Alva Williams

Name Note: Name presented as Rip Williams in some sources

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 187lb (180cm, 84kg)

Born: January 31, 1882 in Carthage, IL us

Died: July 23, 1933 in Keokuk, IA

Buried: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, IL

Debut: April 12, 1911 (Age 29-071d, 3,441st in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: June 9, 1918 (Age 36-129d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Alva Mitchell Williams

Nicknames: Buff or Rip

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

1186

314

.265

111

RBI

145

OBP

.328

SLG

.352

OPS

.680

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-17 / in Starts: 9-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	60 (23-24-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (26-18-9)

Most Driven In
B Roth	3
B Wambsganss	2
A Halt	1
S Wood	1
R Chapman	1
T Speaker	0

Most Driven In By
S O'Neill	2
S Wood	1
T Speaker	1
J Evans	1
T Turner	0

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	472	6 (5)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	5	1.52	-0.032	5.07	-0.06%	-0.32	1B
2	473	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.250	.400	.500	.900	5	.44	0.046	1.44	0.09%	0.89	1B
3	474	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.250	.333	.375	.708	5	2.22	0.170	7.20	0.33%	0.58	1B
4	475	9	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.375	.775	9	.40	0.019	1.41	0.04%	0.60	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	476	14 (4)	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.333	.697	6	2.66	-0.063	10.05	-0.14%	-0.19	PH
6	477	15	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.308	.400	.385	.785	6	.85	0.095	2.90	0.19%	1.07	1B
7	478	16	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.353	.421	.412	.833	6	.86	0.086	3.02	0.18%	0.72	1B
8	479	17	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2		1		.286	.375	.333	.708	6	.54	0.034	1.72	0.06%	1.23	1B
9	480	18	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.261	.370	.304	.675	6	1.56	-0.023	5.75	-0.05%	-0.29	1B
10	481	19	May 9	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.259	.355	.370	.725	6	.35	0.010	1.12	0.02%	-0.04	1B
11	482	20	May 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG(8)	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.276	.382	.448	.831	6	.28	0.099	1.02	0.22%	0.91	1B
12	483	21	May 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.368	.406	.775	6	1.46	-0.021	5.92	-0.05%	-0.18	1B
13	484	22	May 12	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.242	.375	.394	.769	6	1.42	-0.015	5.44	-0.04%	-0.16	1B
14	485	23	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.386	.405	.792	6	.56	0.040	1.91	0.08%	0.47	1B
15	486	24	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.347	.357	.704	6	.86	-0.102	3.02	-0.22%	-0.79	1B
16	487	25	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.213	.315	.319	.634	6	2.59	-0.084	9.01	-0.17%	-1.00	C 1B
17	488	26	May 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.200	.298	.300	.598	6	.90	-0.077	2.71	-0.14%	-1.16	1B
18	489	27	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.328	.308	.636	6	.69	0.161	2.29	0.32%	1.73	1B
19	490	28	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.214	.333	.304	.637	6	1.73	-0.080	6.39	-0.18%	-0.42	1B
20	491	29	May 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-11	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.224	.338	.310	.649	6	.80	0.040	3.16	0.10%	0.28	1B
21	492	30	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.348	.322	.670	9	1.36	0.034	4.85	0.07%	0.19	PH
22	493	33 (2)	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.343	.317	.660	7	4.30	-0.119	17.74	-0.30%	-0.55	PH
23	494	34	May 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.338	.311	.650	9	.96	-0.021	3.82	-0.05%	-0.44	PH
24	495	35	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.333	.306	.640	7	2.38	-0.117	9.06	-0.27%	-0.87	PH
25	496	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.224	.325	.299	.623	7	1.20	-0.048	3.89	-0.09%	-0.04	1B
26	497	39	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.243	.338	.329	.666	7	1.52	0.198	4.75	0.37%	0.82	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	498	47 (7)	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	W,14-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.243	.338	.329	.666	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.19	1B
28	499	49 (1)	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.333	.324	.657	9	3.61	-0.079	11.41	-0.15%	-0.44	PH
							11-17		88	71	5	17	2	2	0	8	9	0	6	1	7		5		2		.239	.333	.324	.657		1.19	0.151	4.15	0.18%	2.80

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