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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
2	5	Apr 20 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	6	Apr 21	LAA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
4	9 (2)	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	10	Apr 28	LAA		MIN	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
6	11	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	13	Apr 30 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
10	15	May 3	LAA		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	16	May 4	LAA		BAL	L,7-8	CG	53	13.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
12	17	May 5	LAA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	18	May 6	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	19	May 7	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	20	May 8	LAA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	21	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
17	22	May 10	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	C
18	23	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
19	24	May 13	LAA	@	MIN	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	25	May 14	LAA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	26	May 15	LAA	@	KCA	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF C
22	27	May 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
23	28	May 18	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	29	May 19 (1)	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	30	May 19 (2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	31	May 21 (1)	LAA		WSA	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	32	May 21 (2)	LAA		WSA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	33	May 22	LAA		WSA	W,6-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	34	May 23	LAA		CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	35	May 24	LAA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	36	May 25	LAA		CLE	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	37	May 26	LAA		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
33	38	May 27	LAA		DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	39	May 28	LAA		DET	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	40	May 30	LAA	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	41	May 31	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	42	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	43	Jun 2	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	44	Jun 3	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	45	Jun 4 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	49 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
42	50	Jun 7	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	52 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	T,4-4	CG	50	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	54 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
45	56 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	57	Jun 11 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
47	58	Jun 12	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
48	59	Jun 13 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
49	62 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
50	64 (1)	Jun 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
51	65	Jun 17	LAA	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	66	Jun 18	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	45	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	C 2B
53	67	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	78 (10)	Jul 2	LAA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	79	Jul 3	LAA		KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
56	80	Jul 4 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	82 (1)	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	83	Jul 6	LAA	@	MIN	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	84	Jul 7	LAA	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	85	Jul 8	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	86	Jul 9 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
62	87	Jul 9 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
63	93 (5)	Jul 19 (1)	LAA		MIN	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
64	94	Jul 19 (2)	LAA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	95	Jul 21	LAA		WSA	W,16-5	GS	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	96	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
67	97	Jul 23	LAA		WSA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	98	Jul 24	LAA		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	99	Jul 25	LAA		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
70	100	Jul 26	LAA		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	105 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	37	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	110 (4)	Aug 7	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
73	112 (1)	Aug 9	LAA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	113	Aug 10	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	121 (7)	Aug 18	LAA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
76	122	Aug 19	LAA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
77	123	Aug 20	LAA		MIN	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
78	124	Aug 22	LAA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	125	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	50	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
80	126	Aug 24	LAA		NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	127	Aug 25	LAA		BOS	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	128	Aug 26	LAA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	130 (1)	Aug 28	LAA		BAL	L,1-8	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
84	131	Aug 29 (1)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	132	Aug 29 (2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
86	133	Aug 30	LAA		BAL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
87	134	Aug 31 (1)	LAA		KCA	L,3-17	GF	23	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	138 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	140 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	141	Sep 5 (2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,12-13	CG	46	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	142	Sep 8	LAA		CHW	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
92	144 (1)	Sep 10	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	155 (10)	Sep 23	LAA		DET	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
94	156	Sep 24	LAA		DET	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
95	158 (1)	Sep 27	LAA		WSA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							98gm		765.2	547	38	5	590	6