Earl Averill

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 172lb (175cm, 78kg)

Born: May 21, 1902 in Snohomish, WA us

Died: August 16, 1983 in Everett, WA

Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, WA

High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)

Debut: April 16, 1929 (Age 26-330d, 6,873rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1941 (Age 38-339d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Earl Averill's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Howard Earl Averill

Nicknames: Rock or The Earl of Snohomish

Pronunciation: \A-ver-ull\

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Relatives: Father of Earl Averill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.6

6353

2019

238

.318

1224

RBI

1164

OBP

.395

SLG

.534

OPS

.928

OPS+

133

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-43 / in Starts: 8-9
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	48 games
Most Games w/o RBI	25 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	94 (42-30-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (41-26-13)

Most Driven In
B McCosky	3
B Campbell	3
C Gehringer	2
Self	2
P Higgins	2
B Tebbetts	2
P Fox	1
D Meyer	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
P Higgins	2
B Campbell	2
C Gehringer	1
B Newsom	1
H Greenberg	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1598	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.82	-0.070	4.65	-0.11%	-0.63	PH
2	1599	5 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	4.62	0.369	11.80	0.57%	1.10	PH
3	1600	8 (2)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	1.44	0.070	5.12	0.15%	0.29	PH
4	1601	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	9	.23	0.015	.76	0.03%	0.75	PH
5	1602	11 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	9						PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1603	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	4						LF
7	1604	14 (1)	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-14	6-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.857	.857	1.429	2.286	2	.02	0.002	.07	0.00%	1.40	CF
8	1605	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.818	.818	1.182	2.000	4	.53	0.071	1.58	0.13%	0.66	RF
9	1606	16	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.563	.563	.813	1.375	4	1.89	-0.435	6.25	-0.86%	-2.89	RF
10	1607	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.524	.524	.762	1.286	4	.85	0.110	2.89	0.22%	0.68	CF RF
11	1608	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.500	.500	.692	1.192	4						CF
12	1609	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.516	.516	.774	1.290	4	1.67	0.403	6.85	0.99%	3.93	CF
13	1610	20	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.514	.514	.829	1.343	4	1.11	0.082	3.47	0.15%	0.87	LF
14	1611	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.462	.462	.744	1.205	4	2.47	-0.281	8.04	-0.55%	-1.17	LF
15	1612	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.488	.488	.744	1.233	4						LF
16	1613	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.468	.468	.702	1.170	4						LF
17	1614	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.423	.423	.635	1.058	4	1.91	-0.270	4.44	-0.38%	-2.53	LF
18	1615	26 (1)	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.404	.404	.596	1.000	4	1.44	-0.076	5.07	-0.16%	-0.27	RF
19	1616	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.377	.377	.557	.934	4	.33	-0.036	.82	-0.05%	-0.96	RF
20	1617	29 (1)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.377	.387	.557	.944	9	2.06	0.047	5.44	0.07%	0.22	PH
21	1618	33 (3)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.371	.381	.548	.929	9	.51	-0.006	1.95	-0.02%	0.14	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1619	38 (4)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.365	.375	.540	.915	1						PH
23	1620	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.369	.531	.900	8	1.66	-0.039	5.38	-0.08%	-0.38	PH
24	1621	41 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.362	.507	.870	2	1.13	-0.022	3.97	-0.05%	-0.51	CF
25	1622	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.338	.472	.810	2	.53	-0.060	2.31	-0.16%	-1.30	CF
26	1623	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.321	.447	.768	2	.85	-0.090	4.07	-0.26%	-1.19	CF
27	1624	53 (9)	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.316	.442	.758	9	1.79	-0.055	7.65	-0.14%	-0.27	PH
28	1625	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.313	.436	.748	9	.92	-0.032	4.07	-0.08%	-0.51	PH
29	1626	57 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.309	.430	.739	9	.95	-0.029	5.14	-0.09%	-0.27	PH
30	1627	62 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.288	.305	.425	.730	9						PH
31	1628	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.301	.420	.721	8						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1629	66 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.310	.427	.736	9	1.74	0.050	8.54	0.15%	0.40	PH
33	1630	69 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.306	.422	.728	8	5.29	-0.160	42.48	-0.77%	-0.37	PH
34	1631	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.302	.417	.719	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	CF
35	1632	74 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.299	.412	.711	9	3.15	-0.073	15.50	-0.22%	-0.49	PH
36	1633	77 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.295	.407	.702	9	3.68	-0.086	18.88	-0.27%	-0.50	PH
37	1634	81 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.303	.407	.710	9	.36	0.016	2.49	0.07%	0.40	PH
38	1635	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.300	.402	.702	9	5.40	-0.343	38.89	-1.48%	-1.66	PH
39	1636	85 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.308	.409	.717	8	.80	0.039	5.45	0.16%	0.39	PH
40	1637	90 (4)	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.304	.404	.709	7	4.09	-0.112	23.20	-0.38%	-0.85	PH
41	1638	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.301	.400	.701	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.53	PH CF
42	1639	93 (1)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.275	.298	.396	.693	9						PH
43	1640	95 (1)	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.292	.387	.679	2	.47	-0.026	3.02	-0.10%	-0.41	CF
44	1641	96	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.299	.394	.693	9	2.98	0.104	19.58	0.41%	0.29	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	1642	98 (1)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.306	.411	.717	9						PH
46	1643	101 (2)	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.406	.709	9	.84	-0.023	5.73	-0.09%	-0.28	PH
47	1644	103 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	6-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.300	.402	.702	9	.71	-0.019	4.50	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
48	1645	108 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.297	.398	.695	1	4.08	-0.057	26.84	-0.23%	-0.44	PH
49	1646	110 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.394	.688	9	.65	-0.020	7.99	-0.15%	-0.25	PH
50	1647	112 (1)	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.301	.400	.701	9	1.82	0.056	11.04	0.20%	0.29	PH
51	1648	114 (1)	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.298	.396	.694	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
52	1649	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	L,5-9	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.305	.402	.707	9	.73	0.027	4.02	0.09%	0.73	PH
53	1650	117 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.302	.398	.700	1	4.04	-0.116	23.77	-0.41%	-0.37	PH
54	1651	119 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.308	.398	.706	9	4.42	0.154	20.25	0.42%	0.84	PH
55	1652	122 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.315	.404	.719	9	2.06	0.068	11.40	0.23%	0.40	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	1653	129 (6)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.312	.400	.712	9	.30	-0.008	1.55	-0.03%	-0.12	PH
57	1654	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.400	.718	9	.01	0.000	.06	0.00%	0.17	PH
58	1655	131	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.307	.385	.692	6	.69	-0.072	6.46	-0.40%	-1.17	CF
59	1656	134 (2)	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.313	.391	.704	1	4.80	0.332	41.74	1.73%	1.10	PH
60	1657	140 (5)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.310	.387	.698	9	.04	-0.001	.46	-0.01%	-0.85	PH
61	1658	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.308	.384	.692	9	.11	-0.003	1.20	-0.02%	-0.41	PH
62	1659	150 (8)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.305	.381	.686	9	.61	-0.018	14.03	-0.25%	-0.40	PH
63	1660	151	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.303	.377	.680	1	2.53	-0.069	49.81	-0.81%	-0.28	PH
64	1661	154 (2)	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.280	.309	.381	.690	3						LF
							20-43		124	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	5	0	15	0	1		1	3	0	0	.280	.309	.381	.690		1.41	-0.692	7.05	-2.89%	-8.17

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