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Bob Kipper

Robert Wayne Kipper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 8, 1964 in Aurora, IL
High School: Aurora Central Catholic HS (Aurora, IL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1985
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Twins/Angels 1985-1992
Agents: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: July 27, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1985 20 TOT MLB 7 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1985 20 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 20 PIT NL 5 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1986 21 PIT NL 21 37 33 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .030 .059 .030 .089 -75 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1987 22 PIT NL 26 36 33 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .242 .242 .303 .545 44 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1988 23 PIT NL 50 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -37 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
1989 24 PIT NL 52 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1990 25 PIT NL 41 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 PIT NL 52 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 27 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
8 Yrs 274 109 95 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 15 2 1 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 56 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 9 1 1 7 0 0
PIT (7 yrs) 247 109 95 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 15 2 1 11 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 247 109 95 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 15 2 1 11 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1985 20 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1985 20 PIT NL 5 10 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1986 21 PIT NL 21 37 -8 -0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .480 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $65,000 1
1987 22 PIT NL 26 36 -2 0 -0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1988 23 PIT NL 50 6 -1 0 -0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $125,000 1
1989 24 PIT NL 52 11 -0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $230,000 1
1990 25 PIT NL 41 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $525,000 1
1991 26 PIT NL 52 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $835,000 1
1992 27 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
8 Seasons 274 109 -14 0 -1 0 14 -1 -0.1 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 3 $2,780,000
PIT (7 yrs) 247 109 -14 0 -1 0 14 -1 -0.1 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 3 $1,780,000
MIN (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000
CAL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1985 20 TOT MLB 10 8 1 3.4 94 .400 .250 .259 .250 .327 .250 .386 .500 .712 41 .400 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1985 20 PIT NL 10 8 1 3.4 94 .400 .250 .259 .250 .327 .250 .386 .500 .712 41 .400 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1986 21 PIT NL 37 35 0 0.0 99 .045 .030 .264 .059 .334 .030 .398 .089 .732 -75 .000 -8.1 -0.8 .063 .030 .000
1987 22 PIT NL 36 28 3 2.9 106 .381 .242 .269 .242 .339 .303 .419 .545 .758 44 .286 -2.7 -0.3 .400 .061 .061
1988 23 PIT NL 6 6 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .200 .317 .000 .373 .200 .690 -37 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1989 24 PIT NL 11 10 0 0.0 87 .143 .111 .249 .200 .316 .111 .371 .311 .687 -7 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .222 .111 .000
1990 25 PIT NL 7 6 0 0.0 95 .200 .143 .260 .143 .325 .143 .390 .286 .715 -19 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1991 26 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .384 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 109 95 4 1.1 99 .200 .137 .263 .163 .332 .158 .400 .321 .731 -11 .078 -14.8 -1.5 .214 .042 .021
162 Game Avg. 64 56 2 1.1 99 .200 .137 .263 .163 .332 .158 .400 .321 .731 -11 .078 -14.8 -1.5 .214 .042 .021
NL (7 yrs) 109 95 4 1.1 99 .200 .137 .263 .163 .332 .158 .400 .321 .731 -11 .077 -14.8 -1.5 .214 .042 .021

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 26 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1985 20 TOT MLB 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 50%
1985 20 PIT NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 50%
1986 21 PIT NL 37 0.0% 29.7% 2.7% 0.0% 0% 11.00 3.0 33.0 3.00 59%
1987 22 PIT NL 36 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 5.6% 25% 2.8 7.00 58%
1988 23 PIT NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 5.00 67% 0% 100%
1989 24 PIT NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.5 9.0 2.00 6.00 64% 13% 0.0% 50%
1990 25 PIT NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 1.50 3.00 71% 20% 0.0% 0%
1991 26 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50% 0%
8 Yrs 109 0.0% 27.5% 1.8% 1.8% 15% 15.00 3.2 47.5 2.00 4.82 60% 10% 0.0% 40%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.73 6.0 41.1 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 20 TOT MLB -0.7 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .67 -0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.02 -1.1 0
1985 20 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1985 20 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .67 -0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.02 -1.1 0
1986 21 PIT NL -8.1 -0.8 37 -0.6 0.1 -0.8 .94 -0.8 0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.84 -7.7 0
1987 22 PIT NL -2.7 -0.3 38 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 1.04 -0.3 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.94 -3.0 0
1988 23 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .88 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.17 -0.9 0
1989 24 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .49 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.88 -1.0 0
1990 25 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .59 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.69 -1.3 0
1991 26 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .75 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.75 -0.4 0
1992 27 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -14.8 -1.5 111 -1.2 0.8 -2.0 .88 -1.4 0.1 -13.7 -1.4 0.90 -15.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1985 20 TOT MLB 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 20 PIT NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 21 PIT NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 22 PIT NL 1 0 38% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1988 23 PIT NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 PIT NL 1 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 2 0 38% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1985 20 TOT MLB 10 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 20 PIT NL 10 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 21 PIT NL 37 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 0% 5 3 60% 16 1 6% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1987 22 PIT NL 36 36% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 6 3 50% 17 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1988 23 PIT NL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1989 24 PIT NL 11 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 PIT NL 7 29% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PIT NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 109 28% 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 17 2 12% 19 9 47% 53 2 4% 3 1 33% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 60% 73% 11% 35% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 PIT NL 6 16 2.67 13 81% 8% 15% 38% 38% 92% 0% 75% 83% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 PIT NL 8 24 3.00 16 67% 13% 13% 38% 38% 88% 0% 58% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 3 0 0
1990 25 PIT NL 4 10 2.50 8 80% 13% 38% 13% 38% 88% 0% 70% 57% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 3 0 0
1991 26 PIT NL 2 6 3.00 4 67% 0% 25% 25% 50% 100% 0% 67% 75% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 20 56 2.80 41 73% 10% 20% 32% 39% 90% 0% 66% 78% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 20 7 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 2 0 0
1986 21 28 47 41 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .073 .095 .073 .168 -53 3 0 0 5 0 0
1987 22 54 83 74 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .149 .160 .176 .336 -9 13 0 0 8 0 0
1988 23 104 89 78 5 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .141 .163 .167 .329 -10 13 1 1 9 0 0
1989 24 156 100 87 6 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .138 .167 .161 .328 -10 14 2 1 10 0 0
1990 25 197 107 94 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .138 .165 .160 .325 -10 15 2 1 10 0 0
1991 26 249 109 95 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 15 2 1 11 0 0
1992 27 274 109 95 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .137 .163 .158 .321 -11 15 2 1 11 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1985 20 7 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 7
1986 21 21 37 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 21
1987 22 26 35 32 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 .219 .219 .281 .500 2 26
1988 23 50 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 50
1989 24 52 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 52
1990 25 41 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
1991 26 52 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
7 Yrs 249 109 95 5 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 30 .105 .133 .126 .259 3 249
162 Game Avg. 162 71 62 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 .105 .133 .126 .259 2 249

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1964-07-08 (6th)
1985 NL  born 1964-07-08 (3rd)

                                         

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