Earl Averill
1929–1941 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
1,669G
.318AVG
.395OBP
.534SLG
More career statistics
2,019H
238HR
1,164RBI
70SB
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 57 | 55 |
| Batting · Doubles | 402 | 401 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 518 | 520 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,215 | 7,221 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,224 | 1,222 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,164 | 1,165 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 70 | 72 |
| Batting · Walks | 774 | 780 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,669 | 7,215 | 6,353 | 1,224 | 2,019 | 402 | 128 | 238 | 1,164 | 774 | 518 | 70 | 57 | 33 | 0 | 3,391 | .318 | .395 | .534 | .929 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1936-07-04 to 1936-07-25
42longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1932-07-10 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1932-08-29 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1930-09-17 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 853 | 3680 | 1106 | 144 | 673 | 418 | 242 | .343 | .414 | .588 |
| Away | 816 | 3541 | 913 | 94 | 492 | 362 | 278 | .292 | .360 | .478 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 135 | 564 | 142 | 13 | 88 | 62 | 37 | .287 | .362 | .449 |
| May | 281 | 1211 | 366 | 34 | 224 | 105 | 96 | .336 | .389 | .548 |
| June | 301 | 1318 | 367 | 45 | 205 | 156 | 93 | .320 | .397 | .545 |
| July | 328 | 1417 | 417 | 56 | 254 | 167 | 90 | .338 | .412 | .576 |
| August | 334 | 1488 | 384 | 47 | 213 | 178 | 111 | .297 | .378 | .510 |
| September | 280 | 1183 | 333 | 42 | 177 | 110 | 87 | .314 | .374 | .530 |
| October | 10 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .278 | .300 | .389 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 247 | 1070 | 307 | 41 | 174 | 106 | 98 | .323 | .386 | .540 |
| boston-red-sox | 242 | 1056 | 295 | 21 | 165 | 105 | 82 | .314 | .379 | .490 |
| chicago-white-sox | 240 | 1035 | 277 | 31 | 169 | 111 | 67 | .304 | .375 | .504 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 238 | 1036 | 288 | 45 | 176 | 116 | 76 | .318 | .390 | .560 |
| st-louis-browns | 232 | 1024 | 304 | 44 | 181 | 121 | 55 | .342 | .415 | .592 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 232 | 1003 | 294 | 33 | 176 | 111 | 71 | .334 | .404 | .590 |
| detroit-tigers | 209 | 917 | 238 | 22 | 117 | 100 | 62 | .295 | .369 | .473 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | .269 | .377 | .385 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 597 | 198 | 18 | 97 | 13 | .332 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 139 | 534 | 181 | 19 | 119 | 10 | .339 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 155 | 627 | 209 | 32 | 145 | 10 | .333 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 631 | 198 | 32 | 124 | 5 | .314 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 151 | 599 | 180 | 11 | 91 | 3 | .301 | – | – |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 598 | 187 | 31 | 113 | 5 | .313 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 563 | 162 | 19 | 78 | 8 | .288 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 614 | 232 | 28 | 127 | 3 | .378 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 156 | 609 | 182 | 21 | 91 | 5 | .299 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 482 | 159 | 14 | 94 | 6 | .330 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 111 | 364 | 96 | 11 | 65 | 4 | .264 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 64 | 118 | 33 | 2 | 20 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Boston Braves | 8 | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .118 | – | – |