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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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 44 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
LAA	25
CHC	11
CLE	5
PHI	3

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	15

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	18

Outs
0	18
1	16
2	10

15 Opps
MIN/WSH	8
BAL	5
STL	4
BOS	3
WSA	3
LAD	3
NYY	3
DET	3
SFG	2
PHI	2
MLN	2
KCA	2
CLE	2
CHC	1
CHW	1

40 Pitchers
Pedro Ramos	3
Ernie Broglio	2
Luis Arroyo	2
Dick Ellsworth	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Gordon Jones	1
Tracy Stallard	1
Bob Allen	1
Bob Shaw	1
Jerry Walker	1
Jim Kaat	1
Jim Bunning	1
Jack Meyer	1
Jim Perry	1
Jim Archer	1
Ray Moore	1
Bob Turley	1
Jack Fisher	1
Roger Craig	1
Gene Conley	1
Dick Hall	1
Bob Wiesler	1
Danny McDevitt	1
Claude Osteen	1
Jack Kralick	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Lindy McDaniel	1
Turk Farrell	1
Hal Brown	1
Don Mossi	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Terry Fox	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Lew Burdette	1
Charlie Beamon	1
Bill Monbouquette	1
Ed Hobaugh	1
Al Schroll	1
Carl Erskine	1
Pete Burnside	1

13 Parks
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	16
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	2
LA Coliseum (LOS)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Seals Stad (SFO)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	36
78	3
9	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	6
12-	3
123	2
-2-	2
-23	2
--3	1
1-3	1

71 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	27
1 on	9
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	17

Inning
1	1
2	8
3	1
4	6
5	9
6	4
7	4
8	4
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	10
4-6	19
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	10
-1	7
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	14
Tied	10
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	30
LF	5
PH	4
3B	4
2B	1

OrderPos
6th	17
7th	7
8th	7
5th	5
9th	4
3rd	3
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1956-06-04	CLE	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.114	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1956-06-05	CLE	@	BAL	Ray Moore	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	--3	2	8	2	0.098	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Busby Scores
3	3	3	1	1956-06-24	CLE		WSH	Bob Wiesler	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.056	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1958-07-18	CLE	@	BAL	Charlie Beamon	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-23	3	7	5	0.192	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doby Scores; R. Colavito Scores
5	5	2	1	1958-07-27 (2)	CLE		NYY	Bob Turley	tied 0-0	b 5	1	1--	2	8	5	0.243	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Colavito Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1959-05-10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	Lindy McDaniel	tied 9-9	t 11	0	---	1	8	2	0.332	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	1959-05-10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	Ernie Broglio	behind 0-4	t 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.114	22%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores
8	8	3	1	1959-05-12	CHC		MLN	Lew Burdette	tied 3-3	b 9	2	123	4	9	PH	0.343	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF Line); B. Thomson Scores; L. Walls Scores; S. Taylor Scores
9	9	4	1	1959-05-29	CHC	@	LAD	Carl Erskine	ahead 8-1	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.010	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1959-07-12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	Jack Meyer	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	12-	3	8	2	0.111	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores; L. Walls Scores
11	11	6	1	1959-07-14	CHC		MLN	Juan Pizarro	behind 4-5	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.187	57%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
12	12	7	1	1959-07-22	CHC	@	LAD	Danny McDevitt	behind 0-1	t 2	0	123	4	7	2	0.197	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Banks Scores; A. Schult Scores; B. Thomson Scores
13	13	8	1	1959-07-24	CHC	@	SFG	Gordon Jones	behind 3-4	t 6	1	1--	2	7	2	0.306	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Thomson Scores
14	14	9	1	1959-08-19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Turk Farrell	tied 6-6	t 12	1	---	1	5	5	0.381	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	10	1	1959-09-27	CHC		LAD	Roger Craig	behind 0-5	b 5	0	---	1	6	4	0.045	11%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1960-04-24	CHC		SFG	Billy O'Dell	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.077	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1961-04-27	LAA		MIN	Camilo Pascual	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	2	0.150	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bilko Scores
18	18	2	1	1961-04-28	LAA		MIN	Pedro Ramos	behind 0-3	b 4	2	12-	3	6	2	0.292	51%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); L. Wagner Scores; T. Kluszewski Scores
19	19	3	1	1961-05-02	LAA		BAL	Dick Hall	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.102	63%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
20	20	4	1	1961-05-03	LAA		BAL	Hal Brown	behind 5-6	b 9	2	1--	2	6	2	0.893	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hunt Scores
21	21	5	1	1961-05-09	LAA		BOS	Tracy Stallard	ahead 6-5	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	0.074	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1961-05-12	LAA	@	MIN	Pedro Ramos	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	1	6	2	0.091	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1961-05-19 (2)	LAA		CHW	Bob Shaw	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	6	2	0.134	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Thomas Scores
24	24	8	1	1961-05-22	LAA		WSA	Pete Burnside	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.101	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Thomas Scores
25	25	9	1	1961-05-23	LAA		CLE	Jim Perry	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	12-	3	6	2	0.037	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Wagner Scores/unER; T. Kluszewski Scores/unER; E. Averill Scores/unER
26	26	10	1	1961-05-28	LAA		DET	Jim Bunning	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.107	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	11	1	1961-05-30	LAA	@	WSA	Ed Hobaugh	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.109	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	12	1	1961-06-20	LAA		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 2-10	b 5	2	---	1	4	2	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	13	1	1961-07-07	LAA	@	DET	Terry Fox	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	2	0.090	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	14	1	1961-07-08	LAA	@	DET	Don Mossi	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.190	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	15	1	1961-08-19	LAA		MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 0-5	b 9	1	-2-	2	5	2	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bilko Scores
32	32	16	1	1961-08-20	LAA		MIN	Jack Kralick	behind 3-6	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.094	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	17	2	1961-08-20	LAA		MIN	Al Schroll	behind 6-9	b 8	0	---	1	5	2	0.084	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	18	1	1961-08-22	LAA		NYY	Luis Arroyo	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.082	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	19	1	1961-08-25	LAA		BOS	Gene Conley	behind 1-6	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.057	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	20	1	1961-09-04 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	Jim Archer	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.107	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	21	1	1961-09-27	LAA		WSA	Claude Osteen	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	2	0.244	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Satriano Scores; K. Hunt Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1962-05-01	LAA	@	CLE	Bob Allen	ahead 5-1	t 6	0	---	1	7	7	0.033	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1962-06-10 (1)	LAA		KCA	Jerry Walker	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.114	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	3	1	1962-07-14	LAA		NYY	Luis Arroyo	behind 5-7	b 8	1	---	1	7	7	0.120	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	4	1	1962-07-25	LAA		BAL	Jack Fisher	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	-23	3	9	PH	0.055	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Torres Scores; T. Burgess Scores/unER
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1963-06-13	PHI	@	STL	Ernie Broglio	behind 2-7	t 5	0	---	1	9	PH	0.037	9%		Home Run
43	43	2	1	1963-08-29	PHI	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.179	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	1963-08-30	PHI		STL	Ray Sadecki	behind 3-8	b 7	2	---	1	3	5	0.016	3%		Home Run

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