Howard Earl Averill was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1975 along with Bucky Harris, William Herman, Judy Johnson and Ralph Kiner. Averill was an outfielder with 13 seasons MLB experience playing with the Cleveland Indians (1929-1939), Detroit Tigers (1939-1940) and Boston Braves (1941). For his MLB career he hit .318/.395/.534 with 238 HR, 1164 RBI, 1224 R, 70 SB in 1669 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1931 when he hit .333/.404/.576 with 32 HR, 143 RBI, 140 R, 9 SB in 155 games, 1936 when he hit .378/.438/.627 with 28 HR, 126 RBI, 136 R, 3 SB in 152 games and 1932 when he hit .314/.392/.569 with 32 HR, 124 RBI, 116 R, 5 SB in 153 games.
Averill led the American League in triples in 1936 (15).
He was selected to the All Star game six times (1933-1938).
Hall of Fame page
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