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Bob Chipman
Robert Howard Chipman (Mr. Chips)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 28, 1941
Final Game September 28, 1952
Born October 11, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY
Died November 8, 1973 in Huntington, NY

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 22 BRO NL   1   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    5.0    3    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    21       0  0.00  3.67  inf 0.800
 1942 23 BRO NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    1    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     6       0  0.00  3.25  inf 2.250
 1943 24 BRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.7    2    0    0   0    2    0   0   0     7       0  0.00  3.34  inf 2.400
 1944 25 TOT NL  12  10  37  24   9   1   7  2  165.3  185   81   67  10   64   61   0   4   731       0  3.65  3.54   97 1.506
         BRO NL   3   1  11   3   1   0   3  0   36.3   38   19   17   1   24   20   0   2   170       0  4.21  3.54   84 1.706
         CHC NL   9   9  26  21   8   1   4  2  129.0  147   62   50   9   40   41   0   2   561       0  3.49  3.54  101 1.450
 1945 26 CHC NL   4   5  25  10   3   1   3  0   72.0   63   37   28   4   34   29   1   1   313       0  3.50  3.65  104 1.347
 1946 27 CHC NL   6   5  34  10   5   3   6  2  109.3  103   44   38   8   54   42   1   1   467       0  3.13  3.31  106 1.436
 1947 28 CHC NL   7   6  32  17   5   1   4  0  134.7  135   58   55   6   66   51   0   1   581       0  3.68  3.95  107 1.493
 1948 29 CHC NL   2   1  34   3   0   0  13  4   60.3   73   34   24   5   24   16   0   1   279       0  3.58  3.92  109 1.608
 1949 30 CHC NL   7   8  38  11   3   1  15  1  113.3  110   65   50   7   63   46   2   3   511       0  3.97  4.04  102 1.526
 1950 31 BSN NL   7   7  27  12   4   0   9  1  124.0  127   75   61  10   37   40   4   0   534       3  4.43  3.85   87 1.323
 1951 32 BSN NL   4   3  33   0   0   0  22  4   52.0   59   29   28   5   19   17   2   2   233       0  4.85  3.68   76 1.500
 1952 33 BSN NL   1   1  29   0   0   0  12  0   41.7   28   15   13   5   20   16   0   1   172       0  2.81  3.62  129 1.152
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .526  51  46 293  87  29   7  93 14  880.7  889  438  364  60  386  322  10  14  3855       3  3.72  3.73  100 1.448
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   8  52  15   5   1  16  2  157.3  159   78   65  10   69   57   1   2   689   0   0  3.72  3.73  100 1.448
 Career High     12  10  38  24   9   3  22  4  165.3  185   81   67  10   66   61   4   4   731   0   3  2.81  4.04  129 1.152

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 22 BRO NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1942 23 BRO NL   2    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1944 25 TOT NL  37   59    3    7   0  0   0    0   0      3  14  .119  .161  .119  -20    7   2           0   2
         BRO NL  11   11    2    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .182  .182  .182    3    2   2           0   0
         CHC NL  26   48    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      3  11  .104  .157  .104  -26    5   0           0   2
 1945 26 CHC NL  25   17    1    3   1  0   0    2   0      2   4  .176  .263  .235   40    4   3           0   0
 1946 27 CHC NL  34   33    1    2   0  0   0    3   0      1  17  .061  .088  .061  -57    2   1           0   0
 1947 28 CHC NL  33   44    4    4   0  0   0    0   0      1  16  .091  .111  .091  -45    4   3           0   1
 1948 29 CHC NL  34   16    2    4   0  0   0    2   0      2   4  .250  .333  .250   63    4   0           0   0
 1949 30 CHC NL  38   24    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      3   5  .125  .222  .125   -3    3   3           0   0
 1950 31 BSN NL  27   39    2    6   0  0   0    1   0      2  12  .154  .195  .154   -4    6   1           0   1
 1951 32 BSN NL  33   10    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .100  .100  .100  -44    1   0           0   0
 1952 33 BSN NL  29    5    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .400  .500  .400  156    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     294  250   18   32   1  0   0   10   0  0  15  82  .128  .177  .132  -13   33  13   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        138   10   18   1  0   0    6   0  0   8  45  .128  .177  .132  -13   18   7   0   0   0   2
 Career High     38   59    4    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  17                           7   3   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 22 BRO NL    3    3    0   0.0    97| .000  .271| .000  .342| .000  .381| .000  .723|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1942 23 BRO NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1944 25 TOT NL   64   56    1   0.5    94| .119  .268| .161  .335| .119  .376| .280  .710| -20  .019  -9.6  -1.0     
         BRO NL   13   11    0   0.0    92| .182  .266| .182  .332| .182  .373| .364  .705|   3  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
         CHC NL   51   45    1   0.6    94| .104  .268| .157  .335| .104  .376| .261  .711| -26  .028  -8.1  -0.9     
 1945 26 CHC NL   22   17    1   1.6    95| .176  .271| .263  .340| .235  .374| .498  .714|  40  .139  -1.3  -0.1     
 1946 27 CHC NL   35   32    0   0.0    91| .061  .260| .088  .335| .061  .364| .149  .699| -57  .000  -6.9  -0.7     
 1947 28 CHC NL   48   44    0   0.0   102| .091  .269| .111  .344| .091  .399| .202  .743| -45  .000  -9.1  -0.9     
 1948 29 CHC NL   18   12    1   2.2    99| .250  .264| .333  .338| .250  .391| .583  .729|  63  .217  -0.8  -0.1     
 1949 30 CHC NL   30   24    1   1.1   101| .125  .267| .222  .340| .125  .399| .347  .739|  -3  .070  -3.5  -0.3     
 1950 31 BSN NL   42   35    1   0.8   103| .154  .262| .195  .338| .154  .407| .349  .745|  -4  .034  -5.9  -0.6     
 1951 32 BSN NL   10    9    0   0.0    97| .100  .259| .100  .332| .100  .392| .200  .724| -44  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1952 33 BSN NL    6    3    1   8.9    95| .400  .258| .500  .330| .400  .384| .900  .714| 156  .802   0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      278  235    6   0.7    98| .128  .265| .177  .338| .132  .387| .309  .725| -13  .032 -39.4  -4.0     

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1941 22 BRO NL   P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.10  1.80  2.16    0    5.0
 1942 23 BRO NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.15  0.00  2.08    0    1.3
 1943 24 BRO NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.20  0.00  2.12    0    1.7
 1944 25 TOT NL   P   37      5   32    2    2  .949  .961  1.00  1.09  2.01  2.14   24  165.3
         BRO NL   P   11      2    8    1    0  .909  .962  0.91  1.09  2.48  2.13    3   36.3
         CHC NL   P   26      3   24    1    2  .964  .961  1.04  1.09  1.88  2.14   21  129.0
 1945 26 CHC NL   P   25      4   16    1    1  .952  .962  0.80  1.06  2.50  2.17   10   72.0
 1946 27 CHC NL   P   34     10   15    1    3  .962  .962  0.74  1.01  2.06  2.24   10  109.3
 1947 28 CHC NL   P   32      5   32    0    2 1.000  .966  1.16  0.91  2.47  2.12   17  134.7
 1948 29 CHC NL   P   34      2   18    0    0 1.000  .962  0.59  0.91  2.99  2.10    3   60.3
 1949 30 CHC NL   P   38      9   12    0    1 1.000  .955  0.55  0.91  1.67  2.04   11  113.3
 1950 31 BSN NL   P   27      5   12    2    0  .895  .960  0.63  0.97  1.23  2.12   12  124.0
 1951 32 BSN NL   P   33      9    5    0    1 1.000  .959  0.42  0.96  2.42  2.15    0   52.0
 1952 33 BSN NL   P   29      3    8    1    1  .917  .957  0.38  0.98  2.37  2.18    0   41.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 22 BRO NL   P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.10  1.80  2.16    0    5.0
 1942 23 BRO NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.15  0.00  2.08    0    1.3
 1943 24 BRO NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.20  0.00  2.12    0    1.7
 1944 25 TOT NL   P   37      5   32    2    2  .949  .961  1.00  1.09  2.01  2.14   24  165.3
         BRO NL   P   11      2    8    1    0  .909  .962  0.91  1.09  2.48  2.13    3   36.3
         CHC NL   P   26      3   24    1    2  .964  .961  1.04  1.09  1.88  2.14   21  129.0
 1945 26 CHC NL   P   25      4   16    1    1  .952  .962  0.80  1.06  2.50  2.17   10   72.0
 1946 27 CHC NL   P   34     10   15    1    3  .962  .962  0.74  1.01  2.06  2.24   10  109.3
 1947 28 CHC NL   P   32      5   32    0    2 1.000  .966  1.16  0.91  2.47  2.12   17  134.7
 1948 29 CHC NL   P   34      2   18    0    0 1.000  .962  0.59  0.91  2.99  2.10    3   60.3
 1949 30 CHC NL   P   38      9   12    0    1 1.000  .955  0.55  0.91  1.67  2.04   11  113.3
 1950 31 BSN NL   P   27      5   12    2    0  .895  .960  0.63  0.97  1.23  2.12   12  124.0
 1951 32 BSN NL   P   33      9    5    0    1 1.000  .959  0.42  0.96  2.42  2.15    0   52.0
 1952 33 BSN NL   P   29      3    8    1    1  .917  .957  0.38  0.98  2.37  2.18    0   41.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 293     53  150    7   11  .967  .961  0.69  0.98  2.07  2.14   87  880.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       293     53  150    7   11  .967  .961  0.69  0.98  2.07  2.14   87    881

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   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.

Saves
1948 NL-4-7
1951 NL-4-9

Shutouts
1946 NL-3-6

Games Finished
1951 NL-22-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (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 6, 1941: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Atlanta (Southern Association) for $70,000.
June 6, 1944: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Stanky.
April 18, 1950: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Chicago Cubs.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Bob Chipman's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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