Rip Williams Stats

Rip Williams was born on Tuesday, January 31, 1882, in Carthage, Illinois. Williams was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 12, 1911, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rip Williams baseball stats page.

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Rip Williams



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Birth Name:   Alva Mitchel Williams
Nickname:   Buff or Rip
Born On:   01-31-1882  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Carthage, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-23-1933 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Keokuk, Iowa
Cemetery:   Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Illinois
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   187
First Game:   04-12-1911 (Age 29)
Last Game:   06-09-1918
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Rip Williams Pitching Stats

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Rip Williams Hitting Stats

1911 29 Red Sox 95 284 36 68 8 5 0 0 31 24 - - 14 - 7 - .239 .314 .303
1912 30 Senators 61 157 14 50 11 4 0 0 22 7 - - 3 - 1 - .318 .352 .439
1913 31 Senators 66 106 9 30 6 2 1 0 12 9 - 16 2 - 0 - .283 .339 .406
1914 32 Senators 81 169 17 47 6 4 1 0 22 13 - 19 4 - 3 - .278 .341 .379
1915 33 Senators 91 197 14 48 8 4 0 0 31 18 - 20 13 - 4 - .244 .320 .325
1916 34 Senators 76 202 16 54 10 2 0 0 20 15 - 19 11 - 2 - .267 .324 .337
1918 36 Indians 28 71 5 17 2 2 0 0 7 9 - 6 6 - 0 - .239 .325 .324
7 Years 498 1,186 111 314 51 23 2 0 145 95 - 80 53 - 17 - .265 .328 .352

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Rip Williams Fielding Stats

1911 Red Sox 1B 57 - - 591 10.4 576 545 31 15 28 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00
1911 Red Sox C 38 - - 229 6.0 224 182 42 5 0 8 - - .978 0.00
1912 Senators C 48 - - 315 6.6 308 234 74 7 6 5 - - .978 0.00
1913 Senators 1B 9 - - 71 7.9 70 64 6 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00
1913 Senators C 18 - - 66 3.7 65 51 14 1 1 1 - - .985 0.00
1913 Senators OF 5 - - 3 0.6 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1914 Senators 1B 8 - - 75 9.4 75 71 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1914 Senators C 44 - - 241 5.5 235 181 54 6 0 7 - - .975 0.00
1914 Senators RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1915 Senators 1B 15 15 348 166 11.1 165 149 16 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .994 12.80
1915 Senators 3B 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1915 Senators C 40 27 735 273 6.8 264 213 51 9 4 5 27 0 .967 9.70
1916 Senators 1B 34 30 750 285 8.4 280 269 11 5 18 n/a n/a n/a .982 10.08
1916 Senators 3B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Senators C 23 17 404 139 6.0 138 119 19 1 3 6 18 0 .993 9.22
1918 Indians 1B 21 19 465 204 9.7 200 190 10 4 11 n/a n/a n/a .980 11.61
1918 Indians C 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C Totals 212 44 1,139 1,263 6.0 1,234 980 254 29 14 32 45 0 .977 29.25
1B Totals 144 64 1,563 1,392 9.7 1,366 1,288 78 26 68 n/a n/a n/a .981 23.60
OF Totals 5 0 0 3 0.6 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 2 0 0 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
7 Years 364 108 2,702 2,661 7.3 2,606 2,273 333 55 82 32 45 0 .979 26.04

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Rip Williams Miscellaneous Stats

1911 Red Sox 9 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.2 - - -
1912 Senators 2 3 .400 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.1 - - -
1913 Senators 3 - - 0 0 n/a 106.0 6.6 8.8 - - -
1914 Senators 2 2 .500 0 0 n/a 169.0 8.9 7.7 - - -
1915 Senators 4 3 .571 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.9 6.4 - - -
1916 Senators 5 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.6 10.1 - - -
1918 Indians 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.8 10.1 - - -
7 Years 27 8 .771 0 0 n/a 593.0 14.8 8.2 - - -

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Rip Williams Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1911 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -

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