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Rip Williams

Alva Mitchell Williams (Buff)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 31, 1882 in Carthage, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1911
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Indians 1911-1918

Final Game: June 9, 1918
Died: July 23, 1933 in Keokuk, IA
Buried: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1911 BOS AL 29 1B 57 591 545 31 15 28 .975 10.11 .978 10.34
1911 BOS AL 29 C 38 229 182 42 5 0 .978 5.89 .965 6.80 8 42 33 44% 45%
1912 WSH AL 30 C 48 315 234 74 7 6 .978 6.42 .961 6.78 5 43 49 53% 42%
1913 WSH AL 31 C 18 66 51 14 1 1 .985 3.61 .967 6.56 1 13 10 43% 45%
1913 WSH AL 31 1B 9 71 64 6 1 5 .986 7.78 .986 10.84
1913 WSH AL 31 OF 5 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 .953 2.00 0-1-4
1914 WSH AL 32 C 44 241 181 54 6 0 .975 5.34 .967 6.69 7 43 39 48% 45%
1914 WSH AL 32 1B 8 75 71 4 0 0 1.000 9.38 .985 10.58
1914 WSH AL 32 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1915 WSH AL 33 C 40 273 213 51 9 4 .967 6.60 .965 6.46 5 36 29 45% 43%
1915 WSH AL 33 1B 15 166 149 16 1 6 .994 11.00 .987 10.78
1915 WSH AL 33 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 3.20
1916 WSH AL 34 1B 34 285 269 11 5 18 .982 8.24 .988 10.99
1916 WSH AL 34 C 23 139 119 19 1 3 .993 6.00 .974 6.33 6 25 9 26% 43%
1916 WSH AL 34 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .940 3.40
1918 CLE AL 36 1B 21 19 17 204 190 10 4 11 .980 9.52 .986 11.14
1918 CLE AL 36 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 0 0 0
7 Seasons C 212 0 0 1263 980 254 29 14 .977 5.82 .965 6.63 32 202 169 46% 44%
6 Seasons 1B 144 19 17 1392 1288 78 26 68 .981 9.49 .983 10.70
2 Seasons OF 6 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .953 2.00 0-1-5
2 Seasons 3B 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 3.30
7 Seasons TOT 364 19 17 2661 2273 333 55 82 .979 7.16 .975 8.15 0-1-5 32 202 169 46% 44%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1911 BOS AL 29 95 95 0 38 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 WSH AL 30 60 60 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 WSH AL 31 66 66 0 18 9 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0
1914 WSH AL 32 81 81 0 44 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1915 WSH AL 33 91 91 0 40 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 WSH AL 34 76 76 0 23 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 CLE AL 36 28 28 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 497 497 0 212 144 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1912 AL  53.3 (3rd)
Career  45.6 (80th)

                                         

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