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Earl Averill played 13 major-league seasons (1929-1941) as a OF (1,589). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 27 | CLE | 151 | 597 | 110 | 198 | 18 | 96 | 13 | 63 | 53 | .332 | .936 | 146 |
| 1930 | 28 | CLE | 139 | 534 | 102 | 181 | 19 | 119 | 10 | 56 | 48 | .339 | .941 | 143 |
| 1931 | 29 | CLE | 155 | 627 | 140 | 209 | 32 | 143 | 9 | 68 | 38 | .333 | .979 | 163 |
| 1932 | 30 | CLE | 153 | 631 | 116 | 198 | 32 | 124 | 5 | 75 | 40 | .314 | .961 | 154 |
| 1933 | 31 | CLE | 151 | 599 | 83 | 180 | 11 | 92 | 3 | 54 | 29 | .301 | .837 | 128 |
| 1934 | 32 | CLE | 154 | 598 | 128 | 187 | 31 | 113 | 5 | 99 | 44 | .313 | .982 | 160 |
| 1935 | 33 | CLE | 140 | 563 | 109 | 162 | 19 | 79 | 8 | 70 | 58 | .288 | .863 | 128 |
| 1936 | 34 | CLE | 152 | 614 | 136 | 232 | 28 | 126 | 3 | 65 | 35 | .378 | 1.065 | 170 |
| 1937 | 35 | CLE | 156 | 609 | 121 | 182 | 21 | 92 | 5 | 88 | 65 | .299 | .880 | 128 |
| 1938 | 36 | CLE | 134 | 482 | 101 | 159 | 14 | 93 | 5 | 81 | 48 | .330 | .965 | 149 |
| 1939 | 37 | CLE|DET | 111 | 364 | 66 | 96 | 11 | 65 | 4 | 49 | 42 | .264 | .817 | 114 |
| 1940 | 38 | DET | 64 | 118 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .280 | .690 | 84 |
| 1941 | 39 | BSN | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .118 | .328 | -3 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | OF | 151 | 0 | 384 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| 1930 | OF | 134 | 0 | 345 | 11 | 19 | 5 |
| 1931 | OF | 155 | 0 | 398 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 1932 | OF | 153 | 0 | 412 | 12 | 16 | 3 |
| 1933 | OF | 149 | 0 | 390 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 1934 | OF | 154 | 0 | 410 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| 1935 | OF | 139 | 0 | 371 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 1936 | OF | 150 | 0 | 369 | 11 | 12 | 2 |
| 1937 | OF | 156 | 0 | 362 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| 1938 | OF | 131 | 0 | 331 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 1939 | OF | 91 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1940 | OF | 22 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1941 | OF | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Earl Averill won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1930 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (AL), TSN All-Star 1931 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1932 (AL), TSN All-Star 1932 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1933 (AL), TSN All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (ML), TSN All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1938, 1937, 1936, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 43 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 37 / 80 | 0 |
| 1933 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 5 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 3 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 48 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 4 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 34 / 336 | 0 |
Earl Averill ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #88 | center fielders | 1936 | 170 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.