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.
Statistics[]
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
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
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).
