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Darrell
Evans		  
Nickname: Howdy Doody
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 26, 1947 in Usa, CA, PASADENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1973    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 STL NL     5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10 6 7 7
1970 23 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1971 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1972 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1973 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1974 27 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 4 4
1975 28 STL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 4 4
1976 29 STL NL $ 350,000   4 4 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 4 4
1977 30 PHN NL $ 407,143   4 4 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 3 3
1978 31 NYA AL $ 500,000   4 4 3 6 7 7 4 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
1979 32 NYA AL $ 500,000   3 3 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
1980 33 NYA AL $ 500,000   3 3 2 6 7 7 3 4 3 9 10 10 4 4 4
1981 34 NYA AL $ 500,000   3 3 2 7 7 7 3 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
1982 35 CLN NL     2 2 1 6 7 6 3 4 3 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 6 7 6 3 4 3 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 22 AAA   111 415 83 115 15 0 40 100 3 3 84 65 .277 .399 .602 1.001 97.7  
    AA   26 88 19 26 1 0 11 20 3 1 23 14 .295 .441 .682 1.123 25.6  
1970 23 STL NL 74 237 33 41 5 0 8 28 0 0 40 36 .173 .287 .295 .583 24.0 0.9
    AAA   56 192 34 56 12 0 14 40 2 3 46 26 .292 .429 .573 1.001 45.8  
1971 24 STL NL 24 66 8 16 2 1 4 12 0 1 15 10 .242 .383 .485 .868 13.0 2.6
    AAA   133 460 119 133 14 1 38 84 6 3 126 73 .289 .442 .572 1.014 117.4  
1972 25 STL NL 121 411 74 101 16 0 18 54 2 2 62 62 .246 .346 .416 .762 60.2 10.1
1973 26 STL NL 155 543 86 148 18 2 27 76 1 0 83 86 .273 .369 .462 .831 94.4 19.6
1974 27 STL NL 150 520 61 87 12 4 18 57 0 1 73 128 .167 .270 .310 .580 44.6 0.3
1975 28 STL NL 150 513 50 92 21 2 13 52 4 2 69 134 .179 .275 .304 .579 43.7 0.6
1976 29 STL NL 131 407 42 86 20 2 16 51 1 1 55 91 .211 .307 .388 .695 48.9 7.3
1977 30 PHN NL 60 97 17 19 5 0 4 19 0 0 15 24 .196 .301 .371 .672 12.3 1.8
1978 31 NYA AL 28 52 7 12 1 0 4 10 0 0 8 11 .231 .333 .481 .814 9.1 1.6
1979 32 NYA AL 8 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .143 .500 .571 1.071 2.6 0.8
1980 33 NYA AL 38 73 7 9 1 0 2 4 0 0 12 16 .123 .247 .219 .466 4.4 0.0
1981 34 NYA AL 30 51 7 10 1 0 3 11 0 0 11 11 .196 .328 .392 .720 8.4 1.5
1982 35 A   137 452 92 95 17 2 37 76 6 1 147 108 .210 .404 .502 .906 103.6  
12 Years Sim 969 2977 394 622 102 11 118 376 8 7 448 610 .209 .312 .369 .682 365.5 47.2
3 Years AAA 300 1067 236 304 41 1 92 224 11 9 256 164 .285 .421 .584 1.005 260.9  
1 Years AA 26 88 19 26 1 0 11 20 3 1 23 14 .295 .441 .682 1.123 25.6  
1 Years A 137 452 92 95 17 2 37 76 6 1 147 108 .210 .404 .502 .906 103.6  
5 Years Minors 463 1607 347 425 59 3 140 320 20 11 426 286 .264 .417 .566 .983 390.1  
162 Game Average 497 65 103 17 1 19 62 1 1 74 101 .209 .312 .369 .682 61.1  
Career Highs 155 543 86 148 21 4 27 76 4 2 83 134 .273 .500 .571 1.071 94.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2111 284 465 71 8 91 275 5 6 335 402 .220 .327 .391 .718 292.8
vs LH   866 110 157 31 3 27 101 3 1 113 208 .181 .274 .318 .591 82.9
Home 483 1426 195 299 53 5 59 180 5 5 229 294 .210 .319 .378 .697 188.3
Away 486 1551 199 323 49 6 59 196 3 2 219 316 .208 .305 .362 .667 187.5
RISP   681 0 133 17 4 25 239 0 0 121 153 .195 .309 .342 .651 84.4
Pinch Hitting   126 12 23 2 0 6 18 0 0 15 19 .183 .270 .341 .611 12.8
Close/Late   380 48 72 10 2 14 46 0 0 55 79 .189 .291 .337 .627 41.6
Mar/Apr 168 519 71 108 10 3 24 62 1 2 83 112 .208 .316 .378 .694 68.7
May 184 574 89 119 19 2 25 75 1 0 83 128 .207 .308 .378 .686 73.0
June 166 519 62 96 17 0 22 70 4 0 86 96 .185 .300 .345 .644 61.8
July 141 456 62 106 23 3 15 63 1 2 56 97 .232 .315 .395 .710 58.8
August 150 443 45 89 13 0 14 44 0 1 66 85 .201 .307 .325 .632 48.7
Sep/Oct 159 466 65 104 20 3 18 62 1 2 74 92 .223 .328 .395 .723 64.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 23 STL NL 2B 48 45 403.3 100 196 3 46 .990 6.61   2.1
    3B 25 25 228.0 22 51 3 7 .961 2.88   0.5
1971 24 STL NL 2B 23 19 179.0 38 74 0 14 1.000 5.63   1.1
1972 25 STL NL 2B 103 98 884.0 212 398 7 93 .989 6.21   4.7
    LF 9 0 20.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    3B 2 0 8.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
1973 26 STL NL 2B 153 149 1326.3 318 607 9 143 .990 6.28   7.5
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 27 STL NL 3B 118 118 1050.7 82 271 30 25 .922 3.02   2.0
    1B 15 11 102.3 125 9 4 8 .971 11.79   0.1
    SS 4 4 39.0 4 18 1 1 .957 5.08   0.2
    2B 9 2 34.3 7 15 0 4 1.000 5.77   0.2
    LF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 28 STL NL 3B 148 144 1227.3 91 364 22 32 .954 3.34   3.4
    2B 9 0 20.0 6 11 0 1 1.000 7.65   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 29 STL NL 3B 56 55 473.0 29 123 12 16 .927 2.89   0.8
    2B 28 17 167.3 51 73 2 15 .984 6.67   0.5
    RF 15 15 133.0 30 0 1 0 .968 2.03   0.0
    LF 11 5 68.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.38    
    CF 7 7 63.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 6 6 52.0 62 4 0 5 1.000 11.42   0.1
    SS 4 4 35.7 8 13 1 3 .955 5.30   0.1
1977 30 PHN NL 1B 10 7 65.0 82 8 0 7 1.000 12.46   0.1
    2B 21 2 46.3 12 22 1 5 .971 6.60   0.2
    3B 4 2 26.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.42   0.1
    LF 9 1 25.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    CF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00    
    SS 1 0 8.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.0
1978 31 NYA AL 2B 12 6 64.0 16 32 1 7 .980 6.75   0.4
    3B 6 2 26.3 2 7 3 0 .750 3.08   0.0
    1B 4 2 22.0 30 2 0 5 1.000 13.09   0.1
    LF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1979 32 NYA AL LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 33 NYA AL 3B 11 5 50.0 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.88   0.1
    2B 10 4 48.0 11 22 0 3 1.000 6.19   0.2
    LF 6 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    1B 5 3 31.0 42 4 0 2 1.000 13.35   0.1
1981 34 NYA AL 3B 13 5 60.0 5 22 2 3 .931 4.05   0.2
    2B 9 4 42.3 12 15 0 4 1.000 5.74   0.1
    LF 4 3 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  2B 426 346 3219.0 784 1467 23 335 .990 6.29   17.3
  3B 386 356 3156.7 233 862 72 86 .938 3.12   7.2
  1B 45 29 281.3 350 28 4 27 .990 12.09   0.6
  LF 46 14 199.0 43 2 0 1 1.000 2.04   0.3
  RF 16 16 142.0 31 0 2 0 .939 1.96   0.0
  SS 9 8 82.7 13 35 2 5 .960 5.23   0.3
  CF 9 9 80.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
Career Totals   937 778 7160.6 1465 2394 103 454 .974 4.85   25.6
Career Highs   158 149 1329.3 319 607 35 143 1.000 6.75    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1971 24 STL NL 10 32 5 6 1 1 1 5 0 0 7 3 .188 .333 .375 .708
1972 25 STL NL 2 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
Career Post-Season Batting 12 42 5 9 2 1 1 7 0 0 7 3 .214 .327 .381 .707
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1973-10-.369
 XR
1973-10-94.4
 Homeruns
1973-7-27
 Walks
1973-9-83
 Strikeouts
1974-6-128
1975-3-134
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rene Lachemann (949)
  2. Jim Morrison (935)
  3. George Foster (926)
  4. Dwayne Murphy (921)
  5. Dick Gernert (921)
  6. Doug Decinces (913)
  7. Tony Phillips (912)
  8. Bob Oliver (910)
  9. Al Smith (909)
  10. Max Alvis (903)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1969
Injured on 6/21/1969 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1970, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1970, off Masanori Murakami (TOR)
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 5/3/1973
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1973
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1976, hitting .389 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 7/26/1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $407,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/6/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
5/1/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
 
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