Bobby Ávila

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: April 2, 1924 in Veracruz, Mexico mx

Died: October 26, 2004 in Veracruz, Mexico

Buried: San Pedro & San Pablo Church Columbarium, Veracruz, Veracruz

Debut: April 30, 1949 (Age 25-028d, 10,616th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1959 (Age 35-180d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Roberto Francisco Ávila

Pronunciation: \ah-VEE-la\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.4

4620

1296

.281

725

RBI

467

OBP

.359

SLG

.388

OPS

.747

OPS+

104

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 80 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 11 tying, 29 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	74
MLN	3
BOS	3

Platoon
vs RHP	50
vs LHP	30

Home/Road
Home	49
Away	31

Outs
0	28
2	27
1	25

9 Opps
BOS	14
PHA/KCA	13
WSH	12
NYY	12
CHW	10
BAL/SLB	9
DET	7
STL	2
CIN	1

61 Pitchers
Billy Pierce	6
Ned Garver	4
Harry Byrd	3
Lou Kretlow	3
Eddie Lopat	3
Billy Hoeft	2
Camilo Pascual	2
Willard Nixon	2
Mickey McDermott	2
Mel Parnell	2
Dick Starr	1
Frank Lary	1
Ralph Terry	1
Arnie Portocarrero	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Troy Herriage	1
Whitey Ford	1
Saul Rogovin	1
Bob Wiesler	1
Harry Taylor	1
Ernie Broglio	1
Sonny Dixon	1
Dick Littlefield	1
Bob Keegan	1
Tom Sturdivant	1
Sandy Consuegra	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Jim Bunning	1
Jim Konstanty	1
Connie Johnson	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Ray Moore	1
Johnny Sain	1
Walt Masterson	1
Spec Shea	1
Ike Delock	1
Bill Wight	1
Mickey Harris	1
Paul Hinrichs	1
Alex Kellner	1
Leo Kiely	1
Frank Sullivan	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Don Larsen	1
Bob Turley	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Ellis Kinder	1
Ted Bowsfield	1
Jim Coates	1
Art Ditmar	1
Carl Scheib	1
Jim Wilson	1
Jim O'Toole	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	1
Steve Gromek	1
Hal Brown	1
Ray Herbert	1
Morrie Martin	1
Tom Hurd	1

10 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	44
Fenway Pk (BOS)	12
Munic. Stad (KAN)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
County Stad (MIL)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	64
9	2
78	2
8	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	69
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	51
1--	16
12-	5
123	3
-23	3
-2-	1
1-3	1

124 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	51
1 on	17
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	29

Inning
1	11
2	2
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	6
7	8
8	11
9	9
Extra	3

1-3	23
4-6	26
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	22
-1	12
-2	7
-3	9
-4..	8

Ahead	22
Tied	22
Behind	36

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	76
PH	2
3B	2

OrderPos
2nd	58
1st	16
3rd	2
7th	1
9th	1
8th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1950-06-24	CLE		WSH	Mickey Harris	tied 5-5	b 8	0	---	1	7	4	0.250	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1951-05-22	CLE	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1	1	4	0.123	81%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1951-06-20	CLE	@	BOS	Bill Wight	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.093	57%		Home Run
4	4	3	2	1951-06-20	CLE	@	BOS	Ellis Kinder	ahead 10-6	t 7	2	1--	2	2	4	0.052	98%		Home Run; J. Hegan Scores
5	5	4	3	1951-06-20	CLE	@	BOS	Paul Hinrichs	ahead 13-6	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.001	100%		Inside-the-park Home Run (Fly Ball)
6	6	5	1	1951-08-12	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--	2	2	4	0.168	65%		Home Run; D. Mitchell Scores
7	7	6	1	1951-08-20	CLE		WSH	Dick Starr	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	1	2	4	0.075	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	1951-08-22	CLE		WSH	Sandy Consuegra	tied 5-5	b 14	2	---	1	2	4	0.466	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	8	1	1951-08-25	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 1-6	b 5	2	1--	2	2	4	0.085	14%		Home Run; D. Mitchell Scores
10	10	9	1	1951-09-02	CLE		SLB	Ned Garver	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	---	1	2	4	0.017	98%		Home Run
11	11	10	1	1951-09-19	CLE	@	BOS	Harry Taylor	ahead 7-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	4	0.013	98%		Home Run
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1952-05-05	CLE	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	tied 1-1	t 10	2	---	1	2	4	0.413	81%		Home Run
13	13	2	1	1952-06-06	CLE	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	ahead 9-4	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	1952-06-08 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	Alex Kellner	behind 0-7	t 6	0	---	1	2	4	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1952-08-16	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-3	b 3	2	1--	2	2	4	0.191	37%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Lemon Scores
16	16	5	1	1952-09-11	CLE		PHA	Harry Byrd	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.141	70%		Home Run
17	17	6	1	1952-09-17	CLE		WSH	Walt Masterson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.113	64%		Home Run
18	18	7	1	1952-09-24	CLE		CHW	Lou Kretlow	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	2	4	0.159	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1953-04-14	CLE		CHW	Saul Rogovin	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	1--	2	2	4	0.089	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Boone Scores
20	20	2	1	1953-05-11	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	1	1	4	0.249	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1953-05-28	CLE	@	SLB	Dick Littlefield	behind 3-6	t 7	1	---	1	2	4	0.068	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	1953-06-06	CLE		PHA	Harry Byrd	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.104	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1953-06-17	CLE	@	PHA	Harry Byrd	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	2	4	0.144	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Feller Scores
24	24	6	1	1953-07-26 (2)	CLE		WSH	Sonny Dixon	tied 6-6	b 8	2	---	1	2	4	0.323	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	7	1	1953-08-07	CLE	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.098	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (RF Line)
26	26	8	1	1953-08-09	CLE	@	BOS	Mickey McDermott	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.098	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1954-04-24	CLE	@	DET	Steve Gromek	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.132	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	2	1	1954-05-15	CLE		WSH	Spec Shea	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.309	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	3	1	1954-05-31 (1)	CLE		CHW	Bob Keegan	behind 3-6	b 9	2	---	1	2	4	0.010	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	4	1	1954-06-02	CLE	@	NYY	Johnny Sain	behind 6-7	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.349	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	1954-06-26	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.107	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	2	1954-06-26	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 4-6	b 5	1	---	1	2	4	0.127	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	7	1	1954-07-20	CLE	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.098	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	8	2	1954-07-20	CLE	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 3-5	t 9	2	1--	2	2	4	0.357	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Smith Scores
35	35	9	1	1954-07-29	CLE		BOS	Leo Kiely	behind 1-10	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	10	1	1954-08-04	CLE		NYY	Allie Reynolds	behind 0-2	b 3	2	-23	3	2	4	0.309	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Dente Scores; J. Hegan Scores
37	37	11	1	1954-08-14	CLE		BAL	Don Larsen	behind 0-3	b 8	1	12-	3	2	4	0.422	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Glynn Scores; A. Smith Scores
38	38	12	1	1954-08-15 (2)	CLE		BAL	Lou Kretlow	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.132	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	13	1	1954-08-18	CLE		DET	Billy Hoeft	tied 0-0	b 6	1	---	1	2	4	0.186	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	14	1	1954-09-17	CLE	@	DET	Ned Garver	tied 2-2	t 7	2	123	4	2	4	0.406	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hegan Scores/unER; B. Lemon Scores/unER; A. Smith Scores/unER; B. Ávila Scores/unER
41	41	15	1	1954-09-26	CLE		DET	Ned Garver	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.070	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1955-04-26	CLE		WSH	Mickey McDermott	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	4	0.149	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Smith Scores
43	43	2	1	1955-05-10	CLE	@	NYY	Jim Konstanty	ahead 8-4	t 8	1	---	1	2	4	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	1955-05-30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	Morrie Martin	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	4	0.087	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	4	1	1955-06-04	CLE		WSH	Bob Porterfield	behind 3-14	b 8	0	1--	2	2	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Smith Scores
46	46	5	1	1955-06-05 (1)	CLE		WSH	Johnny Schmitz	behind 3-6	b 9	2	---	1	2	4	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	6	1	1955-08-12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	Arnie Portocarrero	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	4	0.154	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Smith Scores
48	48	7	2	1955-08-12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	Ray Herbert	ahead 9-0	t 5	2	1-3	3	2	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hegan Scores; A. Smith Scores
49	49	8	1	1955-08-14	CLE	@	KCA	Art Ditmar	behind 2-7	t 8	1	---	1	2	4	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	9	1	1955-08-17	CLE	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 3-7	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.059	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	10	1	1955-08-24	CLE		BOS	Frank Sullivan	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	4	0.105	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	11	1	1955-08-27	CLE		NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 3-6	b 8	0	12-	3	2	4	0.380	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Locklin Scores; A. Smith Scores
53	53	12	1	1955-09-11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	1	4	0.085	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	13	1	1955-09-11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	2	4	0.258	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1956-04-26	CLE	@	KCA	Troy Herriage	ahead 11-2	t 9	1	-23	3	1	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores; J. Hegan Scores
56	56	2	1	1956-04-27	CLE	@	DET	Frank Lary	tied 2-2	t 10	2	1--	2	1	4	0.483	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hegan Scores
57	57	3	1	1956-05-20 (1)	CLE		BAL	Jim Wilson	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	1	2	4	0.116	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	1956-06-03 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	Camilo Pascual	behind 0-1	t 6	1	1--	2	2	4	0.296	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Wynn Scores
59	59	5	1	1956-06-24	CLE		WSH	Bob Wiesler	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	---	1	1	4	0.040	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	6	1	1956-07-25	CLE		WSH	Camilo Pascual	tied 0-0	b 5	1	12-	3	1	4	0.257	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hegan Scores; G. Strickland Scores
61	61	7	1	1956-08-02	CLE		NYY	Tom Sturdivant	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	4	0.119	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
62	62	8	1	1956-08-12	CLE	@	KCA	Lou Kretlow	behind 0-2	t 5	2	1--	2	1	4	0.230	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores
63	63	9	1	1956-09-13	CLE		BAL	Connie Johnson	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	4	0.123	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	10	1	1956-09-14 (1)	CLE		BOS	Tom Hurd	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	123	4	2	4	0.148	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores; H. Score Scores; A. Smith Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1957-04-28 (2)	CLE		DET	Billy Hoeft	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	1	4	0.142	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	2	1	1957-06-11	CLE		BOS	Ike Delock	behind 4-6	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.139	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	3	1	1957-06-14	CLE		BAL	Hal Brown	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	12-	3	2	4	0.094	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hegan Scores; A. Smith Scores
68	68	4	1	1957-08-27	CLE		BAL	Ray Moore	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--	2	2	4	0.173	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Caffie Scores
69	69	5	1	1957-09-02 (1)	CLE		KCA	Ned Garver	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-23	3	2	4	0.112	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores/unER; L. Raines Scores/unER; B. Ávila Scores/unER
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1958-04-23	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.105	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	2	1	1958-05-16	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 1-6	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	0.034	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	3	1	1958-06-27	CLE		BAL	Billy O'Dell	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	2	1	4	0.205	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Narleski Scores
73	73	4	1	1958-08-03 (2)	CLE		BOS	Ted Bowsfield	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	4	0.130	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	5	1	1958-09-24	CLE	@	KCA	Ralph Terry	behind 2-5	t 7	2	1--	2	1	PH	0.152	22%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Naragon Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1959-06-21	BOS		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	9	PH	0.097	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	2	1	1959-07-09	BOS		NYY	Bob Turley	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	12-	3	3	4	0.137	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Buddin Scores; M. Keough Scores/unER
77	77	3	2	1959-07-09	BOS		NYY	Jim Coates	ahead 9-3	b 4	0	---	1	3	4	0.013	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
78	78	4	1	1959-07-22	MLN		CIN	Jim O'Toole	behind 3-4	b 9	1	1--	2	1	4	0.806	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); L. Burdette Scores
79	79	5	1	1959-08-27	MLN	@	STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	4	0.103	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	6	1	1959-09-09	MLN		STL	Ernie Broglio	behind 1-3	b 9	1	123	4	8	4	0.686	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. DeMerit Scores; J. Logan Scores; D. Crandall Scores

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