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Earl Averill
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Birthdate: 5/21/1902 Died: 8/16/1983
Height / Weight: ' " / 172 lbs. Place of Birth: Snohomish, WA, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A resounding all-around baseball player, Earl Averill was one of the leading hitters during the 1930s. In his stellar 14-year career, mostly with the Cleveland Indians, he hit over .300 eight times, and in his highest batting year (1936) batted .378, rapped 39 doubles, 15 triples, and 28 home runs. A major part of the Cleveland Indians baseball history, Hall of Famer Averill had eight seasons of scoring over 100 runs and five seasons of over 100 RBIs, including 1931 with 140 runs, 143 RBIs and in 1936 when he scored 136 times and collected 126 RBIs.

He made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians in 1929, batted .332, slashed 43 Ds, 13 Ts, 18 Hr, scored 110 runs and had 96 RBIs. CAREER COMES TO A HALT! In the dugout during a game in the 1937 season, the then 35-year old Averill felt paralyzed from the waist, although it was only temporary, an examination revealed a spinal problem that forced him to retire four years later..


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
14 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1929 CLE (AL) 151 597 110 198 43 13 18 96 63 53 13 13 0 3 17 0 .332 .398 SLG
1930 CLE (AL) 139 534 102 181 33 8 19 119 56 48 10 7 0 2 13 0 .339 .404 SLG
1931 CLE (AL) 155 627 140 209 36 10 32 143 68 38 9 9 0 6 0 0 .333 .404 SLG
1932 CLE (AL) 153 631 116 198 37 14 32 124 75 40 5 8 0 6 0 0 .314 .392 SLG
1933 CLE (AL) 151 599 83 180 39 16 11 92 54 29 3 1 0 5 0 0 .301 .363 SLG
1934 CLE (AL) 154 598 128 187 48 6 31 113 99 44 5 3 0 4 1 0 .313 .414 SLG
1935 CLE (AL) 140 563 109 162 34 13 19 79 70 58 8 4 0 1 4 0 .288 .368 SLG
1936 CLE (AL) 152 614 136 232 39 15 28 126 65 35 3 3 0 1 2 0 .378 .438 SLG
1937 CLE (AL) 156 609 121 182 33 11 21 92 88 65 5 4 0 0 5 0 .299 .387 SLG
1938 CLE (AL) 134 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 81 48 5 2 0 3 1 0 .330 .429 SLG
1939 DET (AL) 87 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 43 30 4 2 0 1 11 0 .262 .354 SLG
1939 CLE (AL) 24 55 8 15 8 0 1 7 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .344 SLG
1940 DET (AL) 64 118 10 33 4 1 2 20 5 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 .309 SLG
1941 BSN (NL) 8 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .211 SLG
14 years   1668 6353 1224 2019 401 128 238 1164 774 518 70 57 0 33 55 0 .318 .395 .SLG



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