Earl Averill

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In a 13-year career, Averill played in 1669 games, compiling a .318 batting average with 1224 runs scored, 401 doubles, 128 triples, 238 home runs, and 1164 RBI. His on-base percentage was .395 and slugging percentage was .534. He hit better than .300 eight times and recorded five 5-hit games in his major league career.

He is sometimes remembered for hitting a line drive that broke Dizzy Dean's toe in the 1937 All-Star Game. Dizzy had averaged 24 wins a season up to then, and only 4 wins a season after, changed his delivery due to the broken toe, damaged his arm, which led to his retiring in 1941 at the age of 31

My Averill card collection consists of a Galasso Reprint of a Goudy Big League Chewing Gum card; a 1987 (?) Baseball Immortals; 1979 TCMA Galasso (great smile in this photo); and 1991 and 1992 The Sporting News Conlon cards.