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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	4	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
3	5	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	GF	34	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
4	6	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,0-6	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	9 (2)	Apr 22	BAL		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	10	Apr 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	12 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (4)	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	18	May 1 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	19	May 3	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
11	20	May 4	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	21	May 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	23	May 8 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	25 (1)	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	26	May 11	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	27	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	28	May 15 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
19	30 (1)	May 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	31	May 18	BAL		DET	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
21	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	34 (1)	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	35	May 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	36	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	37	May 25 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	39 (1)	May 26	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
27	40	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	41	May 28	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF RF
30	44	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	46 (1)	Jun 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	50	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	51	Jun 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	52	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	53	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	54	Jun 11	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	55	Jun 12 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
41	56	Jun 12 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	57	Jun 14	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
43	58	Jun 15 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	61 (2)	Jun 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	62	Jun 18	BAL		DET	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	63	Jun 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	64	Jun 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-5	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	67 (2)	Jun 25	BAL		KCA	T,3-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
49	68	Jun 26 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	69	Jun 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	71 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	72	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS	16	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	73	Jul 2	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	GS	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
54	75 (1)	Jul 4	BAL		WSH	W,6-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	76	Jul 6	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	GS	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians
56	87	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	89 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
58	94 (4)	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
59	99 (4)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
60	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	104 (3)	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	112 (7)	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	113	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GF	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	125 (11)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
65	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GF	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	128	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	130 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
69	131	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	133 (1)	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,6-1		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	134	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	137 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	143 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
74	144	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	146 (1)	Sep 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	147	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	149 (1)	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	150	Sep 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
79	151	Sep 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	154 (2)	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							84gm		556.2	140	3	1	144	1