Rip Williams
1911–1918 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60)
499G
.265AVG
.328OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
314H
2HR
145RBI
27SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,186 | 1,193 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 15 |
| Batting · Doubles | 51 | 50 |
| Batting · Hits | 314 | 315 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 80 | 120 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,351 | 1,366 |
| Batting · RBI | 145 | 159 |
| Batting · Walks | 95 | 99 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | 1,351 | 1,186 | 111 | 314 | 51 | 23 | 2 | 145 | 95 | 80 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 417 | .265 | .328 | .352 | .680 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1911-09-30 to 1911-10-07
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1914-07-03 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1915-06-04 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1915-09-29 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 235 | 609 | 138 | 1 | 70 | 45 | 57 | .258 | .300 | .339 |
| Away | 264 | 757 | 177 | 1 | 89 | 54 | 63 | .269 | .305 | .358 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 140 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 14 | .242 | .279 | .342 |
| May | 110 | 310 | 74 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 29 | .277 | .329 | .382 |
| June | 79 | 214 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 19 | .213 | .276 | .273 |
| July | 88 | 227 | 61 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 20 | .293 | .313 | .389 |
| August | 70 | 170 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 13 | .230 | .271 | .297 |
| September | 91 | 242 | 66 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 19 | .304 | .322 | .392 |
| October | 19 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .240 | .302 | .280 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 77 | 224 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 21 | .230 | .272 | .306 |
| detroit-tigers | 75 | 216 | 50 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 22 | .256 | .273 | .349 |
| boston-red-sox | 67 | 154 | 37 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 17 | .276 | .299 | .410 |
| st-louis-browns | 66 | 174 | 49 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | .312 | .345 | .357 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 64 | 171 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 16 | .222 | .287 | .306 |
| cleveland-guardians | 63 | 163 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 16 | .268 | .319 | .380 |
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 174 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 16 | .276 | .316 | .329 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 25 | 90 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .301 | .356 | .411 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Boston Red Sox | 95 | 284 | 68 | – | 30 | 9 | .239 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 60 | 159 | 50 | – | 23 | 2 | .314 | – | – |
| 1913 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 67 | 107 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .280 | – | – |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 81 | 170 | 47 | 1 | 31 | 2 | .276 | – | – |
| 1915 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 92 | 200 | 48 | – | 35 | 4 | .240 | – | – |
| 1916 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 76 | 202 | 55 | – | 19 | 5 | .272 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Cleveland Guardians | 28 | 71 | 17 | – | 8 | 2 | .239 | – | – |