750 101 173 11 4 7 *O
1952 31 DET AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 456 1 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 106 441 401 53 105 17 4 14 59 5 2 29 55 .262 .318 .429 .747 100 172 11 4 7 *O
1953 32 BOS AL 99 330 300 39 72 10 1 11 31 2 1 23 41 .240 .301 .390 .691 82 117 9 3 4 O
1954 33 TOT 48 85 79 7 12 4 0 1 8 1 0 5 16 .152 .212 .241 .452 23 19 2 1 0 0 7/98
1954 33 TOT AL 36 74 68 6 11 4 0 0 5 1 0 5 10 .162 .230 .221 .450 25 15 2 1 0 0 7/98
1954 33 BOS AL 6 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1954 33 NYG NL 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 0 /87
1954 33 DET AL 30 66 60 5 11 4 0 0 5 1 0 5 8 .183 .258 .250 .508 41 15 2 1 0 0 7/98
1955 34 TOT AL 99 280 251 31 63 17 2 8 39 2 2 22 40 .251 .309 .430 .739 101 108 11 0 5 2 0 798
1955 34 BAL AL 60 210 185 21 44 10 1 6 30 2 1 19 28 .238 .307 .400 .707 96 74 10 0 5 1 0 97/8
1955 34 CLE AL 39 70 66 10 19 7 1 2 9 0 1 3 12 .288 .314 .515 .829 117 34 1 0 0 1 0 7/89
1956 35 TOT AL 51 139 112 21 27 3 0 1 4 1 0 25 18 .241 .380 .295 .674 87 33 0 0 2 0 0 9/78
1956 35 CLE AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 BAL AL 48 138 112 20 27 3 0 1 4 1 0 24 18 .241 .375 .295 .670 86 33 0 0 2 0 0 9/78
12 Seasons 1142 4310 3801 556 1055 187 41 98 565 45 36 415 420 .278 .353 .426 .778 107 1618 116 27 65 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 611 539 79 150 27 6 14 80 6 5 59 60 .278 .353 .426 .778 107 230 16 4 9
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
DET (9 yrs) 769 3101 2718 410 787 140 34 63 429 35 31 316 258 .290 .368 .436 .803 113 1184 85 20 47 0
BOS (3 yrs) 211 779 709 93 177 27 5 25 90 7 3 52 98 .250 .307 .408 .715 90 289 20 7 11 0
CLE (2 yrs) 42 71 66 11 19 7 1 2 9 0 1 4 12 .288 .324 .515 .839 120 34 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (2 yrs) 108 348 297 41 71 13 1 7 34 3 1 43 46 .239 .334 .360 .695 92 107 10 0 7 1 0
NYG (1 yr) 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 1130 4299 3790 555 1054 187 41 97 562 45 36 415 414 .278 .353 .426 .779 107 1614 116 27 65 2 0
NL (1 yr) 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 0
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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 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 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 (CF)
1950 (RF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-AL-17-4%
1950-AL-11-11%
0.15 Career Shares (788th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 AL--.314--8th
1950 AL--.323--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL--.408--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 AL--.435--9th
1950 AL--.551--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 AL--.959--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 AL--290--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1948 AL--33--9th
1950 AL--35--4th

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL--11--1st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1948 AL--103--9th
1950 AL--103--9th

Singles s c a p y
1948 AL--120--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL--141--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL--114--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--32--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL--3.0--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--67--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL--.693--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL--6--2nd
1948 AL--4--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL--14--2nd
1948 AL--13--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL--7--8th
1949 AL--7--6th
1950 AL--9--1st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL--8.9--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL--born 1921-02-08--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (842), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1186), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Dizzy Trout to the Boston Red Sox for Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky and Bill Wight.

May 18, 1954: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.

July 29, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Giants.

January 3, 1955: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Detroit Tigers.

July 14, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Wight.

May 13, 1956: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Pope.

August 6, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

September 1, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 18, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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