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Wally Pipp
Walter Clement Pipp

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Catholic University of America

Debut June 29, 1913
Final Game September 30, 1928
Born February 17, 1893 in Chicago, IL
Died January 11, 1965 in Grand Rapids, MI

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 20 DET AL  12   31    3    5   0  3   0    5   0      2   6  .161  .235  .355   73   11   0           1    
 1915 22 NYY AL 136  479   59  118  20 13   4   60  18  7  66  81  .246  .339  .367  111  176  14           1    
 1916 23 NYY AL 151  545   70  143  20 14  12   93  16     54  82  .262  .331  .417  123  227  16           2    
 1917 24 NYY AL 155  587   82  143  29 12   9   70  11     60  66  .244  .320  .380  113  223  15           6    
 1918 25 NYY AL  91  349   48  106  15  9   2   44  11     22  34  .304  .345  .415  127  145  14           0    
 1919 26 NYY AL 138  523   74  144  23 10   7   50   9     39  42  .275  .330  .398  103  208  30           4    
 1920 27 NYY AL 153  610  109  171  30 14  11   76   4 10  48  54  .280  .339  .430   99  262  23           6    
 1921 28 NYY AL 153  588   96  174  35  9   8   98  17 10  45  28  .296  .347  .427   95  251  33           1    
 1922 29 NYY AL 152  577   96  190  32 10   9   90   7 12  56  32  .329  .392  .466  121  269  27           4     MVP-8
 1923 30 NYY AL 144  569   79  173  19  8   6  108   6 13  36  28  .304  .352  .397   95  226  23           6    
 1924 31 NYY AL 153  589   88  174  30 19   9  114  12  5  51  36  .295  .352  .457  107  269  23           0     MVP-14
 1925 32 NYY AL  62  178   19   41   6  3   3   24   3  3  13  12  .230  .286  .348   62   62   8           1    
 1926 33 CIN NL 155  574   72  167  22 15   6   99   8     49  26  .291  .352  .413  107  237  21           5     MVP-14
 1927 34 CIN NL 122  443   49  115  19  6   2   41   2     32  11  .260  .309  .343   77  152  14           0    
 1928 35 CIN NL  95  272   30   77  11  3   2   26   1     23  13  .283  .341  .368   87  100  11           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         6914      1941    148      998     60     551  .281  .341  .408  104      272   0   0  38   0
               1872       974      311     90      125    596                            2818
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        598   84  168  27 13   8   86  11  5  52  48  .281  .341  .408  104  244  24   0   0   3   0
 Career High    155  610  109  190  35 19  12  114  18 13  66  82  .329  .392  .466  127  269  33   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 20 DET AL   34   26    2   2.1    86| .161  .263| .235  .335| .355  .346| .590  .681|  73  .262  -1.6  -0.2     
 1915 22 NYY AL  560  382   60   4.2    83| .246  .255| .339  .333| .367  .335| .706  .668| 111  .593   6.5   0.7  72%
 1916 23 NYY AL  617  418   75   4.9    84| .262  .259| .331  .333| .417  .338| .748  .671| 123  .652  11.9   1.3     
 1917 24 NYY AL  668  459   70   4.1    80| .244  .256| .320  .327| .380  .331| .700  .658| 113  .589   7.5   0.9     
 1918 25 NYY AL  385  257   50   5.3    84| .304  .263| .345  .334| .415  .335| .760  .669| 127  .681   9.2   1.0     
 1919 26 NYY AL  596  409   68   4.5    96| .275  .277| .330  .344| .398  .373| .728  .716| 103  .543   0.1   0.0     
 1920 27 NYY AL  687  472   84   4.8   110| .280  .296| .339  .361| .430  .407| .769  .768|  99  .518  -3.4  -0.3  28%
 1921 28 NYY AL  667  457   86   5.0   116| .296  .302| .347  .368| .427  .424| .774  .792|  95  .496  -6.2  -0.6  62%
 1922 29 NYY AL  664  426  101   6.4   111| .329  .295| .392  .361| .466  .415| .858  .776| 121  .630  18.4   1.8  36%
 1923 30 NYY AL  634  432   74   4.6   109| .304  .292| .352  .363| .397  .404| .749  .767|  95  .490  -6.0  -0.6  31%
 1924 31 NYY AL  663  443   95   5.7   112| .295  .298| .352  .368| .457  .409| .809  .776| 107  .572   2.6   0.2  70%
 1925 32 NYY AL  200  148   17   3.1   114| .230  .297| .286  .367| .348  .416| .634  .783|  62  .282 -11.4  -1.1  50%
 1926 33 CIN NL  649  428   82   5.1   101| .291  .284| .352  .344| .413  .394| .765  .739| 107  .555   4.9   0.5     
 1927 34 CIN NL  489  342   47   3.7   102| .260  .286| .309  .345| .343  .395| .652  .739|  77  .401 -14.7  -1.5     
 1928 35 CIN NL  307  206   34   4.4   107| .283  .288| .341  .352| .368  .409| .709  .761|  87  .462  -5.1  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7820 5305  945   4.8   100| .281  .282| .341  .350| .408  .384| .749  .734| 104  .546  12.5   1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1913 20 DET AL  1B   10     80    4    2    6  .977  .986  8.40 10.48            
 1915 22 NYY AL  1B  134   1396   85   12   85  .992  .987 11.05  7.46            
 1916 23 NYY AL  1B  148   1513   99   13   89  .992  .988 10.89  6.76            
 1917 24 NYY AL  1B  155   1609  109   17   97  .990  .989 11.08  6.45            
 1918 25 NYY AL  1B   91    918   61   12   75  .988  .986 10.76 10.89            
 1919 26 NYY AL  1B  138   1488   94   15   77  .991  .988 11.46  7.25            
 1920 27 NYY AL  1B  153   1649  100   15  101  .991  .990 11.43  6.54            
 1921 28 NYY AL  1B  153   1624   89   16  116  .991  .991 11.20  6.54            
 1922 29 NYY AL  1B  152   1667   88   13  106  .993  .991 11.55  6.58            
 1923 30 NYY AL  1B  144   1461   81   12   97  .992  .990 10.71  6.94            
 1924 31 NYY AL  1B  153   1447  106    9  106  .994  .989 10.15  6.54            
 1925 32 NYY AL  1B   47    399   38    4   40  .991  .988  9.30  9.86            
 1926 33 CIN NL  1B  155   1710   92   15  140  .992  .989 11.63  6.45            
 1927 34 CIN NL  1B  114   1145   66    5   86  .996  .989 10.62  8.77            
 1928 35 CIN NL  1B   72    673   40    8   69  .989  .989  9.90 10.17            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1913 20 DET AL  1B   10     80    4    2    6  .977  .986  8.40 10.48            
 1915 22 NYY AL  1B  134   1396   85   12   85  .992  .987 11.05  7.46            
 1916 23 NYY AL  1B  148   1513   99   13   89  .992  .988 10.89  6.76            
 1917 24 NYY AL  1B  155   1609  109   17   97  .990  .989 11.08  6.45            
 1918 25 NYY AL  1B   91    918   61   12   75  .988  .986 10.76 10.89            
 1919 26 NYY AL  1B  138   1488   94   15   77  .991  .988 11.46  7.25            
 1920 27 NYY AL  1B  153   1649  100   15  101  .991  .990 11.43  6.54            
 1921 28 NYY AL  1B  153   1624   89   16  116  .991  .991 11.20  6.54            
 1922 29 NYY AL  1B  152   1667   88   13  106  .993  .991 11.55  6.58            
 1923 30 NYY AL  1B  144   1461   81   12   97  .992  .990 10.71  6.94            
 1924 31 NYY AL  1B  153   1447  106    9  106  .994  .989 10.15  6.54            
 1925 32 NYY AL  1B   47    399   38    4   40  .991  .988  9.30  9.86            
 1926 33 CIN NL  1B  155   1710   92   15  140  .992  .989 11.63  6.45            
 1927 34 CIN NL  1B  114   1145   66    5   86  .996  .989 10.62  8.77            
 1928 35 CIN NL  1B   72    673   40    8   69  .989  .989  9.90 10.17            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B 1819  18779 1152  168 1290  .992  .989 10.96  7.31            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1819  18779 1152  168 1290  .992  .989 10.96  7.31

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   8  26   1   4  1  0  0   2   2   3  .154  .214  .192   1  1   3   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   5  21   0   6  1  0  0   3   0   2  .286  .286  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  20   2   5  0  0  0   2   4   1  .250  .360  .250   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  19  67   3  15  2  0  0   7   6   6  .224  .284  .254   2  1   3   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-8-0.19
1924-AL-14-0.09
1926-NL-14-0.15
Car-471-0.43 shares

Batting Average
1918 AL-.304-6
1922 AL-.329-8

Slugging %
1916 AL-.417-9
1918 AL-.415-7

Games
1916 AL-151-10
1917 AL-155-4
1920 AL-153-8
1921 AL-153-8
1924 AL-153-6
1926 NL-155-3

At Bats
1917 AL-587-2
1919 AL-523-10
1920 AL-610-5
1924 AL-589-10
1926 NL-574-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1917 AL-668-5
1920 AL-687-6
1926 NL-649-9

Runs
1917 AL-82-10
1920 AL-109-5
1922 AL-96-9

Hits
1922 AL-190-7

Total Bases
1916 AL-227-9
1917 AL-223-9
1924 AL-269-10

Doubles
1917 AL-29-6

Triples
1915 AL-13-9
1916 AL-14-5
1917 AL-12-5
1918 AL-9-8
1920 AL-14-7
1924 AL-19-1
1926 NL-15-4
Car-148-54

Home Runs
1915 AL-4-9
1916 AL-12-1
1917 AL-9-1
1919 AL-7-8
1920 AL-11-7
1924 AL-9-10

RBI
1916 AL-93-2
1917 AL-70-9
1923 AL-108-5
1924 AL-114-5
1926 NL-99-4

Strikeouts
1915 AL-81-3
1916 AL-82-1
1917 AL-66-3
1920 AL-54-7

Stolen Bases
1921 AL-17-8

Singles
1922 AL-139-8
1923 AL-140-6

Batting Wins
1922 AL-1.8-9

Extra-Base Hits
1916 AL-46-6
1917 AL-50-4
1924 AL-58-7

Times on Base
1922 AL-250-9

Offensive Win%
1918 AL-.681-10

Hit By Pitch
1917 AL-6-10
1920 AL-6-10
1926 NL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1919 AL-30-9
1921 AL-33-5
Car-272-23

Caught Stealing
1922 AL-12-7

Power/Speed Number
1916 AL-13.7-1
1917 AL-9.9-3
1921 AL-10.9-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1927 NL-40.3-4

At Bats per Home Run
1915 AL-119.8-10
1916 AL-45.4-2
1917 AL-65.2-1

Outs
1917 AL-459-2
1919 AL-409-4
1920 AL-472-3
1921 AL-457-7
1924 AL-443-8
1926 NL-428-7

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 92 (252) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (813) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.0 (662) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
August, 1912: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Kalamazoo (Southern Michigan). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
February 4, 1915: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.
January 15, 1926: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees for $7,500.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1922-AL-8-0.19 1924-AL-14-0.09 1926-NL-14-0.15 Car-471-0.43 shares	Batting Average 1918 AL-.304-6 1922 AL-.329-8	Slugging % 1916 AL-.417-9 1918 AL-.415-7	Games 1916 AL-151-10 1917 AL-155-4 1920 AL-153-8 1921 AL-153-8 1924 AL-153-6 1926 NL-155-3	At Bats 1917 AL-587-2 1919 AL-523-10 1920 AL-610-5 1924 AL-589-10 1926 NL-574-7	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1917 AL-668-5 1920 AL-687-6 1926 NL-649-9
Runs 1917 AL-82-10 1920 AL-109-5 1922 AL-96-9	Hits 1922 AL-190-7	Total Bases 1916 AL-227-9 1917 AL-223-9 1924 AL-269-10	Doubles 1917 AL-29-6	Triples 1915 AL-13-9 1916 AL-14-5 1917 AL-12-5 1918 AL-9-8 1920 AL-14-7 1924 AL-19-1 1926 NL-15-4 Car-148-54	Home Runs 1915 AL-4-9 1916 AL-12-1 1917 AL-9-1 1919 AL-7-8 1920 AL-11-7 1924 AL-9-10
RBI 1916 AL-93-2 1917 AL-70-9 1923 AL-108-5 1924 AL-114-5 1926 NL-99-4	Strikeouts 1915 AL-81-3 1916 AL-82-1 1917 AL-66-3 1920 AL-54-7	Stolen Bases 1921 AL-17-8	Singles 1922 AL-139-8 1923 AL-140-6	Batting Wins 1922 AL-1.8-9	Extra-Base Hits 1916 AL-46-6 1917 AL-50-4 1924 AL-58-7
Times on Base 1922 AL-250-9	Offensive Win% 1918 AL-.681-10	Hit By Pitch 1917 AL-6-10 1920 AL-6-10 1926 NL-5-7	Sac. Hits 1919 AL-30-9 1921 AL-33-5 Car-272-23	Caught Stealing 1922 AL-12-7	Power/Speed Number 1916 AL-13.7-1 1917 AL-9.9-3 1921 AL-10.9-7
At Bats per Strikeout 1927 NL-40.3-4	At Bats per Home Run 1915 AL-119.8-10 1916 AL-45.4-2 1917 AL-65.2-1	Outs 1917 AL-459-2 1919 AL-409-4 1920 AL-472-3 1921 AL-457-7 1924 AL-443-8 1926 NL-428-7