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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	7	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	37 (29)	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	38	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	39	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	40	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	41	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers
12	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
15	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	47	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
19	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	60	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
34	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	79	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	83 (1)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	84	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	90 (1)	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	92 (1)	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	104 (1)	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
63	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	114	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	116	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	124 (1)	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	133 (7)	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	137 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	148 (9)	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	150 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	154 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							91gm			131	3	4	138	0