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Jason Kipnis    \kip-NISS\

Jason Michael Kipnis (twitter: @TheJK_Kid)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1987 in Northbrook, IL
High School: Glenbrook North HS (Northbrook, IL)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2011 (Age 24)
Team: Indians 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$509k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.069, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council [*]
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Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
2011 24 CLE AL 36 150 136 24 37 9 1 7 19 5 0 11 34 .272 .333 .507 .841 133 69 0 2 0 1 0 4
2012 25 CLE AL 152 672 591 86 152 22 4 14 76 31 7 67 109 .257 .335 .379 .714 102 224 12 5 3 6 2 *4/D
2013 26 CLE AL 30 138 123 15 27 6 2 5 17 7 3 12 34 .220 .285 .423 .707 97 52 1 0 1 2 1 *4
3 Yrs 218 960 850 125 216 37 7 26 112 43 10 90 177 .254 .327 .406 .733 106 345 13 7 4 9 3
162 Game Avg. 162 713 632 93 161 27 5 19 83 32 7 67 132 .254 .327 .406 .733 106 256 10 5 3 7 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2011 24 CLE AL 36 150 5 1 1 -2 1 6 0.6 6 11 1.1 .516 .504 1.4 -0.1 13 4
2012 25 CLE AL 152 672 3 3 3 3 3 15 1.6 24 40 4.0 .511 .510 3.8 0.6 37 $482,100 *4/D
2013 26 CLE AL 30 138 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.0 5 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.4 0.1 4 $509,400 *4
3 Seasons 218 960 7 4 4 1 5 20 2.2 34 55 5.6 .510 .504 5.5 0.6 54 $991,500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2011 CLE AL 24 2B 36 34 32 305.0 164 58 100 6 16 .963 -2 -2 -9 -8 4.66 4.39 .984 4.76 4.73
2012 CLE AL 25 2B 146 145 142 1293.1 687 241 440 6 94 .991 10 3 9 3 4.74 4.66 .983 4.63 4.60
2012 CLE AL 25 DH 4 3
2013 CLE AL 26 2B 30 30 30 265.0 135 53 79 3 21 .978 0 0 0 0 4.48 4.40 .985 4.67 4.64
3 Seasons 2B 212 209 204 1863.1 986 352 619 15 131 .985 8 1 5 0 4.69 4.58 .983 4.66 4.63
3 Seasons TOT 212 209 204 1863.1 986 352 619 15 131 .985 8 1 5 0 4.69 4.58 .983 4.66 4.63
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2013 AL  2 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  31 (6th)
2013 AL  7 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (10th)
2013 AL  3 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  19.3 (8th)
2013 AL  5.8 (4th)

Assists† s c a p y
2012 AL  440 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  146 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  241 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  440 (1st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  94 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  8 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2012 AL  4.74 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  4.66 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2012 AL  .991 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Second Base (282nd), 4.9 career WAR/4.9 7yr-peak WAR/4.9 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Michael Young (964)
  7. Carlos Garcia (961)
  8. Scott Spiezio (961)
  9. Robby Thompson (960)
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201225Cleveland Indians$482,100contracts
201326Cleveland Indians$509,400
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$991,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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