Earl
Averill
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 187
 
Born: May 21, 1902 in Usa, WA, SNOHOMISH
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   80 80 73 44 50 48 87 101 97 39 47 45 85 88 87
1931 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5 9 9 9
1932 30 SEM AL $ 4,871,429   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5 9 9 9
1933 31 DET AL $ 4,871,429   9 9 8 4 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
1934 32 DET AL $ 5,130,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 10 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1935 33 DET AL $ 5,130,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 8 10 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1936 34 DET AL $ 5,130,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1937 35 NYA AL     6 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1938 36 SLC NL $ 550,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 4
1939 37 BSN NL     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,130,000   80 80 73 44 50 48 87 101 97 39 47 45 85 88 87
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
1930 28 SEM AL 154 605 83 203 44 7 13 114 9 3 55 21 .336 .387 .496 .883 104.3 19.0
1931 29 SEM AL 157 565 90 182 49 8 17 104 0 0 65 23 .322 .391 .527 .919 105.3 22.8
1932 30 SEM AL 94 348 42 101 27 3 5 43 0 0 28 14 .290 .342 .428 .770 46.6 6.5
1933 31 DET AL 149 585 101 172 43 10 13 96 1 0 64 47 .294 .362 .468 .831 89.5 15.3
1934 32 DET AL 141 549 102 186 35 8 12 105 0 0 59 43 .339 .401 .497 .898 95.0 18.9
1935 33 DET AL 157 600 99 170 32 10 14 96 0 0 71 62 .283 .357 .440 .797 89.5 14.0
1936 34 DET AL 151 552 90 161 31 9 10 86 0 0 61 53 .292 .360 .435 .795 80.8 13.9
1937 35 NYA AL 100 324 46 84 15 4 7 52 0 0 30 29 .259 .322 .395 .717 36.2 4.6
1938 36 SLC NL 42 77 7 22 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 11 .286 .304 .364 .667 7.9 1.2
1939 37 AA   83 301 32 89 15 2 3 35 4 3 22 49 .296 .344 .389 .732 38.6  
9 Years Sim 1145 4205 660 1281 279 59 92 703 10 3 435 303 .305 .368 .465 .833 655.2 116.3
1 Years AA 83 301 32 89 15 2 3 35 4 3 22 49 .296 .344 .389 .732 38.6  
162 Game Average 594 93 181 39 8 13 99 1 0 61 42 .305 .368 .465 .833 92.7  
Career Highs 157 605 102 203 49 10 17 114 9 3 71 62 .339 .401 .527 .919 105.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2951 495 949 206 34 63 503 9 2 322 201 .322 .386 .478 .864 515.7
vs LH   1254 165 332 73 25 29 200 1 1 113 102 .265 .326 .432 .759 172.6
Home 567 2068 336 648 136 29 49 336 3 1 195 158 .313 .371 .478 .850 345.8
Away 578 2137 324 633 143 30 43 367 7 2 240 145 .296 .365 .452 .817 342.4
RISP   1170 0 368 76 17 32 562 0 0 172 90 .315 .391 .491 .882 221.5
Pinch Hitting   86 11 35 6 0 2 20 0 0 10 9 .407 .464 .547 1.010 19.2
Close/Late   498 55 149 26 6 8 79 0 0 75 39 .299 .391 .424 .814 83.0
Mar/Apr 204 748 131 258 73 8 17 132 3 0 92 54 .345 .414 .532 .946 150.1
May 216 812 115 217 46 13 17 114 2 1 63 60 .267 .317 .419 .736 106.0
June 209 779 115 235 47 8 19 133 1 1 81 57 .302 .365 .456 .821 125.2
July 188 671 100 204 43 15 14 130 1 1 67 46 .304 .368 .475 .844 110.5
August 176 625 109 198 43 11 7 100 3 0 72 43 .317 .387 .454 .841 105.0
Sep/Oct 152 570 90 169 27 4 18 94 0 0 60 43 .296 .361 .453 .814 91.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 28 SEM AL CF 153 151 1325.0 367 7 11 3 .971 2.54 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1931 29 SEM AL CF 153 143 1265.7 388 9 16 2 .961 2.82 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1932 30 SEM AL CF 91 82 748.3 248 1 7 0 .973 2.99 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1933 31 DET AL CF 146 142 1271.0 362 1 14 0 .963 2.57 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1934 32 DET AL CF 140 137 1222.3 342 10 11 4 .970 2.59 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1935 33 DET AL CF 152 146 1307.0 377 7 11 1 .972 2.64 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1936 34 DET AL CF 144 135 1228.7 373 6 15 1 .962 2.78 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    C 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 35 NYA AL CF 90 82 717.0 233 5 10 1 .960 2.99 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1938 36 SLC NL CF 17 12 111.0 20 2 1 0 .957 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1086 1030 9196.0 2710 48 96 12 .966 2.70 0 0 .000 0 20.6
  RF 4 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1094 1031 9220.3 2714 48 97 12 .966 2.70 1 0 .000 1 20.7
Career Highs   153 151 1325.0 388 10 16 4 .973 2.99 1 0 .000 1  
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
1933 31 DET AL 6 27 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .333 .379 .333 .713
1934 32 DET AL 20 82 8 29 5 1 1 7 0 0 6 14 .354 .393 .476 .869
Career Post-Season Batting 26 109 14 38 5 1 1 10 0 0 8 15 .349 .390 .440 .830
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.
Batting Average
1934-5-.339
On-Base Pct
1934-7-.401
Slugging Pct
1931-9-.527
1934-8-.497
OPS
1931-9-.919
1934-6-.898
XR
1931-10-105.3
1934-9-95.0
Games
1931-1-157
1933-9-149
1935-4-157
At-Bats
1930-10-605
1933-4-585
Runs
1933-8-101
Hits
1930-9-203
1934-6-186
Total Bases
1931-10-298
1933-9-274
1934-10-273
Singles
1934-8-131
Doubles
1930-8-44
1931-2-49
1933-3-43
Triples
1931-8-8
1933-9-10
1935-4-10
1936-6-9
RBIs
1930-7-114
1931-10-104
1934-5-105
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Garland Braxton (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1930, off Leon Chagnon (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/11/1930, hitting .630 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/19/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 6/15/1930, hitting .577 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Cleveland on 7/5/1930
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/7/1930
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/23/1932 with a Fractured Hip, out for 7 weeks
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle (M) to Detroit on 3/2/1933 (Going to SEM: CF Edd Roush, 2B Taylor Douthit, P Hal Schumacher. Going to DET: CF Earl Averill, 2B Fresco Thompson)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle (M) on 8/6/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1933, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
9/20/1933: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,130,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/27/1934 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1934, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 22 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 8/28/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1934, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1935, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1935, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 5/31/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1936, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/10/1937 to a 2-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 9/1/1937
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (C) on 2/22/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $550,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 6/1/1939 to a minor league deal