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	22-45 / in Starts: 6-8
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	29 (15-8-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (33-24-13)

Most Driven In
C Milan	1
R Morgan	0
E Ainsmith	0

Most Driven In By
R Morgan	1
G McBride	1
H Shanks	0

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 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	156	9 (8)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0			1.000			9						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
2	157	12 (2)	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9						PH
3	158	14 (1)	May 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-1	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.500	.333	.833	4						1B
4	159	15	May 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.333	.400	.444	.844	4						1B
5	160	16	May 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.357	.385	.742	4	1.11	0.028	4.18	0.06%	0.25	1B
6	161	17	May 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.313	.389	.375	.764	4	.55	0.006	2.24	0.02%	0.43	C 1B
7	162	18	May 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.318	.300	.618	4	1.03	-0.164	3.65	-0.35%	-1.86	1B
8	163	20 (1)	May 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.238	.304	.286	.590	9						PH
9	164	22 (1)	May 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				1		.250	.308	.292	.599	9						C
10	165	23	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.269	.321	.308	.629	4						1B
11	166	24	May 16	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.333	.355	.688	4	1.39	0.010	4.78	0.02%	0.06	1B
12	167	25	May 17	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.286	.324	.343	.667	4	.84	0.059	2.59	0.11%	0.62	1B
13	168	27 (1)	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.325	.395	.720	8						C
14	169	28	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-0	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.293	.326	.415	.740	6						C
15	170	29	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	0-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0				0		.310	.341	.500	.841	8						PH C
16	171	30	May 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.302	.333	.488	.822	9						PH
17	172	31	May 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.304	.347	.478	.825	6	1.22	0.026	5.22	0.07%	0.47	C
18	173	32	May 26 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.304	.347	.478	.825	9						C
19	174	33	May 26 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.304	.347	.478	.825	8						C
20	175	34	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-8	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.304	.360	.478	.838	9						PH
21	176	35	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.319	.373	.489	.862	9	.03	0.001	.11	0.00%	0.24	PH
22	177	38 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.313	.365	.479	.845	8						C
23	178	39	May 31	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.313	.365	.479	.845	9						PH
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
24	179	40	Jun 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.327	.375	.500	.875	6						RF
25	180	41	Jun 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.367	.482	.849	6						RF
26	181	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.310	.365	.466	.831	6						RF
27	182	43	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.311	.364	.459	.823	6						RF
28	183	44	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,3-12	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.317	.368	.460	.828	8						C
29	184	47 (2)	Jun 9	WSH		DET	L,4-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.313	.362	.453	.815	9	2.71	-0.073	2.94	-0.05%	-0.47	PH
30	185	51 (3)	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.357	.446	.803	1	1.08	-0.026	.95	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
31	186	54 (2)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.352	.439	.792	9	1.89	-0.042	2.05	-0.03%	-0.34	PH RF
32	187	56 (1)	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.347	.433	.780	1						PH
33	188	58 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.309	.356	.441	.797	8	.07	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.20	PH C
34	189	59	Jun 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.306	.351	.444	.795	8						C
35	190	63 (3)	Jun 25	WSH		PHA	L,2-14	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.297	.342	.432	.774	8						C
36	191	64	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-11	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.297	.350	.432	.782	9						PH
37	192	65	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.293	.346	.427	.772	9						PH
38	193	67 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,5-11	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.299	.349	.429	.778	8						C
39	194	69 (1)	Jun 30	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.308	.357	.449	.806	9						PH
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
40	195	70	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0		1	0	0				0		.309	.356	.469	.825	9						C
41	196	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.305	.352	.463	.816	9	.43	-0.011	.31	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
42	197	75	Jul 7 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.301	.348	.458	.806	9	.47	-0.010	.20	0.00%	-0.34	PH
43	198	84 (8)	Jul 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.298	.344	.452	.797	9						PH
44	199	95 (10)	Jul 28	WSH		SLB	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.306	.352	.459	.810	6						PH
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
45	200	98 (2)	Aug 1	WSH		DET	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.302	.348	.453	.801	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
46	201	100 (1)	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.299	.344	.448	.792	9	1.70	-0.042	.74	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
47	202	101	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.295	.340	.443	.784	9	5.80	-0.208	1.65	-0.04%	-0.76	PH
48	203	103 (1)	Aug 7	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.292	.337	.438	.775	9						PH
49	204	104	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.344	.444	.788	9						PH
50	205	107 (2)	Aug 11	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	0-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.347	.446	.793	6						LF
51	206	108	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.301	.343	.441	.784	7	3.78	-0.086	.77	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
52	207	116 (7)	Aug 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.309	.350	.447	.797	9						PH
53	208	118 (1)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.305	.347	.442	.789	9	3.19	-0.070	1.04	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
Sep/Oct		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
54	209	124 (5)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.302	.343	.438	.781	6	.98	-0.024	.17	0.00%	-0.09	PH
55	210	127 (2)	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.299	.340	.433	.773	9	2.02	-0.047	.04	0.00%	-0.27	PH
56	211	128	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.299	.340	.433	.773	4						1B
57	212	133 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,8-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.299	.340	.433	.773	6						C
58	213	135 (1)	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.299	.346	.433	.779	9						PH
59	214	137 (1)	Sep 13	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.296	.343	.429	.771	9	.67	-0.025	.11	0.00%	-0.57	PH
60	215	138	Sep 15	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.346	.430	.776	6						C
61	216	141 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.297	.343	.426	.768	7	1.34	-0.032	.01	0.00%	-0.27	PH
62	217	145 (3)	Sep 22	WSH		SLB	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.339	.422	.761	7						LF
63	218	146	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.294	.345	.422	.767	9						PH
64	219	147	Sep 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.294	.345	.422	.767	4						1B
65	220	150 (2)	Sep 29	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.336	.410	.746	6						C
66	221	153 (2)	Oct 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.333	.406	.739	9						PH
67	222	155 (1)	Oct 4	WSH		BOS	W,10-9	0-GF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	1				1		.283	.339	.406	.745	5						C 1B
							22-45		117	106	8	30	6	2	1	13	9	0	15	0	2		1		3		.283	.339	.406	.745		1.27	-0.727	2.72	-0.24%	-4.07

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