Max Alvis
Roy Maxwell Alvis
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: February 2, 1938 in Jasper, TX
High School: Jasper (Jasper, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1962
Final Game: September 27, 1970
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 24 CLE AL 12 53 51 1 11 2 0 0 3 3 1 2 13 .216 .245 .255 .500 37 13 0 0 0 0 0 5
1963 25 CLE AL 158 660 602 81 165 32 7 22 67 9 7 36 109 .274 .324 .460 .784 117 277 6 10 8 4 2 *5 MVP-17
1964 26 CLE AL 107 419 381 51 96 14 3 18 53 5 5 29 77 .252 .313 .446 .760 110 170 5 6 1 2 5 5
1965 27 CLE AL 159 670 604 88 149 24 2 21 61 12 8 47 121 .247 .308 .397 .706 99 240 9 9 5 5 4 *5 AS
1966 28 CLE AL 157 655 596 67 146 22 3 17 55 4 7 50 98 .245 .304 .378 .681 95 225 12 2 3 4 6 *5
1967 29 CLE AL 161 697 637 66 163 23 4 21 70 3 10 38 107 .256 .301 .403 .704 105 257 13 4 16 2 1 *5 AS
1968 30 CLE AL 131 503 452 38 101 17 3 8 37 5 5 41 91 .223 .292 .327 .619 89 148 11 4 3 3 5 *5
1969 31 CLE AL 66 207 191 13 43 6 0 1 15 1 1 14 26 .225 .275 .272 .548 52 52 9 0 0 2 1 5/6
1970 32 MIL AL 62 120 115 16 21 2 0 3 12 1 2 5 20 .183 .217 .278 .495 36 32 5 0 0 0 1 5
9 Seasons 1013 3984 3629 421 895 142 22 111 373 43 46 262 662 .247 .302 .390 .692 97 1414 70 35 36 22 25
162 Game Avg. 162 637 580 67 143 23 4 18 60 7 7 42 106 .247 .302 .390 .692 97 226 11 6 6 4 4
CLE (8 yrs) 951 3864 3514 405 874 140 22 108 361 42 44 257 642 .249 .305 .393 .698 99 1382 65 35 36 22 24
MIL (1 yr) 62 120 115 16 21 2 0 3 12 1 2 5 20 .183 .217 .278 .495 36 32 5 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1962 24 CLE AL 53 41 3 2.0 100 .289 .216 .259 .245 .331 .255 .404 .500 .736 37 .177 -4.5 -0.5 .415 .118 .039 .0
1963 25 CLE AL 660 462 90 5.3 95 .301 .274 .255 .324 .322 .460 .394 .784 .716 117 .602 12.6 1.3 .722 .249 .186 12.8
1964 26 CLE AL 419 298 53 4.8 95 .271 .252 .254 .313 .323 .446 .395 .760 .718 110 .556 4.0 0.4 .695 .270 .194 7.8
1965 27 CLE AL 670 482 74 4.1 93 .274 .247 .252 .308 .322 .397 .386 .706 .708 99 .511 -1.9 -0.2 .636 .235 .151 15.3
1966 28 CLE AL 655 476 66 3.7 90 .266 .245 .248 .304 .315 .378 .383 .681 .698 95 .480 -4.4 -0.5 .584 .211 .133 6.5
1967 29 CLE AL 697 515 73 3.8 86 .278 .256 .245 .301 .315 .403 .368 .704 .683 105 .511 1.6 0.2 .588 .196 .148 5.3
1968 30 CLE AL 503 373 42 3.0 79 .261 .223 .237 .292 .306 .327 .351 .619 .656 89 .433 -6.1 -0.7 .526 .195 .104 6.2
1969 31 CLE AL 207 160 13 2.2 97 .253 .225 .258 .275 .335 .272 .389 .548 .724 52 .231 -12.5 -1.3 .418 .120 .047 1.0
1970 32 MIL AL 120 101 5 1.3 98 .196 .183 .258 .217 .332 .278 .394 .495 .726 36 .105 -10.7 -1.1 .356 .130 .096 1.5
9 Seasons 3984 2908 419 3.9 90 .272 .247 .250 .302 .319 .390 .381 .692 .699 97 .490 -22.0 -2.4 .599 .214 .143 62.0
162 Game Avg. 637 465 67 3.9 90 .272 .247 .250 .302 .319 .390 .381 .692 .699 97 .490 -22.0 -2.4 .599 .214 .143 10
CLE (8 yrs) 3864 2807 414 4.0 90 .275 .249 .249 .305 .318 .393 .380 .698 .699 99 .502 -11.3 -1.2 .608 .217 .145 60.5
MIL (1 yr) 120 101 5 1.3 98 .196 .183 .258 .217 .332 .278 .394 .495 .726 36 .105 -10.7 -1.1 .356 .130 .096 1.5

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CLE AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1962 24 CLE AL 53 0.0% 24.5% 3.8% 3.8% 18% 6.50 3.9 17.0 0.44 72%
1963 25 CLE AL 660 3.3% 16.5% 5.5% 9.2% 37% 3.03 5.5 27.4 9.0 1.06 72%
1964 26 CLE AL 419 4.3% 18.4% 6.9% 8.4% 37% 2.66 4.9 21.2 7.2 0.75 69%
1965 27 CLE AL 670 3.1% 18.1% 7.0% 7.0% 32% 2.57 5.0 28.8 9.9 1.01 70%
1966 28 CLE AL 655 2.6% 15.0% 7.6% 6.4% 29% 1.96 6.1 35.1 10.8 0.84 74%
1967 29 CLE AL 697 3.0% 15.4% 5.5% 6.9% 29% 2.82 6.0 30.3 9.1 0.93 73%
1968 30 CLE AL 503 1.6% 18.1% 8.2% 5.6% 28% 2.22 5.0 56.5 12.2 0.99 71%
1969 31 CLE AL 207 0.5% 12.6% 6.8% 3.4% 16% 1.86 7.3 191.0 12.7 0.90 80%
1970 32 MIL AL 120 2.5% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 24% 4.00 5.8 38.3 9.6 1.72 77%
9 Seasons 3984 2.8% 16.6% 6.6% 6.9% 31% 2.53 5.5 32.7 9.7 0.94 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 24 CLE AL 1 0 8% 12 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1963 25 CLE AL 10 0 31% 228 9 7 56% 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 10 61% 31 14 15 7 4 3 19 2 17
1964 26 CLE AL 5 0 29% 137 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 23% 17 15 2 8 7 1 10 5 5
1965 27 CLE AL 8 0 36% 210 12 8 60% 10 8 1 0 1 0 3 1 9 10 45% 32 23 6 11 5 6 24 5 18
1966 28 CLE AL 7 0 28% 210 4 7 36% 4 4 0 2 0 1 4 2 10 14 46% 32 19 11 4 3 1 18 4 13
1967 29 CLE AL 10 0 25% 241 3 10 23% 3 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 19 40% 38 22 14 6 5 1 9 3 6
1968 30 CLE AL 9 0 22% 183 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 50% 18 11 7 3 3 0 11 1 9
1969 31 CLE AL 5 0 21% 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 32% 14 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 1
1970 32 MIL AL 1 0 57% 55 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 71% 8 4 4 0 0 0 6 0 6
9 Seasons 56 0 29% 1351 43 46 48% 40 39 2 4 1 3 13 3 39 85 46% 192 117 65 43 30 12 99 21 75
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1962 24 CLE AL 53 34% 11 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 0 0% 38 6 16% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1963 25 CLE AL 659 34% 165 0 0 0 0 22 1 16 12 10 12 10 0 8 8 100% 116 6 5% 56 14 25% 404 46 11% 31 13 42% 34 12 35% 1
1964 26 CLE AL 419 38% 96 1 1 0 1 2.79 18 1 9 11 7 8 10 1 1 1 100% 75 5 7% 35 5 14% 245 36 15% 25 9 36% 21 3 14% 0
1965 27 CLE AL 670 30% 149 2 1 1 2 1.70 21 0 11 13 8 14 7 0 6 5 83% 114 9 8% 64 12 19% 382 43 11% 33 11 33% 30 9 30% 0
1966 28 CLE AL 655 33% 146 0 0 0 0 17 0 12 10 7 10 7 0 3 3 100% 114 12 11% 58 16 28% 376 40 11% 26 11 42% 32 8 25% 0
1967 29 CLE AL 697 32% 163 0 0 0 0 21 0 7 12 9 13 8 1 16 16 100% 124 13 10% 58 26 45% 367 53 14% 34 16 47% 38 15 39% 0
1968 30 CLE AL 503 30% 101 6 1 0 0 1.30 8 0 9 7 1 3 5 0 3 3 100% 76 11 14% 42 12 29% 269 30 11% 26 8 31% 33 6 18% 0
1969 31 CLE AL 207 26% 43 9 0 0 0 2.08 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 35 9 26% 19 2 11% 119 14 12% 19 8 42% 8 1 13% 0
1970 32 MIL AL 120 40% 21 15 3 1 2 0.93 3 0 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 20 5 25% 11 2 18% 78 9 12% 7 3 43% 7 1 14% 0
9 Seasons 3983 33% 895 34 6 2 5 1.37 111 2 77 65 46 62 49 2 37 36 97% 684 70 10% 346 89 26% 2278 277 12% 203 79 39% 205 55 27% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 24 12 53 51 1 11 2 0 0 3 3 1 2 13 .216 .245 .255 .500 37 13 0 0 0 0 0
1963 25 170 713 653 82 176 34 7 22 70 12 8 38 122 .270 .318 .444 .762 111 290 6 10 8 4 2
1964 26 277 1132 1034 133 272 48 10 40 123 17 13 67 199 .263 .316 .445 .761 111 460 11 16 9 6 7
1965 27 436 1802 1638 221 421 72 12 61 184 29 21 114 320 .257 .313 .427 .741 106 700 20 25 14 11 11
1966 28 593 2457 2234 288 567 94 15 78 239 33 28 164 418 .254 .311 .414 .725 103 925 32 27 17 15 17
1967 29 754 3154 2871 354 730 117 19 99 309 36 38 202 525 .254 .309 .412 .720 104 1182 45 31 33 17 18
1968 30 885 3657 3323 392 831 134 22 107 346 41 43 243 616 .250 .306 .400 .707 102 1330 56 35 36 20 23
1969 31 951 3864 3514 405 874 140 22 108 361 42 44 257 642 .249 .305 .393 .698 99 1382 65 35 36 22 24
1970 32 1013 3984 3629 421 895 142 22 111 373 43 46 262 662 .247 .302 .390 .692 97 1414 70 35 36 22 25

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 24 12 55 53 1 13 2 0 0 4 4 2 13 .245 .273 .283 .556 4 12
1963 25 158 666 613 87 176 34 7 23 72 10 38 109 .287 .338 .478 .816 97 158
1964 26 106 424 385 56 102 15 3 19 58 5 31 77 .265 .328 .468 .795 58 107
1965 27 159 683 617 98 162 26 2 23 68 13 51 121 .263 .327 .423 .750 83 159
1966 28 158 667 608 76 155 23 3 18 63 4 53 99 .255 .315 .391 .706 75 157
1967 29 161 693 647 77 173 24 4 22 82 3 40 107 .267 .313 .419 .732 85 161
1968 30 131 526 470 50 119 20 4 9 49 6 48 91 .253 .327 .370 .697 56 131
1969 31 66 206 190 14 42 6 0 1 16 1 14 26 .221 .272 .268 .540 14 66
1970 32 62 118 113 18 19 2 0 3 14 1 5 20 .168 .203 .265 .469 6 62
9 Seasons 1013 4038 3696 477 961 152 23 118 426 47 282 663 .260 .317 .409 .727 478 1013
162 Game Avg. 162 646 591 76 154 24 4 19 68 8 45 106 .260 .317 .409 .727 76 1013

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965 *
1967 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1963-AL-17-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Games Played s c a p y
1963 AL--158--4th
1965 AL--159--7th
1967 AL--161--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1963 AL--602--5th
1965 AL--604--4th
1966 AL--596--10th
1967 AL--637--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1963 AL--660--9th
1965 AL--670--7th
1967 AL--697--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1965 AL--88--7th

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--165--8th
1967 AL--163--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
1963 AL--277--6th
1967 AL--257--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1963 AL--32--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1963 AL--7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL--109--5th
1965 AL--121--2nd

Singles s c a p y
1967 AL--115--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--61--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL--10--1st
1964 AL--6--9th
1965 AL--9--1st

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 AL--16--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1963 AL--7--4th
1965 AL--8--6th
1967 AL--10--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1963 AL--12.8--4th
1965 AL--15.3--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1963 AL--462--9th
1965 AL--482--5th
1966 AL--476--10th
1967 AL--515--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 19 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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