Roy Ellam

Roy Ellam (Whitey or Slippery)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: February 8, 1886 in Conshohocken, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1909
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds 1909-1918

Final Game: August 29, 1918
Died: October 28, 1948 in Conshohocken, PA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, PA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1908	22	CNL	D	105	388	388		92								.237	.237								CNL · PWVL
1909	23	BIR	A	141	450	450		88								.196	.196								BIR · SOUA
1909	23	CIN	NL	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1	/6

1910	24	BIR	A	110	321	321		65								.202	.202								BIR · SOUA
1911	25	BIR	A	90	265	265		58								.219	.219								BIR · SOUA
1912	26	BIR	A	129	372	372		84								.226	.226								BIR · SOUA
1913	27	BIR	A	123	361	361		74	12	5	2					.205	.205	.283	.488		102				BIR · SOUA
1914	28	BIR	A	157	496	496		112	19	13	10					.226	.226	.377	.603		187				BIR · SOUA
1915	29	BIR	A	161	521	521		138	26	14	4					.265	.265	.392	.656		204				BIR · SOUA
1916	30	NVL	A	138	400	400		111	18	6	1					.278	.278	.360	.638		144				NVL · SOUA
1917	31	NVL	A	117	296	296		87	17	6	2					.294	.294	.412	.706		122				NVL · SOUA
1918	32	NVL,INA	A,AA	82	280	280		60	11	3	0					.214	.214	.275	.489		77				NVL,INA · SOUA,AA
1918	32	PIT	NL	26	105	77	9	10	1	1	0	2	2	17	17	.130	.302	.169	.471	42	13	2	5	6
1919	33	NVL	A	105	335	335		68	14	7	2					.203	.203	.304	.507		102				NVL · SOUA
1920	34	NVL	A	156	555	555		123	30	6	4					.222	.222	.319	.541		177				NVL · SOUA
1921	35	GAL	A	128	462	462		104	16	5	2					.225	.225	.294	.519		136				GAL · TL
1922	36	MOB	A	71	215	215		52	16	4	0					.242	.242	.353	.595		76				MOB · SOUA
1929	43	MTG	B	26	55	55		14	1	0	0					.255	.255	.273	.527		15				MTG · SEAL
1930	44	MTG	B	46	126	126		31	4	2	1					.246	.246	.333	.579		42				MTG · SEAL
2 Yrs				36	134	98	13	14	1	2	1	6	3	24	22	.143	.323	.224	.547	66	22	2	6
162 Game Avg.				162	603	441	59	63	5	9	5	27	14	108	99	.143	.323	.224	.547	66	99	9	27

PIT (1 yr)				26	105	77	9	10	1	1	0	2	2	17	17	.130	.302	.169	.471	42	13	2	5
CIN (1 yr)				10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1909	23	CIN	NL	10	29	2	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/6

1918	32	PIT	NL	26	105	-5	-0	0	0	2	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.484	.497	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	6
2 Seasons				36	134	-4	-0	0	-1	2	-2	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.492	.499	0.2	0.2	2	$

PIT (1 yr)				26	105	-5	-0	0	0	2	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.484	.497	-0.1	0.2	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				10	29	2	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1909	23	CIN	NL	29	18	4	6.0	76	.200	.190	.251	.393	.319	.429	.324	.821	.642	156	.755	1.7	0.2	1.000	.619	.238	1.0

1918	32	PIT	NL	105	72	4	1.5	82	.167	.130	.266	.302	.324	.169	.343	.471	.667	42	.180	-4.4	-0.5	.507	.286	.039	.0
2 Yrs				134	90	8	2.4	81	.173	.143	.263	.323	.323	.224	.339	.547	.662	66	.348	-2.7	-0.3	.607	.357	.082	1.5
162 Game Avg.				603	405	36	2.4	81	.173	.143	.263	.323	.323	.224	.339	.547	.662	66	.348	-2.7	-0.3	.607	.357	.082	7

PIT (1 yr)				105	72	4	1.5	82	.167	.130	.266	.302	.324	.169	.343	.471	.667	42	.180	-4.4	-0.5	.507	.286	.039	.0
CIN (1 yr)				29	18	4	6.0	76	.200	.190	.251	.393	.319	.429	.324	.821	.642	156	.755	1.7	0.2	1.000	.619	.238	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1918	32	PIT	NL	105	0.0%	16.2%	16.2%	1.9%	20%	1.00	4.5		38.5	57%
2 Yrs				105	1.0%	21.0%	22.9%	3.8%	29%	0.92	4.5	98.0	16.3	71%
MLB Averages					5.7%	132.7%	103.5%	65.3%	22%	1.28	8.8	203.3	10.1	1023%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1909	23	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1910	24	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1911	25	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1912	26	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1913	27	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1914	28	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1915	29	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1916	30	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1917	31	10	29	21	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	7	5	.190	.393	.429	.821	156	9	0	1
1918	32	36	134	98	13	14	1	2	1	6	3	24	22	.143	.323	.224	.547	66	22	2	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1909	23	10	33	23	5	5	0	1	1	5	1	9	5	.217	.438	.435	.872	4	10

1918	32	33	129	98	12	13	1	1	0	3	3	22	22	.133	.309	.163	.472	5	26
2 Yrs		43	162	121	17	18	1	2	1	8	4	31	27	.149	.335	.215	.550	9	36
162 Game Avg.		162	610	456	64	68	4	8	4	30	15	117	102	.149	.335	.215	.550	34	36

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Name and misspellings: Roy Slippery Whitey Whitey,Slippery Ellam

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