Bobby Avila

Bobby Avila

1949–1959 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'10", 175 lb · b. 1924 Veracruz, Veracruz

Career 1,300 G · 1,296 H · 80 HR · 467 RBI · .281 AVG

Seasons leading his league

5

2 best in baseball 3 league only

43 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1953 Best season

Spanning 1952–1954, peaking at 2 titles in 1953.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,150th League titles 5
1,227th Best in baseball 2
519th Top-5 finishes 43

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

58th Second Base Range Factor 5.09
70th Second Base Putouts 2,820
70th Second Base Double Plays 785
74th Second Base Fielding Percentage .979
108th Second Base Assists 3,126
489th On-Base Percentage .359

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Assists	2	1st	2 yrs (1953–1954)	1953 445 1954 AL 406 1952 #2 1956 #2
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1954 AL 5.40 1953 #2 1956 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1953 .986 1951 #2 1954 #3 1955 #2 1956 #3 1957 #3
Triples	1	1st	—	1952 AL 11
Second Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1953 #3 1954 #2 1955 #3 1956 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1952 #3 1954 #2 1956 #2
Stolen Bases	—	#3	—	1956 #3
Runs	—	#2	—	1952 #2 1954 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1952 #2 1954 #3
Batting Average	—	#2	—	1954 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1954	2	2B A 406 2B RF 5.40
1953	2	2B A 445 2B FPCT .986
1952	1	3B 11

Batting

led the league 11 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	CLE	AL	31	14	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	.214	.267	.214	.481
1950	CLE	AL	80	201	39	60	10	2	1	21	29	17	5	.299	.390	.383	.773
1951	CLE	AL	141	542	76	165	21	3	10	58	60	31	14	.304	.374	.410	.783
1952	CLE	AL	150	597	102	179	26	11	7	45	67	36	12	.300	.371	.415	.787
1953	CLE	AL	141	559	85	160	22	3	8	55	58	27	10	.286	.355	.379	.735
1954	CLE	AL	143	555	112	189	27	2	15	67	59	31	9	.341	.402	.478	.880
1955	CLE	AL	141	537	83	146	22	4	13	61	82	47	1	.272	.368	.400	.768
1956	CLE	AL	138	513	74	115	14	2	10	54	70	68	17	.224	.323	.318	.640
1957	CLE	AL	129	463	60	124	19	3	5	48	46	47	2	.268	.334	.354	.688
1958	CLE	AL	113	375	54	95	21	3	5	30	55	45	5	.253	.349	.365	.714
1959	ML1 +2	NL	93	264	37	60	3	2	6	25	34	47	3	.227	.314	.322	.636
Career	—	—	1,300	4,620	725	1,296	185	35	80	467	561	399	78	.281	.359	.388	.747

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1949	CLE	AL	2B	5	—	—	5	7	0	1	12	1.000	2.40
1950	CLE	AL	2B	62	—	—	153	135	5	46	293	.983	4.65
			SS	2	—	—	4	2	0	1	6	1.000	3.00
1951	CLE	AL	2B	136	—	—	349	417	14	87	780	.982	5.63
1952	CLE	AL	2B	149	—	—	355	431	28	81	814	.966	5.28
1953	CLE	AL	2B	140	—	—	346	445	11	114	802	.986	5.65
1954	CLE	AL	2B	141	139	1224.1	356	406	19	100	781	.976	5.40
			SS	7	0	25.0	5	4	2	2	11	.818	1.29
1955	CLE	AL	2B	141	139	1236.1	348	342	13	108	703	.982	4.89
1956	CLE	AL	2B	135	130	1154.0	322	351	16	83	689	.977	4.99
1957	CLE	AL	2B	107	105	915.0	280	254	9	72	543	.983	4.99
			3B	16	13	125.0	13	16	2	2	31	.936	1.81
1958	CLE	AL	2B	82	71	638.2	175	177	5	62	357	.986	4.29
			3B	33	25	193.1	18	48	4	6	70	.943	2.00
1959	ML1	NL	2B	70	56	535.2	131	161	10	31	302	.967	4.17
			OF	10	9	60.0	12	0	0	0	12	1.000	1.20
			3B	1	0	1.1	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	2B	1,168	640	5704.0	2,820	3,126	130	785	6,076	.979	5.09
	—	—	3B	50	38	319.2	31	65	6	8	102	.941	1.92
	—	—	OF	10	9	60.0	12	0	0	0	12	1.000	1.20
	—	—	SS	9	0	25.0	9	6	2	3	17	.882	1.67