Johnny Lipon

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: August 17, 1998 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Chadsey HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: August 16, 1942 (Age 19-279d, 9,268th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1954 (Age 31-166d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Joseph Lipon

Nicknames: Skids

Pronunciation: \LIPP-on\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

2661

690

.259

350

RBI

266

OBP

.346

SLG

.324

OPS

.671

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	12	May 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
4	13	May 2	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	14	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	3	4	0	7	0
7	16	May 6	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
8	17	May 8 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
9	18	May 8 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	GF	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	22 (3)	May 12	DET	@	WSH	W,14-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	36 (13)	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	37	May 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS	0	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	38	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
14	39	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	41	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	47 (5)	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
19	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
20	50	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	51	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
22	52	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
26	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
27	57	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	58	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
29	59	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
30	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
32	62	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
33	63	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	64	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
35	65	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
36	66	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
37	67	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	68	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	69	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	70	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
41	71	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,9-0	GS	27	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
42	78 (6)	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
43	79	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
44	80	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
45	81	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	82	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	2
47	83	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	84	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	85	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	54	11.1	4	1	1	6	0
50	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	87	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	88	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	89	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	90	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
55	91	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
57	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
58	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
60	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
61	97	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
62	98	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	1	4	3	8	1
64	100	Aug 8 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
65	101	Aug 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
66	102	Aug 9	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	103	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	104	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
69	105	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	106	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
71	107	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
72	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	110	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
75	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
77	113	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	114	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
79	115	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
81	117	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	118	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	119	Aug 30	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	120	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	121	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	122	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
87	123	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
88	124	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
89	125	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	126	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
91	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	52	10.1	1	1	2	4	1
92	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	52	12.2	1	2	0	3	0
93	129	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	6	1	9	0
94	130	Sep 11 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	131	Sep 11 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
96	132	Sep 12	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	133	Sep 14 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
98	134	Sep 14 (2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	135	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
100	136	Sep 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	137	Sep 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
102	138	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
103	139	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	140	Sep 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	141	Sep 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
106	142	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
107	143	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
108	144	Sep 22	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
109	145	Sep 23	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
110	146	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
111	147	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
112	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
113	149	Sep 28	DET		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	150	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
115	151	Sep 30	DET		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	152	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
117	153	Oct 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
118	154	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
							119gm		1036.1	212	347	17	576	63