Hoot Evers

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: February 8, 1921 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: January 25, 1991 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Collinsville HS (Collinsville, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 16, 1941 (Age 20-220d, 9,124th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 35-235d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Walter Arthur Evers

Pronunciation: \EE-verz\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

3801

1055

.278

555

RBI

565

OBP

.353

SLG

.426

OPS

.778

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	35 (34)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	36	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	37	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	38	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	39	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	42	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	43	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	44	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	58 (13)	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	61	Jun 24	DET		BOS	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	62	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	63	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,16-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
17	64	Jun 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	66	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	69 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	73 (1)	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	76	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
27	77	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	78	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	80 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	83	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	84	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	87 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	90 (2)	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
36	97 (6)	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	99 (1)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
40	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	103	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	4	0	0	4	0
45	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	110	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	111	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	114 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
52	115	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	118 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	123 (4)	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	127 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	15.1	8	0	0	8	0
58	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
60	131	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	133 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	134	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	139 (3)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
70	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	149 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	153 (3)	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
75	154	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							78gm			166	2	5	173	0