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.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
3	3	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
6	6	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
9	9	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
10	10	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
11	11	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
12	12	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
13	13	Apr 29	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	3	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	15	May 2	BOS		WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
16	16	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
17	17	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
18	18	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	19	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
20	20	May 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	0	6.0	7	1	1	9	0
21	21	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	22	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
23	23	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
24	24	May 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
25	25	May 13	BOS	@	DET	W,13-11	CG	0	10.0	10	3	0	13	2
26	26	May 14	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
27	27	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	14	1	0	15	1
28	28	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	10	0	0	10	1
29	34 (5)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
30	35	May 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	36	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
32	37	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
33	38	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	39	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
36	41	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
37	42	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
38	43	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	44	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	1
40	45	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	11	2	1	14	0
41	46	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
42	47	Jun 10	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	15	0	0	15	0
43	48	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
44	49	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
45	50	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
46	51	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
47	52	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
48	63 (10)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
50	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	66	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	GF	0		2	4	0	6	0
52	67	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	W,8-6	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	68	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	GF	0	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	70 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	71	Jul 7	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-1	GF	0		9	0	0	9	0
56	72	Jul 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
57	73	Jul 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	74	Jul 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
59	76 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	77	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	78	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
62	79	Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
63	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
65	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
66	83	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	12	1	1	14	0
67	86 (2)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	94 (7)	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	GS	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
69	96 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	105 (8)	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	106	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-11	GF	0		0	2	2	4	0
72	107	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3		0		5	0	0	5	0
73	118 (10)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	GF	0		5	0	1	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	123 (4)	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
75	125 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	GF	0		6	1	0	7	0
76	127 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
77	129 (1)	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
78	131 (1)	Sep 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	132	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	133	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
81	134	Sep 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	136 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
83	137	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
84	139 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	140	Sep 21	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	2	10	0
86	141	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,3-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
87	144 (2)	Sep 27	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	145	Sep 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
89	146	Sep 30 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
90	147	Sep 30 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
91	148	Oct 3 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
92	150 (1)	Oct 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	151	Oct 5	BOS		WSH	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
94	152	Oct 6	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
95	153	Oct 7	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							95gm		757.0	727	73	20	820	28