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	32-42 / in Starts: 25-22
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	72 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 229 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	57 (26-17-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 229 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	136 (63-46-25)

Most Driven In
R Morgan	2
S Rice	1
J Judge	1
J Henry	1
H Rondeau	1
H Shanks	0

Most Driven In By
D Moeller	2
J Judge	1
G McBride	1
H Shanks	0
J Henry	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	396	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.400	.400	.600	1.000	7	1.51	-0.085	3.73	-0.13%	-0.04	C
2	397	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.500	.833	9	1.73	-0.039	4.62	-0.06%	-0.26	PH C
3	398	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.300	.400	.700	5	1.09	-0.098	2.77	-0.15%	-1.23	C
4	399	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.214	.286	.500	7						C
5	400	5	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.235	.353	.588	7	1.09	0.099	3.07	0.17%	0.80	C
6	401	7 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.250	.250	.350	.600	7	.43	0.008	1.14	0.01%	0.22	C
7	402	9 (1)	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.238	.333	.571	9	4.68	-0.178	11.65	-0.27%	-0.11	PH
8	403	11 (1)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.227	.318	.545	9						PH
9	404	12	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.240	.269	.320	.589	7						C
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
10	405	15 (2)	May 1	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	0-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.240	.296	.320	.616	5						PH 1B
11	406	18 (2)	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.286	.308	.593	9	3.22	-0.068	10.82	-0.14%	-0.41	PH
12	407	25 (6)	May 15	WSH		DET	W,6-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.276	.296	.572	9						PH
13	408	28 (2)	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.194	.242	.258	.500	7						C
14	409	29	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.188	.235	.250	.485	9						PH
15	410	34 (4)	May 25	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.257	.273	.530	9	3.80	0.079	15.69	0.20%	1.29	PH
16	411	39 (4)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.250	.265	.515	9	2.46	-0.114	12.12	-0.34%	-1.46	PH
17	412	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-8	6-GF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.289	.314	.604	2	.17	0.023	.82	0.07%	0.96	PH 3B
18	413	41	May 31	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-10	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.300	.324	.624	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
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
19	414	44 (2)	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.244	.295	.317	.613	5						1B
20	415	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.313	.356	.668	5						1B
21	416	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.250	.294	.333	.627	5						1B
22	417	48	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.273	.308	.580	7	1.97	-0.190	7.21	-0.42%	-1.04	C
23	418	49	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.245	.286	.321	.606	2						1B
24	419	50	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.281	.315	.596	9	.75	-0.018	2.30	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
25	420	52 (1)	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.276	.309	.585	9	2.54	-0.135	7.18	-0.23%	-0.87	PH
26	421	53	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.258	.288	.546	5						1B
27	422	58 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.210	.269	.274	.543	7	.36	-0.022	1.26	-0.05%	-0.15	C
28	423	60 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.227	.282	.288	.570	5	.64	0.014	2.61	0.03%	-0.02	1B
29	424	62 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.280	.275	.555	5	1.02	-0.085	3.63	-0.18%	-1.03	1B
30	425	63	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	0-GF(11)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				1		.222	.291	.278	.569	5						1B
31	426	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.284	.270	.554	5	1.50	-0.072	5.59	-0.16%	-0.28	1B
32	427	65	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.282	.282	.564	5						1B
33	428	66	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.213	.276	.275	.551	5						1B
34	429	67	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.202	.264	.262	.526	5						1B
Jul		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
35	430	68	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.216	.274	.273	.546	5						1B
36	431	73 (4)	Jul 6	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.303	.304	.607	4						1B
37	432	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.253	.311	.305	.616	4						1B
38	433	75	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.242	.299	.293	.592	4						1B
39	434	76	Jul 11 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.295	.288	.583	4	1.06	-0.111	2.22	-0.14%	-0.55	1B
40	435	77	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	1				0		.243	.296	.299	.595	4						1B
41	436	78	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.243	.294	.297	.591	4						1B
42	437	79	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.243	.293	.313	.606	4						1B
43	438	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.233	.281	.300	.581	4						1B
44	439	81	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.295	.315	.610	4						1B
45	440	82	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				1		.260	.304	.323	.627	4						1B
Aug		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
46	441	98 (15)	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0		0	0	0				0		.264	.307	.341	.648	5						1B
47	442	99	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.305	.338	.643	5						1B
48	443	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.263	.303	.336	.639	5	1.73	-0.121	1.85	-0.08%	-0.78	1B
49	444	101	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	1	0				0		.270	.313	.340	.654	5						1B
50	445	102	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.307	.333	.641	5	.78	-0.056	.82	-0.04%	-0.53	1B
51	446	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.259	.301	.327	.628	5						1B
52	447	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.252	.294	.318	.612	5						1B
53	448	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-9	0-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.252	.298	.318	.616	9						PH
54	449	108 (1)	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.296	.316	.612	9						PH
55	450	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.303	.318	.621	6	1.56	0.042	.33	0.01%	0.46	1B
56	451	111 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.258	.306	.321	.627	6						1B
57	452	112	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.304	.319	.623	9						PH
58	453	114 (1)	Aug 18	WSH		DET	W,2-1	0-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.264	.310	.325	.635	6						1B
59	454	115	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.309	.329	.638	7						1B
60	455	117 (1)	Aug 22	WSH		SLB	T,2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.262	.307	.327	.635	9						PH
61	456	118	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	0-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.262	.307	.327	.635	8						PH
62	457	119	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	0-GF(7)	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.266	.315	.331	.646	6						1B
63	458	122 (2)	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.263	.311	.327	.639	9	3.47	-0.195	.21	-0.01%	-1.07	PH C
Sept		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
64	459	127 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2				0		.262	.310	.326	.635	8						C
65	460	131 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.270	.321	.333	.654	8						C
66	461	134 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.319	.331	.651	8	1.81	-0.122	.12	-0.01%	-0.29	C
67	462	136 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.268	.318	.330	.647	6						PH
68	463	137	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.316	.328	.644	9						PH
69	464	138	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.320	.331	.651	9						PH
70	465	139	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.271	.323	.331	.655	6						PH
71	466	142 (2)	Sep 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.266	.318	.326	.644	8						C
72	467	143	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.315	.323	.638	6						1B
73	468	145 (1)	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.263	.317	.326	.643	8						C
74	469	146	Sep 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.264	.321	.326	.647	8						C
75	470	150 (3)	Sep 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.264	.319	.325	.644	8						C 1B
76	471	151	Sep 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.267	.321	.337	.658	8						C
							32-42		229	202	17	54	10	2	0	17	14	0	19	2	9		0		5		.267	.321	.337	.658		1.30	-1.444	2.95	-1.93%	-6.66

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