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Billy Alvord
William Crawford Alvord (Uncle Bill)

Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
Height 5' 10", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 30, 1885
Final Game July 8, 1893
Born August 10, 1863 in St. Louis, MO
Died April 7, 1927 in St. Petersburg, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1885 21 SLM NL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0          1   2  .000  .167  .000  -42    0                    
 1889 25 KCC AA  50  186   23   43   8  9   0   18   3     10  35  .231  .270  .371   78   69               0    
 1890 26 TOL AA 116  495   69  135  13 16   2   52  21     22      .273  .304  .376   97  186               0    
 1891 27 TOT     94  371   35   90  10  5   1   37   3     11  45  .243  .266  .305   66  113               1    
         CLV NL  13   59    7   17   2  2   1    7   0      0   7  .288  .300  .441  111   26               1    
         WAS AA  81  312   28   73   8  3   0   30   3     11  38  .234  .260  .279   57   87               0    
 1893 29 CLV NL   3   12    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   1  .167  .167  .167  -13    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      265 1069  129  270  31 30   3  109  27  0  44  83  .253  .283  .346   81  370   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        654   79  165  19 18   2   67  17  0  27  51  .253  .283  .346   81  226   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    116  495   69  135  13 16   2   52  21  0  22  45  .273  .304  .376   97  186   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1885 21 SLM NL    6    5    0   0.0    67| .000  .244| .167  .287| .000  .326| .167  .612| -42  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1889 25 KCC AA  196  143   19   3.5    96| .231  .274| .270  .347| .371  .371| .641  .718|  78  .420  -7.2  -0.7     
 1890 26 TOL AA  517  360   56   4.0    89| .273  .263| .304  .342| .376  .347| .680  .689|  97  .528  -6.8  -0.7     
 1891 27 TOT     383  281   30   2.8    88| .243  .258| .266  .339| .305  .348| .571  .688|  66  .339 -18.7  -2.0     
         CLV NL   60   42    7   4.4    91| .288  .264| .300  .339| .441  .360| .741  .699| 111  .551   0.1   0.0     
         WAS AA  323  239   23   2.5    88| .234  .256| .260  .339| .279  .346| .539  .686|  57  .296 -18.8  -2.0     
 1893 29 CLV NL   12   10    0   0.0   111| .167  .293| .167  .372| .167  .399| .334  .772| -13  .000  -2.1  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1114  799  105   3.4    90| .253  .263| .283  .342| .346  .352| .629  .694|  81  .436 -35.5  -3.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1885 21 SLM NL 3B 2 4 1 2 0 .714 .862 2.50 3.20 1889 25 KCC AA 3B 34 34 94 18 8 .877 .857 3.76 3.53 2B 8 20 28 8 4 .857 .918 6.00 5.59 SS 8 12 28 17 5 .702 .873 5.00 5.12 1890 26 TOL AA 3B 116 203 252 67 13 .872 .864 3.92 3.64 1891 27 TOT 3B 94 167 238 68 11 .856 .873 4.31 3.59 CLV NL 3B 13 20 28 11 1 .814 .881 3.69 3.62 WAS AA 3B 81 147 210 57 10 .862 .872 4.41 3.58 1893 29 CLV NL 3B 3 5 2 1 0 .875 .897 2.33 3.73
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 25 KCC AA 2B 8 20 28 8 4 .857 .918 6.00 5.59 1885 21 SLM NL 3B 2 4 1 2 0 .714 .862 2.50 3.20 1889 25 KCC AA 3B 34 34 94 18 8 .877 .857 3.76 3.53 1890 26 TOL AA 3B 116 203 252 67 13 .872 .864 3.92 3.64 1891 27 TOT 3B 94 167 238 68 11 .856 .873 4.31 3.59 CLV NL 3B 13 20 28 11 1 .814 .881 3.69 3.62 WAS AA 3B 81 147 210 57 10 .862 .872 4.41 3.58 1893 29 CLV NL 3B 3 5 2 1 0 .875 .897 2.33 3.73 1889 25 KCC AA SS 8 12 28 17 5 .702 .873 5.00 5.12
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 249 413 587 156 32 .865 .867 4.02 3.60 2B 8 20 28 8 4 .857 .918 6.00 5.59 SS 8 12 28 17 5 .702 .873 5.00 5.12 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 265 445 643 181 41 .857 .869 4.11 3.71
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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.

Triples
1890 AA-16-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

October 13, 1890: Purchased by the Cleveland Spiders from the Toledo Maumees for $700.

May 21, 1891: Purchased by the Washington Statesmen from the Cleveland Spiders for $500.


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