Bob Chipman

Robert Howard Chipman (Mr. Chips)

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

Born: October 11, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/Dodgers 1941-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: November 8, 1973 in Huntington, NY
Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1939	20	GWD,ATA,SAV	C,A1,B	32	51	51		10	2	0	0						.196	.196	.235	.431		12					GWD,ATA,SAV · CSTL,SOUA,SALL
1940	21	SAV	B	29	69	69		9	1	0	0						.130	.130	.145	.275		10					SAV · SALL
1941	22	ATA	A1	43	62	62		3	1	0	0						.048	.048	.065	.113		4					ATA · SOUA
1941	22	BRO	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1942	23	LAD-min	AA	26	41	35	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.171	.256	.200	.456		7	0	0	2		MTL · IL
1942	23	BRO	NL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1943	24	LAD-min	AA	38	86	74	12	19	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	15	.257	.337	.297	.635		22		0	3		MTL · IL
1943	24	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1944	25	TOT	NL	37	64	59	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		3	14	.119	.161	.119	.280	-20	7	2	0	2	1
1944	25	BRO	NL	11	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	3	2	0	0	2	1
1944	25	CHC	NL	26	51	48	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	11	.104	.157	.104	.261	-25	5	2	0	0	1
1945	26	CHC	NL	25	22	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498	40	4	0	0	3	1
1946	27	CHC	NL	34	35	33	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		1	17	.061	.088	.061	.149	-57	2	0	0	1	1
1947	28	CHC	NL	33	48	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	16	.091	.111	.091	.202	-45	4	1	0	3	1
1948	29	CHC	NL	34	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	63	4	0	0	0	1
1949	30	CHC	NL	38	30	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	-3	3	0	0	3	1
1950	31	BSN	NL	27	42	39	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.154	.195	.154	.349	-4	6	1	0	1	1
1951	32	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	3		3									1.000	1.000									MLW · AA
1951	32	BSN	NL	33	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1	0	0	0	1
1952	33	BSN	NL	29	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	156	2	0	0	0	1
1953	34	ATL-min	AAA	35	23	19	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		2	9	.263	.333	.316	.649		6	0	0	2		TOL · AA
12 Yrs				294	278	250	18	32	1	0	0	10	0	0	15	82	.128	.177	.132	.309	-13	33	4	0	13
162 Game Avg.				162	153	138	10	18	1	0	0	6	0		8	45	.128	.177	.132	.309	-13	18	2	0	7

CHC (6 yrs)				190	204	182	11	21	1	0	0	7	0		12	57	.115	.170	.121	.291	-18	22	3	0	10
BRO (4 yrs)				15	16	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	2
BSN (3 yrs)				89	58	54	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	20	.167	.211	.167	.377	4	9	1	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1941	22	BRO	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.444	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1942	23	BRO	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1943	24	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1944	25	BRO	NL	11	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1944	25	CHC	NL	26	51	-8	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1945	26	CHC	NL	25	22	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1946	27	CHC	NL	34	35	-7	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.489	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1947	28	CHC	NL	33	48	-10	0	0	0	5	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1948	29	CHC	NL	34	18	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1949	30	CHC	NL	38	30	-4	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1950	31	BSN	NL	27	42	-6	0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1951	32	BSN	NL	33	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1952	33	BSN	NL	29	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
12 Seasons				294	278	-40	0	-0	0	28	-11	-1.2	9	-2	-1.2	.496	.499	-1.2	0.0	-2	$

CHC (6 yrs)				190	204	-30	0	0	0	20	-10	-1.0	7	-3	-1.0	.495	.499	-1.0	0.0	-3	$
BRO (4 yrs)				15	16	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
BSN (3 yrs)				89	58	-8	0	-0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1941	22	BRO	NL	3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.383	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1944	25	TOT	NL	64	56	1	0.5	93	.156	.119	.267	.161	.334	.119	.374	.280	.708	-20	.018	-9.5	-1.0	.185	.051	.000
1944	25	BRO	NL	13	11	0	0.0	93	.250	.182	.266	.182	.333	.182	.373	.364	.706	3	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1944	25	CHC	NL	51	45	1	0.6	93	.135	.104	.267	.157	.334	.104	.375	.261	.709	-25	.028	-8.1	-0.8	.178	.063	.000
1945	26	CHC	NL	22	17	1	1.6	95	.231	.176	.271	.263	.340	.235	.374	.498	.714	40	.139	-1.3	-0.1	.429	.176	.059
1946	27	CHC	NL	35	32	0	0.0	91	.125	.061	.260	.088	.335	.061	.364	.149	.700	-57	.000	-6.9	-0.7	.097	.030	.000
1947	28	CHC	NL	48	44	0	0.0	102	.143	.091	.269	.111	.344	.091	.399	.202	.743	-45	.000	-9.2	-0.9	.122	.023	.000
1948	29	CHC	NL	18	12	1	2.2	98	.333	.250	.263	.333	.336	.250	.389	.583	.726	63	.217	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.125	.000
1949	30	CHC	NL	30	24	1	1.1	100	.158	.125	.266	.222	.339	.125	.397	.347	.736	-3	.071	-3.4	-0.3	.286	.125	.000
1950	31	BSN	NL	42	35	1	0.8	103	.222	.154	.262	.195	.338	.154	.407	.349	.745	-4	.034	-5.9	-0.6	.235	.051	.000
1951	32	BSN	NL	10	9	0	0.0	97	.250	.100	.259	.100	.332	.100	.392	.200	.724	-44	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1952	33	BSN	NL	6	3	1	8.9	95	.667	.400	.258	.500	.330	.400	.384	.900	.714	156	.802	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.000
12 Yrs				278	235	6	0.7	97	.190	.128	.265	.177	.337	.132	.387	.309	.724	-13	.032	-39.3	-4.0	.216	.064	.004
162 Game Avg.				153	129	3	0.7	97	.190	.128	.265	.177	.337	.132	.387	.309	.724	-13	.032	-39.3	-4.0	.216	.064	.004

CHC (6 yrs)				204	174	4	0.6	97	.168	.115	.266	.170	.338	.121	.383	.291	.721	-18	.027	-29.6	-3.0	.207	.071	.005
BSN (3 yrs)				58	47	2	1.1	101	.265	.167	.261	.211	.336	.167	.402	.377	.738	4	.071	-7.4	-0.7	.261	.056	.000
BRO (4 yrs)				16	14	0	0.0	94	.222	.143	.267	.143	.335	.143	.375	.286	.710	-19	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.167	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	26	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	22	BRO	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%

1944	25	TOT	NL	64	0.0%	21.9%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	4.67	4.2				70%
1944	25	BRO	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7				62%
1944	25	CHC	NL	51	0.0%	21.6%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	3.67	4.4				73%
1945	26	CHC	NL	22	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	4.6%	33%	2.00	4.3		8.5		59%
1946	27	CHC	NL	35	0.0%	48.6%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	17.00	1.9		11.0		46%
1947	28	CHC	NL	48	0.0%	33.3%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	16.00	2.8				58%
1948	29	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.0		8.0		67%
1949	30	CHC	NL	30	0.0%	16.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.67	4.8			1.00	63%
1950	31	BSN	NL	42	0.0%	28.6%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.3		39.0	1.63	64%
1951	32	BSN	NL	10	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7		5.0	1.00	40%
1952	33	BSN	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5				50%
12 Yrs				278	0.0%	29.5%	5.4%	0.4%	3%	5.47	3.0		25.0	1.82	60%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.4%	6.1%	26%	1.00	9.4	59.7	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1941	22	BRO	NL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	23	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	24	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	TOT	NL	-9.5	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	BRO	NL	-1.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	CHC	NL	-8.1	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	26	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	27	CHC	NL	-6.9	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	CHC	NL	-9.2	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.79	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.90	-1.0	0
1949	30	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.88	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.68	-1.4	0
1950	31	BSN	NL	-5.9	-0.6	39	-0.6	0.2	-0.7	.83	-0.5	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.81	-5.4	0
1951	32	BSN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.10	-0.8	0
1952	33	BSN	NL	0.5	0.0	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.05	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.85	-0.2	0
12 Yrs				-39.3	-4.0	67	-1.0	0.4	-1.5	.99	-0.9	-0.2	-7.1	-0.7	0.84	-8.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1948	29	CHC	NL	0	33%	1		0		0	0
1949	30	CHC	NL	0	33%	3		0		0	0
1950	31	BSN	NL	0	25%	12		1	0%	1	1
1951	32	BSN	NL	1	0%	0	0	0		0	0
1952	33	BSN	NL	0	67%	1	0	0	0%	1	1
12 Yrs				1	38%	17	0	1	0%	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	29	CHC	NL	18	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	30	CHC	NL	30	33%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1950	31	BSN	NL	42	71%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	6	1	17%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	32	BSN	NL	10	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	33	BSN	NL	6	80%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
12 Yrs				106	65%	32			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	1300%	10	4	40%	9	1	11%	32	3	9%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			270%			30%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1941	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1942	23	3	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1943	24	4	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1944	25	41	67	62	4	7	0	0		3	16	.113	.154	.113	.267	-24	7	2	2
1945	26	66	89	79	5	10	1	2		5	20	.127	.179	.139	.318	-10	11	2	5
1946	27	100	124	112	6	12	1	5		6	37	.107	.153	.116	.269	-23	13	2	6
1947	28	133	172	156	10	16	1	5		7	53	.103	.141	.109	.250	-29	17	3	9
1948	29	167	190	172	12	20	1	7		9	57	.116	.160	.122	.282	-20	21	3	9
1949	30	205	220	196	14	23	1	7		12	62	.117	.168	.122	.291	-18	24	3	12
1950	31	232	262	235	16	29	1	8		14	74	.123	.173	.128	.300	-16	30	4	13
1951	32	265	272	245	16	30	1	10	0	14	80	.122	.170	.127	.296	-17	31	4	13
1952	33	294	278	250	18	32	1	10	0	15	82	.128	.177	.132	.309	-13	33	4	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1944	25	38	66	61	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.115	.156	.115	.271	1	37
1945	26	26	23	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	.167	.250	.222	.472	1	25
1946	27	36	36	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	34
1947	28	34	50	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	33
1948	29	36	19	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.235	.316	.235	.551	1	34
1949	30	39	33	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.154	.267	.154	.421	1	38
1950	31	28	43	40	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	.150	.190	.150	.340	1	27
1951	32	34	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33
1952	33	30	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	29
10 Yrs		302	289	260	13	26	1	0	0	5	0	16	86	.100	.152	.104	.256	6	291
162 Game Avg.		162	155	139	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	9	46	.100	.152	.104	.256	3	291

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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