Hoot Evers

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: February 8, 1921 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: January 25, 1991 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Collinsville HS (Collinsville, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 16, 1941 (Age 20-220d, 9,124th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 35-235d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Walter Arthur Evers

Pronunciation: \EE-verz\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

3801

1055

.278

555

RBI

565

OBP

.353

SLG

.426

OPS

.778

OPS+

107

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

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 3	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 4	DET		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	21	May 13	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	60	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
28	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 23	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 24	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 25 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
35	35	May 27	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	42 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	43	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	44	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	45	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
43	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	47	Jun 11 (1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	Jun 11 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	49	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	50	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	51	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	52	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	53	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	54	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	58 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	60 (1)	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	61	Jun 28	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	62	Jun 29 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	74 (11)	Jul 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	75	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	76	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
59	78 (1)	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	83 (1)	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	86 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	88	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
68	93 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	95 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	96	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	97	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	98	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	99	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	100	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	101	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	102	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
77	103	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	104	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	105	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	106	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	108 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
83	110	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	114	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	118 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	123 (1)	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	125	Aug 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	126	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	130 (2)	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
100	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	134 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
106	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	140	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	142 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	144	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	145	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	146	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	147	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	148	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	149	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	150	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
119	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
120	154	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	155	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							124gm			291	6	8	305	2