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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 11)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
10	10	May 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	11	May 3	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
12	12	May 4	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
13	13	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
14	14	May 6	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
15	15	May 7	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
16	16	May 8	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	52	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 9	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
18	18	May 11	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	19	May 12	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
20	20	May 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13	CG	0	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
21	21	May 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	22	May 15	DET	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
23	23	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
24	24	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
26	26	May 20	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
28	28	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
29	29	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
30	30	May 25	DET		SLB	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	31	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	32	May 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	5	0	12	2
33	33	May 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
34	34	May 28	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	50	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
35	35	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
36	36	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	37	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	60	12.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
39	39	Jun 3 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	40	Jun 3 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
41	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	42	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
43	43	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
44	44	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
45	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	48	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
50	50	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
52	52	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
53	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
54	54	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
55	55	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	56	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	57	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
58	58	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	59	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	60	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
61	61	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
63	63	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
65	65	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	4
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	1	4	1	6	0
68	68	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
69	69	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
70	70	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
71	71	Jul 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
72	72	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
73	73	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
74	74	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
75	75	Jul 14	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
76	76	Jul 15 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
77	77	Jul 15 (2)	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
78	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
80	80	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
81	81	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
82	88 (6)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	GF	13	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	PR SS
83	90 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
84	91	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	95 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
86	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
87	97	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
88	98	Aug 4	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
89	99	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
90	100	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
91	101	Aug 6	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
92	102	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
93	103	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	2	4	2	8	2
94	123 (19)	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	124	Aug 27	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
96	125	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
97	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
98	127	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	128	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	129	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
101	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
102	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	4	2	0	6	2
103	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
104	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
105	134	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
106	135	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	6	6	1	13	3	SS
107	136	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	137	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
109	138	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	139	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	5	0	0	5	1	SS
111	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	141	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
113	142	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
114	143	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
115	144	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
116	145	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
117	146	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,7-6	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
119	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
120	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	150	Sep 25	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	151	Sep 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
123	152	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
124	153	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	54	12.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
125	154	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
							125gm		1095.2	244	364	33	641	80