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Hoot Evers
Walter Arthur Evers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut September 16, 1941
Final Game September 30, 1956
Born February 8, 1921 in St. Louis, MO
Died January 25, 1991 in Houston, TX

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 20 DET AL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
 1946 25 DET AL  81  304   42   81   8  4   4   33   7  1  34  43  .266  .344  .359   92  109   1           2   5
 1947 26 DET AL 126  460   67  136  24  5  10   67   8  7  45  49  .296  .366  .435  119  200  14           6  13
 1948 27 DET AL 139  538   81  169  33  6  10  103   3  4  51  31  .314  .378  .454  118  244  13           4  16 MVP-17,AS
 1949 28 DET AL 132  432   68  131  21  6   7   72   6  7  70  38  .303  .403  .428  120  185   4           2  16
 1950 29 DET AL 143  526  100  170  35 11  21  103   5  9  71  40  .323  .408  .551  141  290   9           4  17 MVP-11,AS
 1951 30 DET AL 116  393   47   88  15  2  11   46   5  3  40  47  .224  .297  .356   76  140   6           1  15
 1952 31 TOT AL 107  402   53  106  17  4  14   59   5  2  29  55  .264  .320  .430  101  173   7           4  11
         DET AL   1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  456    1   0           0   0
         BOS AL 106  401   53  105  17  4  14   59   5  2  29  55  .262  .318  .429  100  172   7           4  11
 1953 32 BOS AL  99  300   39   72  10  1  11   31   2  1  23  41  .240  .301  .390   82  117   4           3   9
 1954 33 TOT     48   79    7   12   4  0   1    8   1  0   5  16  .152  .212  .241   23   19   0   0       1   2
         TOT AL  36   68    6   11   4  0   0    5   1  0   5  10  .162  .230  .221   25   15   0   0       1   2
         BOS AL   6    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
         NYG NL  12   11    1    1   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   6  .091  .091  .364   12    4   0   0       0   0
         DET AL  30   60    5   11   4  0   0    5   1  0   5   8  .183  .258  .250   41   15   0   0       1   2
 1955 34 TOT AL  99  251   31   63  17  2   8   39   2  2  22  40  .251  .309  .430  101  108   5   2   0   0  11
         BAL AL  60  185   21   44  10  1   6   30   2  1  19  28  .238  .307  .400   96   74   5   1   0   0  10
         CLE AL  39   66   10   19   7  1   2    9   0  1   3  12  .288  .314  .515  117   34   0   1   0   0   1
 1956 35 TOT AL  51  112   21   27   3  0   1    4   1  0  25  18  .241  .380  .295   87   33   2   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL   3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  48  112   20   27   3  0   1    4   1  0  24  18  .241  .375  .295   86   33   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1142 3801  556 1055 187 41  98  565  45 36 415 420  .278  .353  .426  107 1618  65   2   0  27 116
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        539   79  150  27  6  14   80   6  5  59  60  .278  .353  .426  107  230   9   0   0   4  16
 Career High    143  538  100  170  35 11  21  103   8  9  71  55  .323  .408  .551  141  290  14   2   0   6  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 DET AL    4    5    0   0.0   115| .000  .287| .000  .366| .000  .423| .000  .789|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1946 25 DET AL  341  230   38   4.4   101| .266  .270| .344  .346| .359  .389| .703  .735|  92  .527  -3.6  -0.4  87%
 1947 26 DET AL  525  358   70   5.2    99| .296  .266| .366  .347| .435  .382| .801  .729| 119  .600  11.8   1.2  53%
 1948 27 DET AL  606  402   90   6.0   108| .314  .276| .378  .362| .454  .400| .832  .762| 118  .615  12.9   1.3  42%
 1949 28 DET AL  508  328   73   5.9   107| .303  .271| .403  .363| .428  .393| .831  .756| 120  .616  14.3   1.4  46%
 1950 29 DET AL  610  391  114   7.7   116| .323  .282| .408  .370| .551  .423| .959  .793| 141  .693  31.9   3.0  35%
 1951 30 DET AL  440  329   41   3.4   102| .224  .267| .297  .349| .356  .392| .653  .741|  76  .367 -14.7  -1.5  62%
 1952 31 TOT AL  442  316   55   4.7   103| .264  .269| .320  .350| .430  .393| .750  .743| 101  .557  -1.8  -0.2  71%
         DET AL    1    0    1          97|1.000  .261|1.000  .341|1.000  .381|2.000  .722| 456         0.5   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  441  316   54   4.6   103| .262  .269| .318  .350| .429  .393| .747  .743| 100  .548  -2.3  -0.2  71%
 1953 32 BOS AL  330  242   34   3.8   107| .240  .276| .301  .352| .390  .405| .691  .758|  82  .424  -9.5  -1.0  66%
 1954 33 TOT      85   69    4   1.6   100| .152  .266| .212  .341| .241  .392| .453  .733|  23  .132  -8.7  -0.9 100%
         TOT AL   74   59    4   1.8    98| .162  .265| .230  .340| .221  .387| .451  .727|  25  .174  -7.1  -0.7 100%
         BOS AL    8    8    0   0.0   108| .000  .278| .000  .355| .000  .406| .000  .762|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         NYG NL   11   10    0   0.0   110| .091  .275| .091  .347| .364  .425| .455  .772|  12  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         DET AL   66   51    4   2.1    97| .183  .263| .258  .338| .250  .384| .508  .723|  41  .215  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1955 34 TOT AL  280  208   31   4.0    99| .251  .261| .309  .340| .430  .389| .739  .729| 101  .437  -0.2   0.0  50%
         BAL AL  210  158   21   3.6    96| .238  .258| .307  .336| .400  .384| .707  .720|  96  .387  -1.4  -0.1  66%
         CLE AL   70   50   10   5.4   106| .288  .271| .314  .351| .515  .404| .829  .755| 117  .571   1.2   0.1   0%
 1956 35 TOT AL  139   87   15   4.6    99| .241  .258| .380  .338| .295  .393| .675  .731|  87  .482  -0.4  -0.1 100%
         CLE AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .352|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
         BAL AL  138   87   15   4.6    99| .241  .258| .375  .338| .295  .393| .670  .731|  86  .482  -0.7  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4310 2965  565   5.1   105| .278  .271| .353  .354| .426  .397| .779  .751| 107  .556  30.8   2.7  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 20 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1946 25 DET AL OF 76 196 2 5 0 .975 .977 2.61 2.24 1 76 0 1947 26 DET AL OF 123 354 10 8 2 .978 .979 2.96 2.35 0 123 0 1948 27 DET AL OF 138 392 8 11 0 .973 .975 2.90 2.36 0 138 0 AS 1949 28 DET AL OF 123 319 12 2 2 .994 .980 2.69 2.27 81 42 2 1950 29 DET AL OF 139 325 15 1 3 .997 .979 2.45 2.34 139 3 0 AS 1951 30 DET AL OF 108 234 9 6 1 .976 .977 2.25 2.23 66 45 1 1952 31 BOS AL OF 105 219 8 6 3 .974 .980 2.16 2.18 90 12 20 1953 32 BOS AL OF 93 161 3 2 0 .988 .981 1.76 2.18 78 16 0 1954 33 TOT OF 29 38 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.34 2.17 20 4 6 TOT AL OF 25 34 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.40 2.17 18 2 6 BOS AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 NYG NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 2.17 2 2 0 DET AL OF 24 33 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.42 2.17 17 2 6 1955 34 TOT AL OF 80 139 2 1 1 .993 .982 1.76 2.08 25 25 33 BAL AL OF 55 106 1 1 0 .991 .982 1.95 2.08 10 16 31 CLE AL OF 25 33 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.36 2.08 15 9 2 1956 35 BAL AL OF 36 63 1 1 1 .985 .979 1.78 2.04 2.32 2.34 31 248.7 RF 33 56 1 1 1 .983 .973 1.73 1.80 2.20 2.09 30 233.7 LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.70 3.86 2.06 0 7.0 CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 3.38 2.81 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 35 BAL AL CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 3.38 2.81 1 8.0 1956 35 BAL AL LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.70 3.86 2.06 0 7.0 1941 20 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1946 25 DET AL OF 76 196 2 5 0 .975 .977 2.61 2.24 1 76 0 1947 26 DET AL OF 123 354 10 8 2 .978 .979 2.96 2.35 0 123 0 1948 27 DET AL OF 138 392 8 11 0 .973 .975 2.90 2.36 0 138 0 1949 28 DET AL OF 123 319 12 2 2 .994 .980 2.69 2.27 81 42 2 1950 29 DET AL OF 139 325 15 1 3 .997 .979 2.45 2.34 139 3 0 1951 30 DET AL OF 108 234 9 6 1 .976 .977 2.25 2.23 66 45 1 1952 31 BOS AL OF 105 219 8 6 3 .974 .980 2.16 2.18 90 12 20 1953 32 BOS AL OF 93 161 3 2 0 .988 .981 1.76 2.18 78 16 0 1954 33 TOT OF 29 38 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.34 2.17 20 4 6 TOT AL OF 25 34 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.40 2.17 18 2 6 BOS AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 NYG NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 2.17 2 2 0 DET AL OF 24 33 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.42 2.17 17 2 6 1955 34 TOT AL OF 80 139 2 1 1 .993 .982 1.76 2.08 25 25 33 BAL AL OF 55 106 1 1 0 .991 .982 1.95 2.08 10 16 31 CLE AL OF 25 33 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.36 2.08 15 9 2 1956 35 BAL AL OF 36 63 1 1 1 .985 .979 1.78 2.04 2.32 2.34 31 248.7 1956 35 BAL AL RF 33 56 1 1 1 .983 .973 1.73 1.80 2.20 2.09 30 233.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1051 2440 71 43 13 .983 .978 2.39 2.25 31 248.7 504 486 96# RF* 33 56 1 1 1 .983 .973 1.73 1.80 30 233.7 LF* 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.70 0 7.0 CF* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 1 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1051 2440 71 43 13 .983 .978 2.39 2.25
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   DET AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1950   DET AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   6   1   1  0  0  1   1   1   2   0  0   0   0   0  .167  .286  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1948 (CF)
1950 (RF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-AL-17-0.04
1950-AL-11-0.11
Car-788-0.15 shares

Batting Average
1948 AL-.314-8
1950 AL-.323-7

On-base %
1950 AL-.408-10

Slugging %
1947 AL-.435-9
1950 AL-.551-3

OPS
1950 AL-.959-4

Total Bases
1950 AL-290-9

Doubles
1948 AL-33-9
1950 AL-35-4

Triples
1950 AL-11-1

RBI
1948 AL-103-9
1950 AL-103-9

Singles
1948 AL-120-10

Adjusted OPS+
1950 AL-141-4

Runs Created
1950 AL-114-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1950 AL-32-6

Batting Wins
1950 AL-3.0-5

Extra-Base Hits
1950 AL-67-6

Offensive Win%
1950 AL-.693-5

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-6-2
1948 AL-4-10

Sac. Hits
1947 AL-14-2
1948 AL-13-7

Caught Stealing
1947 AL-7-8
1949 AL-7-6
1950 AL-9-1

Power/Speed Number
1947 AL-8.9-5

Youngest Player
1941 AL-20-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 27 (837) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.5 (671) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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 Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky, and Don Lenhardt.

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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