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Earl Averill

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: September 9, 1931 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: May 13, 2015 in Tacoma, WA

High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)

School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: April 19, 1956 (Age 24-223d, 11,337th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1963 (Age 32-017d)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Earl Douglas Averill

Pronunciation: \A-ver-ull\

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Relatives: Son of Earl Averill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

1031

249

.242

137

RBI

159

OBP

.346

SLG

.409

OPS

.755

OPS+

102

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		LAD	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
5	8 (3)	Apr 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
6	12 (3)	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	23 (10)	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
8	27 (3)	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	53	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	28	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	29	May 11	CHC		MLN	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
11	32 (2)	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	33	May 16	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	40 (6)	May 23	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	44 (3)	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
15	45	May 29	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
16	46	May 30	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
17	47	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	72 (24)	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (3)	Jul 3	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	79 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
21	80	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
22	83 (2)	Jul 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	86 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		MLN	W,10-5	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	93 (6)	Jul 22	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
26	95 (1)	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	10	1	2	13	0	C
27	97 (1)	Jul 26	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	98	Jul 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
29	100 (1)	Jul 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	106 (5)	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	107	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
32	108	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS	61	14.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B C
33	109	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	110	Aug 11	CHC		LAD	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	112 (1)	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,20-9	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
36	113	Aug 14	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GF	27	6.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
37	114	Aug 15	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	115	Aug 16	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	116	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH LF
40	118 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,7-7	GS	49	11.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
41	119	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	120	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
43	121	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	123 (1)	Aug 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
45	129 (5)	Aug 29	CHC		MLN	L,4-11	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	134 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	140 (5)	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	149 (8)	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	152 (2)	Sep 23	CHC		SFG	W,9-8	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	155 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
							52gm		388.0	197	49	13	259	4