MLB / Players

Earl Averill

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 172 lb

BornMay 21, 1902 · Snohomish, WA, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1929

Final gameApril 25, 1941

Seasons13 (1929–1941)

Cleveland Indians 1929–1939; Detroit Tigers 1939–1940; Boston Braves 1941

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified batters

134

44.6

567

54.5

482

44.6

101

83.5

159

68.6

97.5

76.9

RBI

79.3

84.3

55.4

28.1

.330

90.1

OBP

.429

93.4

SLG

.535

OPS

.965

90.1

wRC+

142.8

90.9

OPS+

143.9

90.1

wOBA

.437

91.7

sWAR

5.1

88.4

of 122 qualified 1938 batters (min 474 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

131.9

91.9

OPS+

133.7

93.1

sWAR

54.0

99.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1929	151	680	597	110	198	43	13	18	96	63	53	13	13	.332	.398	.538	.936	133.6	134.4	.420	5.3
1930	139	605	534	102	181	33	8	19	119	56	48	10	7	.339	.404	.537	.941	130.6	132.1	.418	4.5
1931	155	701	627	140	209	36	10	32	143	68	38	9	9	.333	.404	.576	.979	145.3	148.0	.438	6.5
1932	153	712	631	116	198	37	14	32	124	75	40	5	8	.314	.392	.569	.961	137.7	140.7	.426	6.0
1933	151	658	599	83	180	39	16	11	92	54	29	3	1	.301	.363	.474	.837	115.6	117.6	.382	3.7
1934	154	702	598	128	187	48	6	31	113	99	44	5	3	.313	.414	.569	.982	148.3	151.6	.442	6.9
1935	140	638	563	109	162	34	13	19	79	70	58	8	4	.288	.368	.496	.863	118.5	120.5	.391	3.7
1936	152	682	614	136	232	39	15	28	126	65	35	3	3	.378	.438	.627	1.065	155.7	160.1	.472	7.3
1937	156	702	609	121	182	33	11	21	92	88	65	5	4	.299	.387	.493	.880	120.1	120.4	.398	4.3
1938	134	567	482	101	159	27	15	14	93	81	48	5	2	.330	.429	.535	.965	142.8	143.9	.437	5.1
1939	111	425	364	66	96	28	6	11	65	49	42	4	3	.264	.353	.464	.817	102.3	104.1	.371	1.1
1940	64	124	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	5	14	0	0	.280	.309	.381	.690	67.5	72.3	.311	-0.1
1941	8	19	17	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	-4.5	-4.8	.178	-0.2

Career totals

1,668

7,215

412th-most career PA

6,353

431st-most career AB

1,224

175th-most career R

2,019

286th-most career H

401

195th-most career 2B

128

85th-most career 3B

238

288th-most career HR

RBI

1,164

185th-most career RBI

774

295th-most career BB

518

.3178

68th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3947

89th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5336

47th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9283

49th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1930-09-17	MIN @ CLE Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	3	8	12
1936-07-24	ATH @ CLE Gameday	5	5	4	0	2	1	5	11
1934-05-25	BOS @ CLE Gameday	6	3	5	2	0	1	5	10
1934-08-18	CLE @ ATH Gameday	5	3	5	3	1	0	1	10
1930-07-22	NYY @ CLE Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	5	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1929-04-16	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929-04-17	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929-04-18	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929-04-19	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929-04-22	CWS @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1975 (Veterans)

6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.