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Max Alvis
Roy Maxwell Alvis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut September 11, 1962
  vs. WSA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game September 27, 1970
Born February 2, 1938 in Jasper, TX

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 24 CLE AL  12   51    1   11   2  0   0    3   3  1   2  13  .216  .245  .255   37   13   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 25 CLE AL 158  602   81  165  32  7  22   67   9  7  36 109  .274  .324  .460  117  277   8   4   2  10   6 MVP-17
 1964 26 CLE AL 107  381   51   96  14  3  18   53   5  5  29  77  .252  .313  .446  110  170   1   2   5   6   5
 1965 27 CLE AL 159  604   88  149  24  2  21   61  12  8  47 121  .247  .308  .397   99  240   5   5   4   9   9 AS
 1966 28 CLE AL 157  596   67  146  22  3  17   55   4  7  50  98  .245  .304  .378   95  225   3   4   6   2  12
 1967 29 CLE AL 161  637   66  163  23  4  21   70   3 10  38 107  .256  .301  .403  105  257  16   2   1   4  13 AS
 1968 30 CLE AL 131  452   38  101  17  3   8   37   5  5  41  91  .223  .292  .327   89  148   3   3   5   4  11
 1969 31 CLE AL  66  191   13   43   6  0   1   15   1  1  14  26  .225  .275  .272   52   52   0   2   1   0   9
 1970 32 MIL AL  62  115   16   21   2  0   3   12   1  2   5  20  .183  .217  .278   36   32   0   0   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1013 3629  421  895 142 22 111  373  43 46 262 662  .247  .302  .390   97 1414  36  22  25  35  70
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        580   67  143  23  4  18   60   7  7  42 106  .247  .302  .390   97  226   6   4   4   6  11
 Career High    161  637   88  165  32  7  22   70  12 10  50 121  .274  .324  .460  117  277  16   5   6  10  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 24 CLE AL   53   41    3   2.0   100| .216  .259| .245  .331| .255  .404| .500  .736|  37  .177  -4.5  -0.5  75%
 1963 25 CLE AL  660  462   90   5.3    95| .274  .255| .324  .322| .460  .394| .784  .716| 117  .602  12.6   1.3  56%
 1964 26 CLE AL  419  298   53   4.8    95| .252  .254| .313  .323| .446  .395| .759  .718| 110  .556   4.0   0.4  50%
 1965 27 CLE AL  670  482   74   4.1    93| .247  .252| .308  .322| .397  .386| .705  .708|  99  .511  -1.9  -0.2  60%
 1966 28 CLE AL  655  476   66   3.7    90| .245  .248| .304  .315| .378  .383| .682  .698|  95  .480  -4.4  -0.5  36%
 1967 29 CLE AL  697  515   73   3.8    86| .256  .245| .301  .315| .403  .368| .704  .683| 105  .511   1.6   0.2  23%
 1968 30 CLE AL  503  373   42   3.0    79| .223  .237| .292  .306| .327  .351| .619  .656|  89  .433  -6.1  -0.7  50%
 1969 31 CLE AL  207  160   13   2.2    97| .225  .258| .275  .335| .272  .389| .547  .724|  52  .231 -12.5  -1.3  50%
 1970 32 MIL AL  120  101    5   1.3    98| .183  .258| .217  .332| .278  .394| .495  .726|  36  .105 -10.7  -1.1  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3984 2908  419   3.9    90| .247  .250| .302  .319| .390  .381| .692  .699|  97  .490 -22.0  -2.4  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 24 CLE AL 3B 12 13 16 2 1 .935 .951 2.42 2.79 2.46 3.08 12 106.0 1963 25 CLE AL 3B 158 170 285 28 32 .942 .947 2.88 2.85 2.88 3.02 158 1420.7 1964 26 CLE AL 3B 105 83 191 13 18 .955 .955 2.61 2.76 2.70 3.03 102 912.7 1965 27 CLE AL 3B 156 169 264 19 17 .958 .960 2.78 2.87 2.79 3.13 156 1396.3 AS 1966 28 CLE AL 3B 157 180 280 20 24 .958 .954 2.93 2.80 2.92 3.03 157 1418.3 1967 29 CLE AL 3B 161 169 304 17 20 .965 .955 2.94 2.72 2.94 3.13 161 1450.0 AS 1968 30 CLE AL 3B 128 114 202 13 18 .960 .951 2.47 2.67 2.58 3.05 123 1104.3 1969 31 CLE AL 3B 58 49 96 4 10 .973 .955 2.50 2.74 2.89 3.16 51 452.3 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1970 32 MIL AL 3B 36 15 55 7 4 .909 .949 1.94 2.67 2.83 3.07 24 223.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 24 CLE AL 3B 12 13 16 2 1 .935 .951 2.42 2.79 2.46 3.08 12 106.0 1963 25 CLE AL 3B 158 170 285 28 32 .942 .947 2.88 2.85 2.88 3.02 158 1420.7 1964 26 CLE AL 3B 105 83 191 13 18 .955 .955 2.61 2.76 2.70 3.03 102 912.7 1965 27 CLE AL 3B 156 169 264 19 17 .958 .960 2.78 2.87 2.79 3.13 156 1396.3 1966 28 CLE AL 3B 157 180 280 20 24 .958 .954 2.93 2.80 2.92 3.03 157 1418.3 1967 29 CLE AL 3B 161 169 304 17 20 .965 .955 2.94 2.72 2.94 3.13 161 1450.0 1968 30 CLE AL 3B 128 114 202 13 18 .960 .951 2.47 2.67 2.58 3.05 123 1104.3 1969 31 CLE AL 3B 58 49 96 4 10 .973 .955 2.50 2.74 2.89 3.16 51 452.3 1970 32 MIL AL 3B 36 15 55 7 4 .909 .949 1.94 2.67 2.83 3.07 24 223.0 1969 31 CLE AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 971 962 1693 123 144 .956 .954 2.73 2.78 2.82 3.07 944 8483.7 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 972 962 1693 123 144 .956 .954 2.73 2.78 2.82 3.07 944 8485
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1965   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1967   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1965 *
1967 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1963-AL-17-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Games
1963 AL-158-4
1965 AL-159-7
1967 AL-161-3

At Bats
1963 AL-602-5
1965 AL-604-4
1966 AL-596-10
1967 AL-637-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1963 AL-660-9
1965 AL-670-7
1967 AL-697-2

Runs
1965 AL-88-7

Hits
1963 AL-165-8
1967 AL-163-6

Total Bases
1963 AL-277-6
1967 AL-257-8

Doubles
1963 AL-32-3

Triples
1963 AL-7-7

Strikeouts
1963 AL-109-5
1965 AL-121-2

Singles
1967 AL-115-6

Extra-Base Hits
1963 AL-61-5

Hit By Pitch
1963 AL-10-1
1964 AL-6-9
1965 AL-9-1

Sac. Hits
1967 AL-16-2

Caught Stealing
1963 AL-7-4
1965 AL-8-6
1967 AL-10-4

Power/Speed Number
1963 AL-12.8-4
1965 AL-15.3-7

Outs
1963 AL-462-9
1965 AL-482-5
1966 AL-476-10
1967 AL-515-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1017) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1328) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 4, 1970: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Russ Snyder to the Milwaukee Brewers for Roy Foster, Frank Coggins, and cash.

October 20, 1970: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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