Al
Evans
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 28, 1916 in Usa, NC, KENLY
 
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
1939 22 NYA AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 9
1940 23 NYA AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 9 9
1941 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1942 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 9 8 8
1943 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1944 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8
1945 28 NYA AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1946 29 NYA AL $ 1,414,286   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8
1947 30 NYA AL $ 1,414,286   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1948 31 STL NL $ 1,560,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 8
1949 32 STL NL $ 1,560,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 8
1950 33 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 8
1951 34 STL NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1952 35 STL NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 6
1953 36 STL NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,560,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
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
1939 22 AAA   31 122 16 29 1 2 1 10 5 2 8 8 .238 .285 .303 .588 10.8  
    AA   106 367 43 97 18 1 3 41 15 10 41 27 .264 .338 .343 .682 43.3  
1940 23 AAA   81 302 40 84 9 2 7 42 11 6 51 22 .278 .382 .391 .773 48.1  
    AA   56 210 21 48 8 2 1 17 5 6 29 9 .229 .322 .300 .622 21.1  
1941 24 NYA AL 50 86 20 27 4 0 1 13 0 2 7 3 .314 .362 .395 .757 11.4 1.6
    AA   81 310 45 96 19 2 4 40 8 9 40 16 .310 .389 .423 .811 48.6  
1942 25 NYA AL 91 272 25 65 18 3 2 39 3 2 28 16 .239 .311 .349 .661 29.5 4.4
1943 26 NYA AL 97 322 43 82 14 1 2 51 8 1 35 36 .255 .328 .323 .651 34.4 4.2
1944 27 NYA AL 68 128 24 33 4 0 4 12 0 1 15 11 .258 .338 .383 .721 16.1 1.8
1945 28 NYA AL 127 380 57 119 18 5 5 35 2 0 39 21 .313 .375 .426 .802 56.3 9.9
1946 29 NYA AL 104 211 36 48 7 1 3 31 1 3 15 11 .227 .278 .313 .590 15.3 0.0
1947 30 NYA AL 99 260 48 70 17 0 3 28 1 2 40 23 .269 .364 .369 .733 33.8 4.1
1948 31 STL NL 71 256 34 62 8 2 3 44 2 2 24 25 .242 .305 .324 .629 25.0 1.2
1949 32 STL NL 24 50 9 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 6 .200 .286 .220 .506 4.0 0.0
1950 33 STL NL 44 60 7 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 4 .167 .242 .217 .459 2.4 0.0
1951 34 STL NL 49 94 10 24 5 0 1 7 0 0 5 12 .255 .290 .340 .630 8.4 0.3
1952 35 STL NL 44 69 10 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 5 9 .246 .297 .304 .602 6.5 0.6
1953 36 STL NL 23 36 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .139 .262 .139 .401 1.0 0.0
13 Years Sim 891 2224 328 572 99 14 24 275 20 14 231 182 .257 .326 .347 .673 244.0 28.1
2 Years AAA 112 424 56 113 10 4 8 52 16 8 59 30 .267 .359 .366 .724 58.9  
3 Years AA 243 887 109 241 45 5 8 98 28 25 110 52 .272 .355 .361 .715 113.0  
5 Years Minors 355 1311 165 354 55 9 16 150 44 33 169 82 .270 .356 .362 .718 171.9  
162 Game Average 404 59 104 18 2 4 50 3 2 42 33 .257 .326 .347 .673 44.4  
Career Highs 127 380 57 119 18 5 5 51 8 3 40 36 .314 .375 .426 .802 56.3  
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   1287 204 321 55 8 17 173 14 11 124 116 .249 .315 .344 .660 141.3
vs LH   937 124 251 44 6 7 102 6 3 107 66 .268 .341 .350 .691 115.6
Home 446 1119 158 300 52 7 15 160 9 4 107 90 .268 .331 .367 .698 137.4
Away 445 1105 170 272 47 7 9 115 11 10 124 92 .246 .322 .326 .648 119.6
RISP   577 0 153 26 4 8 236 0 0 73 42 .265 .343 .366 .709 76.0
Pinch Hitting   166 27 46 8 1 3 19 0 0 13 12 .277 .328 .392 .719 21.0
Close/Late   261 66 62 9 0 1 29 0 0 36 24 .238 .330 .284 .613 27.1
Mar/Apr 145 334 49 82 11 3 6 48 1 2 38 26 .246 .323 .350 .673 38.9
May 143 388 56 107 16 2 3 55 4 2 40 24 .276 .341 .351 .692 47.6
June 160 423 61 105 19 4 4 66 5 1 45 36 .248 .320 .340 .660 48.0
July 120 255 44 59 11 0 2 26 3 2 28 20 .231 .305 .298 .603 24.4
August 178 455 66 123 25 2 4 44 3 5 49 45 .270 .339 .360 .700 55.6
Sep/Oct 144 369 52 96 17 3 5 36 4 2 31 31 .260 .319 .363 .682 42.5
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
1941 24 NYA AL C 13 12 100.7 41 2 2 0 .956 3.84 1 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 10 7 72.7 4 22 1 2 .963 3.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 25 NYA AL C 69 68 579.7 198 26 3 1 .987 3.48 25 6 .240 0 3.2
    3B 5 5 40.0 2 9 0 2 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1943 26 NYA AL C 90 88 780.7 345 31 3 1 .992 4.33 33 9 .273 1 2.7
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 27 NYA AL C 32 31 274.7 120 5 1 0 .992 4.10 10 1 .100 3 1.1
    3B 12 2 27.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 28 NYA AL C 96 93 829.3 381 26 3 1 .993 4.42 30 9 .300 2 4.5
    3B 6 0 12.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1946 29 NYA AL C 43 41 369.0 174 16 1 0 .995 4.63 14 5 .357 2 2.4
    3B 9 2 30.3 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1947 30 NYA AL C 56 56 487.0 230 21 1 0 .996 4.64 39 12 .308 0 3.3
    3B 21 8 93.7 10 21 2 2 .939 2.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 31 STL NL C 66 63 567.3 295 26 2 0 .994 5.09 17 8 .471 3 5.1
1949 32 STL NL C 17 11 110.7 67 2 2 0 .972 5.61 4 1 .250 0 0.7
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 33 STL NL 3B 19 7 83.0 6 23 0 0 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 5 3 27.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 34 STL NL 3B 30 16 172.0 16 43 0 2 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 7 3 28.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 6.59 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 35 STL NL C 11 11 92.3 59 2 1 0 .984 5.95 5 1 .200 0 0.2
    3B 12 4 47.3 6 7 0 2 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 36 STL NL 3B 13 3 49.0 2 14 1 2 .941 2.94 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 4 3 30.7 13 2 0 0 1.000 4.40 2 1 .500 0 0.2
  C 509 483 4277.6 1957 159 19 3 .991 4.45 183 53 .290 11 24.0
  3B 142 54 640.6 53 152 4 14 .981 2.88 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  RF 2 1 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   655 538 4931.6 2013 311 23 17 .990 4.24 183 53 .290 11 25.7
Career Highs   102 93 842.0 382 43 3 3 1.000 5.35 39 12 .500 3  
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
1943 26 NYA AL 11 42 3 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 4 .238 .304 .310 .614
1945 28 NYA AL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career Post-Season Batting 15 50 3 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 .220 .291 .280 .571
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.
Triples
1945-10-5
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1939
Injured on 5/30/1940 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 8/3/1941, off Hal Newhouser (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1941, off Larry French (BOS)
Injured on 6/19/1942 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/8/1943 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 6/15/1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/23/1947 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/4/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $1,560,000 per year
4/2/1949: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis
6/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $350,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by St. Louis on 10/3/1953