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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	30	7.1	4	1	0	5	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	12 (4)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (2)	May 1	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	28 (12)	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
10	40 (11)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-8	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	41	May 31	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-10	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	44 (2)	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	9	1	0	10	2
13	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
14	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
15	48	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
16	49	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
17	53 (3)	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
18	58 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	60 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
20	62 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
21	63	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
22	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	13	3.2	3	0	0	3	0
23	65	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
24	66	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
25	67	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	68	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
27	73 (4)	Jul 6	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	2	12	1
29	75	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	76	Jul 11 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	3
31	77	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	78	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
33	79	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
34	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
35	81	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
36	82	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	98 (15)	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
38	99	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
40	101	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	102	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
42	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
43	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	9	1	0	10	0
44	109 (4)	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	9	0	0	9	2
45	111 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	12.2	15	1	0	16	0
46	114 (2)	Aug 18	WSH		DET	W,2-1	GF	0		7	0	0	7	1
47	115	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	119 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
49	122 (2)	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	127 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
51	131 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	134 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	142 (7)	Sep 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
54	143	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
55	145 (1)	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
56	146	Sep 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	150 (3)	Sep 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
58	151	Sep 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							58gm		454.0	390	30	6	426	21