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Al Nipper
Albert Samuel Nipper

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 194 lb.
School Truman State University

Debut September 6, 1983
  vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 16, 1990
Born April 2, 1959 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 BOS AL   1   1   3   2   1   0   1  0   16.0   17    4    4   0    7    5   1   0    67   0   0  2.25  4.36  194 1.500
 1984 25 BOS AL  11   6  29  24   6   0   3  0  182.7  183   86   79  18   52   84   7   7   777   1   1  3.89  4.20  108 1.286 RoY-7
 1985 26 BOS AL   9  12  25  25   5   0   0  0  162.0  157   83   73  14   82   85   9   3   713   3   1  4.06  4.32  106 1.475
 1986 27 BOS AL  10  12  26  26   3   0   0  0  159.0  186  108   95  24   47   79   4   1   702   2   1  5.38  4.19   78 1.465
 1987 28 BOS AL  11  12  30  30   6   0   0  0  174.0  196  115  105  30   62   89   7   5   777   1   0  5.43  4.56   84 1.483
 1988 29 CHC NL   2   4  22  12   0   0   3  1   80.0   72   37   27   9   34   27   3   1   341   2   1  3.04  3.63  119 1.325
 1990 31 CLE AL   2   3   9   5   0   0   1  0   24.0   35   19   18   2   19   12   2   6   125   0   0  6.75  3.92   58 2.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .479  46  50 144 124  21   0   8  1  797.7  846  452  401  97  303  381  33  23  3502   9   4  4.52  4.24   94 1.440
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  36  31   5   0   2  0  202.3  214  114  101  24   76   96   8   5   888   2   1  4.52  4.24   94 1.440
 Career High     11  12  30  30   6   0   3  1  182.7  196  115  105  30   82   89   9   7   777   3   1  3.04  4.56  119 1.286

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 29 CHC NL  22   23    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .087  .087  .130  -39    3   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      144   23    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .087  .087  .130  -39    3   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         26    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .087  .087  .130  -39    3   2   0   0   0   1
 Career High     30   23    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6                           3   2   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 29 CHC NL   25   24    0   0.0    94| .087  .262| .087  .326| .130  .384| .217  .711| -39  .000  -4.2  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        25   24    0   0.0    94| .087  .262| .087  .326| .130  .384| .217  .711| -39  .000  -4.2  -0.5   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 24 BOS AL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.73 1.69 1.80 2 16.0 1984 25 BOS AL P 29 28 31 1 0 .983 .958 2.03 0.70 2.91 1.79 24 182.7 1985 26 BOS AL P 25 24 28 5 4 .912 .952 2.08 0.70 2.89 1.86 25 162.0 1986 27 BOS AL P 26 28 28 1 4 .982 .957 2.15 0.68 3.17 1.83 26 159.0 1987 28 BOS AL P 30 20 27 2 2 .959 .955 1.57 0.67 2.43 1.84 30 174.0 1988 29 CHC NL P 22 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.50 0.69 1.24 1.96 12 80.0 1990 31 CLE AL P 9 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.22 0.59 0.75 1.76 5 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 BOS AL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.73 1.69 1.80 2 16.0 1984 25 BOS AL P 29 28 31 1 0 .983 .958 2.03 0.70 2.91 1.79 24 182.7 1985 26 BOS AL P 25 24 28 5 4 .912 .952 2.08 0.70 2.89 1.86 25 162.0 1986 27 BOS AL P 26 28 28 1 4 .982 .957 2.15 0.68 3.17 1.83 26 159.0 1987 28 BOS AL P 30 20 27 2 2 .959 .955 1.57 0.67 2.43 1.84 30 174.0 1988 29 CHC NL P 22 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.50 0.69 1.24 1.96 12 80.0 1990 31 CLE AL P 9 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.22 0.59 0.75 1.76 5 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 144 106 124 10 12 .958 .956 1.60 0.68 2.59 1.84 124 797.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 144 106 124 10 12 .958 .956 1.60 0.68 2.59 1.84 124 798
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986   WS    BOS NYM     L   2   1   7.11  0  1  0  0   6.1  10   5   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   WS    BOS NYM     L   2   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.

Won-Loss %
1984 AL-.647-7

Hit Batsmen
1984 AL-7-9
1985 AL-9-2
1987 AL-7-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2084) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1767) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (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.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

December 8, 1987: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Calvin Schiraldi to the Chicago Cubs for Lee Smith.

March 28, 1989: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 20, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 4, 1990: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Boston Red Sox$165,000
1986Boston Red Sox$265,000
1988Chicago Cubs$397,000
Career (may be incomplete)$827,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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