Al Nipper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 188lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: April 2, 1959 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Truman State University (Kirksville, MO).

High School: Hazelwood West HS (Hazelwood, MO)

School: Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)

Debut: September 6, 1983 (Age 24-157d, 14,820th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1990 (Age 31-105d)
vs. OAK 3.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Steve Comte

Full Name: Albert Samuel Nipper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.52

144

124

797.2

381

WHIP

1.440

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-12 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	58	3	Apr 10	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	4	2	1	5	6	0	0	1.04	3.12	36	15	10	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.37	0.278	1.77	0.22%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
2	59	8	Apr 16	BOS		KCR	L,0-1	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	4	1	1	0	1.02	4.24	36	16	15	1	0	0	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	0.353	.91	0.24%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	60	13	Apr 21	BOS		DET	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	9	5	5	0	7	1	1	2.55	3.91	31	9	13	3	0	1	46			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	1	1	.74	-0.203	1.24	-0.20%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	61	17	Apr 26	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.14	3.63	30	9	15	0	0	4	75			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.272	.84	0.19%	3.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	62	21	May 2	BOS		OAK	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.2	7	4	4	2	2	3	0	2.61	4.46	31	10	10	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.126	1.02	-0.12%	-0.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d3
6	63	26	May 7	BOS	@	SEA	W,11-5	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.1	7	5	2	2	6	2	1	2.64	4.72	29	4	9	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.159	1.77	-0.14%	-1.81	1b start a 2	7b -23 1 out a5
7	64	31	May 12	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-7	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	3.2	7	7	7	3	4	2	0	3.68	5.11	20	1	5	2	0	7	20			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.360	1.86	-0.43%	-5.06	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d6
8	65	36	May 18	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.1	7	3	2	2	6	1	0	3.65	5.01	23	4	11	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.067	2.00	-0.08%	-0.17	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	66	70	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GS-7	W(4-4)	37	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	1	3.82	4.84	32	17	10	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.36	0.071	5.11	0.16%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
10	67	74	Jun 30	BOS		TOR	W,10-9	GS-6		4	5.1	11	8	8	0	3	2	1	4.57	5.02	27	10	11	6	0	2	17			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.423	2.57	-0.66%	-3.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	68	79	Jul 5	BOS		SEA	L,5-9	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	6.0	12	5	5	0	5	1	0	4.80	4.88	30	6	7	1	0	12	33			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.212	3.20	-0.28%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out tie
12	69	84	Jul 10	BOS		CAL	W,8-7	GS-8		4	7.1	6	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.70	4.73	31	14	11	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.209	2.29	-0.28%	-0.40	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
13	70	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-10	GS-6	L(4-6)	7	6.0	10	8	4	1	1	1	0	4.79	4.75	30	10	13	5	0	5	28			0	0	0	29	5	0	0	1	0	2	.61	-0.387	1.56	-0.60%	-4.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
14	71	94	Jul 23	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-9	GS-4	L(4-7)	4	3.1	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	5.11	4.80	19	4	5	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.342	3.33	-0.62%	-3.76	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d4
15	72	98	Jul 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.74	4.57	35	14	10	2	0	6	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.541	3.80	1.08%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	73	103	Aug 3	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	GS-9	W(6-7)	5	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.64	4.53	31	12	15	5	0	0	58			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.010	3.83	0.02%	0.13	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
17	74	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-7	W(7-7)	5	6.2	7	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.68	4.53	29	10	15	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.112	3.67	0.28%	0.11	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a3
18	75	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	KCR	W,11-6	GS-5	W(8-7)	4	5.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.94	4.57	22	6	12	4	0	2	29			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.307	3.61	-0.64%	-3.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
19	76	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-5	L(8-8)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.95	4.70	21	6	10	5	0	2	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.086	2.10	-0.14%	-0.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
20	77	124	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-9)	4	6.0	8	5	4	1	6	2	0	5.00	4.74	28	8	5	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.247	1.25	-0.34%	-1.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	78	132	Sep 2	BOS		TEX	W,8-6	GS-4		8	3.2	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	5.20	4.67	20	3	11	4	1	0	29			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.281	3.37	-0.48%	-2.17	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d1
22	79	138	Sep 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-8	W(9-9)	6	7.1	5	5	4	5	3	1	0	5.19	4.73	32	11	8	1	0	5	48			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	.98	-0.078	.73	-0.04%	-0.48	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
23	80	143	Sep 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-11	GS-2	L(9-10)	4	1.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.44	4.82	11	2	3	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.330	.18	-0.04%	-3.30	1b start a 3	2b -2- 2 out d1
24	81	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-4	L(9-11)	5	3.0	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	5.51	4.78	16	5	9	5	0	0	33			0	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.332	.02	0.00%	-2.90	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d1
25	82	155	Sep 29	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	GS-5	W(10-11)	8	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.51	4.72	23	8	4	0	0	6	44			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
26	83	160	Oct 4(2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	5.38	4.70	29	4	11	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.127	.00	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							14-12		W-L:10-12	4.8	159.0	186	108	95	47	79	24	4	5.38	4.70	702	0.84		13%	0%	96	44		---%	3	6	0	642	40	5	2	11	5	11	.99	-2.390	2.05	-2.88%	-22.93

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