Earl Averill Jr.

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Full Name: Earl Douglas Averill	Primary Position: C,OF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185	First Game: April 19, 1956
Birthdate: September 9, 1931	Final Game: September 26, 1963
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Earl Averill (Earl Douglas Averill) was born on September 9, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1956 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI. Averill played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Earl Averill's best season was 1961, when he slugged 21 home runs and knocked in 59 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
1956	CLE	A	42	93	12	22	3	14	.237	.343	.398	6	0	14	25	1	2	0	1	2
1958	CLE	A	17	55	2	10	2	7	.182	.250	.309	1	0	4	7	1	0	1	0	2
1959	CHI	N	74	186	22	44	10	34	.237	.298	.452	10	0	15	39	2	0	0	1	2
1960	CHI	N	52	102	14	24	1	13	.235	.310	.304	4	0	11	16	1	1	1	1	3
1960	CHI	A	10	14	2	3	0	2	.214	.389	.214	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
1960	Total		62	116	16	27	1	15	.233	.321	.293	4	0	15	18	1	1	1	1	3
1961	LA	A	115	323	56	86	21	59	.266	.384	.489	9	0	62	70	2	1	1	1	9
1962	LA	A	92	187	21	41	4	22	.219	.366	.332	9	0	43	47	1	0	0	3	2
1963	PHI	N	47	71	8	19	3	8	.268	.341	.423	2	0	9	14	0	1	0	1	2
Total	NL		173	359	44	87	14	55	.242	.310	.404	16	0	35	69	3	2	1	3	7
Total	AL		276	672	93	162	30	104	.241	.363	.412	25	0	127	151	5	3	2	5	15
Total			449	1031	137	249	44	159	.242	.346	.409	41	0	162	220	8	5	3	8	22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1956	CLE	A	C	34	0	0	157	15	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	.994
1958	CLE	A	3B	17	17	126.1	10	34	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.863
1959	CHI	N	C	32	25	236.2	173	11	7	1	0	3	18	4	1	.963
1959	CHI	N	LF	5	4	31.1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1959	CHI	N	3B	13	13	109	16	32	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.906
1959	CHI	N	2B	2	1	11	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CHI	N	OF	5	4	31.1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1960	CHI	N	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CHI	N	LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CHI	N	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	CHI	N	C	34	21	187	130	8	3	1	0	2	15	3	0	.979
1960	CHI	A	C	5	3	26.1	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
1960	Total		C	39	24	213.1	154	10	3	1	0	3	16	4	0	.982
1961	LA	A	LF	9	7	54.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	OF	9	7	54.1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	C	87	78	708.1	542	38	5	6	0	17	44	16	4	.991
1961	LA	A	2B	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	LA	A	OF	49	42	348.1	70	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	LF	49	42	348.1	74	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	C	6	3	36.2	15	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1.000
1963	PHI	N	C	20	8	84.2	77	9	3	0	0	2	5	5	0	.966
1963	PHI	N	1B	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	PHI	N	LF	9	5	36	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	PHI	N	3B	1	1	9	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1963	PHI	N	OF	9	5	36	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	3	1	14	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	73	58	471	94	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.990
Total			3B	32	31	246.1	28	69	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	.874
Total			OF	73	58	471	91	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			1B	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	218	138	1279.2	1118	88	19	10	0	28	85	32	5	.984

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (December 11, 1952).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Morrie Martin to Chicago Cubs in exchange for John Briggs and Jim Bolger (January 23, 1959).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with $30000 to $35000 to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Al Heist (July 15, 1960).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Don Prohovich and $15000 and one player to be named (August 13, 1960).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Chicago White Sox in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Los Angeles Angels to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jacke Davis (December 11, 1962).

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