Earl Averill Sr.

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Full Name: Howard Earl Averill	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/172	First Game: April 16, 1929
Birthdate: May 21, 1902	Final Game: April 25, 1941
Birthplace: Snohomish, Washington	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: August 16, 1983
Deathplace: Everett, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975

Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Earl Averill (Howard Earl Averill) was born on May 21, 1902 in Snohomish, Washington. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1929 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .332 with 18 home runs and 96 RBI. Averill played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Earl Averill's best season was 1931, when he slugged 32 home runs, hit for a .333 average and knocked in 143 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1929	CLE	A	151	597	110	198	18	96	.332	.398	.538	43	13	63	53	3	17	13	0	0
1930	CLE	A	139	534	102	181	19	119	.339	.404	.537	33	8	56	48	2	13	10	0	0
1931	CLE	A	155	627	140	209	32	143	.333	.404	.576	36	10	68	38	6	0	9	0	0
1932	CLE	A	153	631	116	198	32	124	.314	.392	.569	37	14	75	40	6	0	5	0	0
1933	CLE	A	151	599	83	180	11	92	.301	.363	.474	39	16	54	29	5	0	3	0	0
1934	CLE	A	154	598	128	187	31	113	.313	.414	.569	48	6	99	44	4	1	5	0	0
1935	CLE	A	140	563	109	162	19	79	.288	.368	.496	34	13	70	58	1	4	8	0	0
1936	CLE	A	152	614	136	232	28	126	.378	.438	.627	39	15	65	35	1	2	3	0	0
1937	CLE	A	156	609	121	182	21	92	.299	.387	.493	33	11	88	65	0	5	5	0	0
1938	CLE	A	134	482	101	159	14	93	.330	.429	.535	27	15	81	48	3	1	5	0	0
1939	DET	A	87	309	58	81	10	58	.262	.354	.463	20	6	43	30	1	11	4	0	4
1939	CLE	A	24	55	8	15	1	7	.273	.344	.473	8	0	6	12	0	0	0	0	0
1939	TOT	A	111	364	66	96	11	65	.264	.353	.464	28	6	49	42	1	11	4	0	4
1940	DET	A	64	118	10	33	2	20	.280	.309	.381	4	1	5	14	0	1	0	0	3
1941	BOS	N	8	17	2	2	0	2	.118	.211	.118	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		8	17	2	2	0	2	.118	.211	.118	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		1660	6336	1222	2017	238	1162	.318	.395	.535	401	128	773	514	32	55	70	0	7
Total			1668	6353	1224	2019	238	1164	.318	.395	.534	401	128	774	518	33	55	70	0	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1929	CLE	A	OF	151	0	0	384	14	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1930	CLE	A	OF	134	0	0	345	11	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1931	CLE	A	OF	155	0	0	398	9	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1932	CLE	A	OF	153	0	0	412	12	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1933	CLE	A	OF	149	0	0	390	8	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1934	CLE	A	OF	154	0	0	410	12	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1935	CLE	A	OF	139	0	0	371	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1936	CLE	A	OF	150	0	0	369	11	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1937	CLE	A	OF	156	0	0	362	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1938	CLE	A	OF	131	0	0	331	14	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1939	DET	A	OF	80	0	0	157	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1939	CLE	A	OF	11	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	A	OF	91	0	0	169	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1940	DET	A	OF	22	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1941	BOS	N	OF	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1589	0	0	3969	115	126	29	0	0	0	0	0	.970

[edit] Transactions

Sold by San Francisco (PCL) to Cleveland Indians (1929).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Harry Eisenstat and cash (June 14, 1939).
Released by Detroit Tigers (February 8, 1941).
Signed by Boston Braves (February 26, 1941).
Released by Boston Braves (April 29, 1941).

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