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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
5	5	Apr 23	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	3	6	0	9	3
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,7-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	May 5	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	May 6	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	14	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	May 8	DET	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
16	16	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
17	17	May 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
18	18	May 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
19	19	May 13	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
20	20	May 14	DET		SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 16	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	SS
22	22	May 17	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
23	23	May 18	DET		BOS	L,12-13	CG	49	9.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
24	24	May 19	DET		PHA	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
25	25	May 20	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	1	11	5
26	26	May 21	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 22	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
28	28	May 23	DET		WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
29	29	May 25	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 27	DET	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
32	32	May 28 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
35	35	May 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
37	37	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,16-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
38	38	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
39	39	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	40	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
41	41	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
42	42	Jun 7	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
43	43	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
44	44	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	45	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	59	14.0	5	6	1	12	1	SS
48	48	Jun 13	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	49	Jun 14	DET		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
50	50	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	51	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
53	53	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	54	Jun 20	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
55	55	Jun 21	DET		WSH	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
57	57	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
58	58	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	SS
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
61	61	Jun 26	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
62	62	Jun 27	DET		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
63	63	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
64	64	Jun 29	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
65	65	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
67	67	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
68	68	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
69	69	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
73	73	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
74	74	Jul 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
75	75	Jul 9 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
76	76	Jul 9 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
77	77	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
78	78	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
79	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
80	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
81	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
82	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
83	83	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
84	84	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
85	85	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
86	86	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
87	87	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
88	88	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
89	89	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
90	90	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
91	91	Jul 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	9	0	11	4	SS
92	92	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
93	93	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
94	94	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
96	96	Aug 2	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	97	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
98	98	Aug 4	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
99	99	Aug 5	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
100	100	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
101	101	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
102	102	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
103	103	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
104	104	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	25	6.2	3	1	0	4	1
105	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
106	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	117 (10)	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
108	118	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
109	119	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	SS
110	120	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
111	121	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
112	122	Aug 28	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
113	123	Aug 29	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
114	124	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
115	125	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	3	7	1	11	3	SS
116	126	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	127	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
118	128	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
119	129	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
120	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
121	131	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	3	10	2	SS
122	132	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
123	133	Sep 7	DET		CLE	T,13-13	CG	50	10.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
124	134	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
125	135	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
126	136	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	44	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
127	137	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	138	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
129	139	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
130	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
131	141	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
132	142	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
133	143	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	144	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
135	145	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
136	146	Sep 20	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
137	147	Sep 21	DET		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
138	148	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
139	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
140	150	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
141	151	Sep 26 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
142	152	Sep 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	153	Sep 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
144	154	Sep 28	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	3	4	0	7	2
145	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
146	156	Sep 30	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
147	157	Oct 1	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
							147gm		1316.0	273	483	33	789	126