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

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 9	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	6 (4)	Apr 18	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	7	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
4	9 (1)	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	10	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	RF 2B
6	11	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF 2B
7	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 2B
8	13	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (6)	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	22 (1)	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
11	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
12	26 (2)	May 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 2B
13	29 (2)	May 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	31 (1)	May 17 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-7	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
15	33 (1)	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	34	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox
17	50	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
18	54 (3)	Jun 11	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
19	55	Jun 12	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
20	70 (14)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
21	71	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	79 (7)	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
23	80	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
24	81	Jul 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
25	84 (2)	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
26	88 (3)	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	52	13.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	90 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Milwaukee Braves
28	90	Jul 22	MLN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
29	91	Jul 23	MLN		CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
30	92	Jul 24	MLN		PIT	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	93	Jul 25	MLN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
32	94	Jul 26 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
33	95	Jul 26 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
34	96	Jul 27	MLN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
35	97	Jul 28	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
36	98	Jul 29	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
37	99	Jul 30	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
38	100	Jul 31	MLN		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	10	0	12	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	101	Aug 1	MLN		STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
40	102	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		STL	L,3-4	GS	38	8.0	0	4	2	6	0	2B
41	108 (5)	Aug 9	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
42	109	Aug 11 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
43	110	Aug 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
44	111	Aug 12	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
45	112	Aug 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
46	113	Aug 14	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	114	Aug 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
48	115	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	117 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
50	119 (1)	Aug 18	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	59	13.0	5	5	1	11	1	2B
51	120	Aug 19	MLN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
52	121	Aug 20	MLN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
53	122	Aug 22 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
54	123	Aug 22 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
55	125 (1)	Aug 24	MLN		CHC	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
56	126	Aug 25	MLN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
57	127	Aug 26	MLN	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	128	Aug 27	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
59	129	Aug 28	MLN	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
60	130	Aug 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
61	131	Aug 30	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	132	Sep 1	MLN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
63	133	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
64	134	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	135	Sep 5	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
66	139 (3)	Sep 9	MLN		STL	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
67	146 (6)	Sep 16	MLN	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
68	147	Sep 17	MLN	@	SFG	L,6-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	2	6	1	2B
69	148	Sep 19	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
70	149	Sep 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
71	150	Sep 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
72	151	Sep 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	152	Sep 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
74	153	Sep 25	MLN		PHI	L,3-6	GF	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
75	154	Sep 26	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	155	Sep 27	MLN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
77	156	Sep 28	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
78	157	Sep 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	11	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							81gm		597.0	143	162	10	315	31