Hoot Evers
1941–1956 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants
1,142G
.278AVG
.353OBP
.426SLG
More career statistics
1,055H
98HR
565RBI
45SB
9Rare 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 | 36 | 38 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 420 | 422 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,310 | 4,309 |
| Batting · Runs | 556 | 555 |
| Batting · RBI | 565 | 566 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 45 | 44 |
| Batting · Walks | 415 | 414 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,142 | 4,310 | 3,801 | 556 | 1,055 | 187 | 41 | 98 | 565 | 415 | 420 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 1,618 | .278 | .353 | .426 | .779 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1950-05-27 to 1950-06-14
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1950-09-07 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1951-07-07 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1950-09-07 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 572 | 2087 | 521 | 52 | 284 | 220 | 178 | .286 | .355 | .447 |
| Away | 570 | 2222 | 534 | 46 | 282 | 194 | 244 | .270 | .328 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 226 | 52 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 31 | .264 | .332 | .411 |
| May | 185 | 714 | 169 | 17 | 100 | 77 | 72 | .274 | .345 | .425 |
| June | 220 | 872 | 219 | 27 | 121 | 88 | 107 | .286 | .352 | .465 |
| July | 234 | 867 | 212 | 21 | 115 | 72 | 79 | .272 | .328 | .416 |
| August | 236 | 893 | 213 | 17 | 121 | 83 | 75 | .269 | .331 | .398 |
| September | 202 | 724 | 188 | 12 | 85 | 68 | 57 | .292 | .354 | .432 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .222 | .385 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 174 | 663 | 152 | 16 | 84 | 65 | 73 | .262 | .327 | .408 |
| cleveland-guardians | 165 | 630 | 151 | 11 | 62 | 60 | 69 | .271 | .335 | .387 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 154 | 557 | 156 | 11 | 72 | 50 | 44 | .315 | .370 | .471 |
| new-york-yankees | 151 | 580 | 140 | 14 | 89 | 52 | 59 | .270 | .331 | .422 |
| boston-red-sox | 134 | 529 | 141 | 8 | 67 | 47 | 55 | .299 | .355 | .418 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 133 | 550 | 135 | 14 | 79 | 53 | 33 | .278 | .342 | .439 |
| st-louis-browns | 125 | 502 | 124 | 13 | 72 | 53 | 52 | .287 | .353 | .456 |
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 210 | 38 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 20 | .209 | .300 | .368 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – | |
| 1946 | 81 | 304 | 81 | 4 | 34 | 7 | .266 | – | – | |
| 1947 | 126 | 460 | 136 | 10 | 67 | 8 | .296 | – | – | |
| 1948 | 139 | 538 | 169 | 10 | 102 | 3 | .314 | – | – | |
| 1949 | 132 | 432 | 131 | 7 | 72 | 6 | .303 | – | – | |
| 1950 | 143 | 526 | 170 | 21 | 103 | 5 | .323 | – | – | |
| 1951 | 116 | 393 | 88 | 11 | 46 | 5 | .224 | – | – | |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 107 | 402 | 106 | 14 | 59 | 5 | .264 | – | – |
| 1953 | 99 | 300 | 72 | 11 | 32 | 2 | .240 | – | – | |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants | 48 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .152 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 99 | 251 | 63 | 8 | 39 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 51 | 112 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .241 | – | – |