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	27-50 / in Starts: 18-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 191 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	46 (18-22-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 191 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	116 (54-40-22)

Most Driven In
G McBride	3
R Morgan	3
W Smith	1
H Shanks	1
C Gandil	1

Most Driven In By
C Milan	2
D Moeller	2
W Johnson	0
M Acosta	0

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 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	223	2 (1)	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.11	-0.051	5.60	-0.08%	-0.20	PH
2	224	8 (5)	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.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
3	225	13 (4)	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,14-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	1.000	1.333	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
4	226	18 (4)	May 8	WSH		PHA	T,9-9	0-0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.500	.600	1.250	1.850	1						RF
5	227	19	May 9	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.400	.500	1.000	1.500	9						PH
6	228	20	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,4-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.429	.833	1.262	9						PH
7	229	22 (1)	May 13	WSH		CHW	L,2-9	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.833	1.333	9	.16	0.005	.34	0.01%	0.37	PH
8	230	24 (1)	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.250	.500	.625	1.125	8						C
9	231	25	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.400	.455	.855	8	.44	-0.032	.90	-0.04%	-0.43	C
10	232	28 (2)	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.214	.389	.429	.817	8	.36	-0.022	.93	-0.03%	-0.52	C
11	233	30 (1)	May 22	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.421	.467	.888	9						PH
12	234	32 (1)	May 25	WSH		DET	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.263	.391	.421	.812	8						C
13	235	35 (2)	May 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	0-GF(8)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.238	.360	.381	.741	8						C
14	236	36	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.280	.379	.440	.819	8	.88	0.132	3.39	0.31%	0.76	C
15	237	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.259	.355	.407	.762	8	.50	-0.024	2.05	-0.06%	-0.47	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
16	238	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.241	.353	.379	.732	8						C
17	239	41	Jun 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.351	.375	.726	8	.90	-0.014	3.32	-0.03%	-0.17	PH C
18	240	43 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.366	.389	.755	8	2.11	0.254	8.17	0.59%	1.44	C
19	241	44	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.282	.364	.436	.800	8						C
20	242	46 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.275	.356	.425	.781	9						PH
21	243	47	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.268	.348	.415	.762	9						C
22	244	52 (4)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.362	.429	.790	9	3.97	0.281	13.47	0.57%	0.77	PH
23	245	53	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.302	.375	.442	.817	9						PH
24	246	54	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.367	.432	.799	7						PH
25	247	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.289	.373	.422	.795	8						C
26	248	57 (1)	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.385	.435	.819	9						PH
27	249	58	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	0-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.298	.389	.426	.814	8						C
28	250	62 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.400	.426	.826	7	2.52	0.109	10.56	0.27%	0.35	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
29	251	68 (5)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.292	.393	.417	.810	9	.68	-0.018	2.12	-0.03%	-0.33	PH C
30	252	69	Jul 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,12-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	1	1	7	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.410	.547	.957	4						1B
31	253	70	Jul 3 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.321	.406	.536	.942	4						1B
32	254	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.316	.400	.526	.926	9	3.26	0.132	8.90	0.22%	0.37	PH
33	255	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.382	.500	.882	5						C
34	256	75 (2)	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	0-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.290	.380	.484	.864	8						C
35	257	76	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.373	.470	.843	4						1B
36	258	78 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.380	.471	.851	4						1B
37	259	80 (1)	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.315	.390	.493	.883	5						C
38	260	81	Jul 15	WSH		DET	T,3-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.311	.386	.486	.872	5						C
39	261	82	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.308	.379	.474	.854	5						C
40	262	83	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.308	.386	.474	.861	8						PH
41	263	85 (1)	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.382	.468	.850	9						PH
42	264	88 (2)	Jul 23	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.301	.376	.458	.834	8	1.43	-0.170	2.48	-0.18%	-1.25	C
43	265	90 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.291	.365	.442	.806	8						C
44	266	92 (1)	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.360	.433	.793	8						C
45	267	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.287	.356	.426	.781	8						C
46	268	94	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.362	.432	.793	8						C
47	269	95	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.349	.414	.763	8						C
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
48	270	96	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.287	.351	.426	.777	8						C
49	271	97	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.348	.419	.767	8						C
50	272	100 (2)	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.278	.345	.407	.752	8						C
51	273	101	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.275	.342	.404	.745	9	1.46	-0.034	1.72	-0.02%	-0.13	PH C
52	274	102	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.282	.347	.409	.756	9	1.19	0.050	.89	0.02%	0.23	PH
53	275	103	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.272	.336	.395	.731	7						C
54	276	104	Aug 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.265	.333	.385	.718	8						C
55	277	110 (5)	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.271	.338	.390	.728	9	3.61	0.271	.49	0.02%	1.49	PH
56	278	111	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	L,5-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.277	.344	.395	.738	9						PH
57	279	112	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.348	.400	.748	9						PH
58	280	113	Aug 22	WSH		DET	W,8-7	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.346	.397	.743	9						PH
59	281	115 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-11	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.341	.390	.731	8						C
60	282	118 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		CLE	T,3-3	0-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.276	.341	.390	.731	8						C
61	283	119	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.283	.345	.394	.739	8	1.28	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
62	284	120	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		0		.287	.357	.411	.767	8	1.39	0.254	.00	0.00%	0.92	C
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
63	285	121	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG(15)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.349	.400	.749	8	2.26	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-1.14	C
64	286	122	Sep 2	WSH		CHW	T,4-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.273	.340	.388	.728	8	2.17	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-1.17	C
65	287	123	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.268	.338	.380	.718	7	.25	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.01	C
66	288	127 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.273	.342	.385	.726	9						PH
67	289	129 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-9	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.338	.379	.717	7						C
68	290	131 (1)	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	5-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.344	.385	.729	7	.89	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.89	PH C
69	291	134 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.348	.389	.737	7						C
70	292	135	Sep 15	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.280	.345	.387	.732	7						PH
71	293	136	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-2	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.283	.347	.388	.735	4						1B
72	294	141 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.351	.392	.743	9						PH
73	295	142	Sep 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.349	.390	.739	6	2.27	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
74	296	143	Sep 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.353	.400	.753	9	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
75	297	145 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-2	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.288	.351	.397	.748	9	1.27	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
76	298	148 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.287	.349	.395	.744	9	1.11	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
77	299	151 (2)	Sep 28	WSH	@	DET	L,3-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.285	.347	.392	.739	9						PH
78	300	153 (1)	Oct 1	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.283	.345	.390	.735	5						PH
79	301	156 (2)	Oct 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0		0		1	0	1				0		.288	.348	.393	.741	4						1B
80	302	157	Oct 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.281	.341	.383	.724	4						1B
81	303	158	Oct 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	0				0		.276	.342	.376	.719	4						1B
							27-50		191	170	17	47	6	4	1	26	14	1	20	3	3		1		2		.276	.342	.376	.719		1.35	0.592	1.90	1.53%	3.78

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