Bob Kipper
Robert Wayne Kipper
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 8, 1964 in Aurora, IL
High School: Central Catholic (Aurora, IL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1985
Final Game: July 27, 1992
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 TOT MLB 20 P 7 5 28.0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.93 0.86 .971 1.93 0.69
1985 CAL AL 20 P 2 1 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.50 1.000 1.89 0.70
1985 PIT NL 20 P 5 4 24.2 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.82 1.00 .967 1.93 0.68
1986 PIT NL 21 P 20 19 114.0 17 1 15 1 0 .941 1.26 0.80 .953 1.94 0.66
1987 PIT NL 22 P 24 20 110.2 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 1.55 0.79 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 PIT NL 23 P 50 0 65.0 20 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.77 0.40 .955 1.97 0.69
1989 PIT NL 24 P 52 0 83.0 15 3 10 2 1 .867 1.41 0.25 .953 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 25 P 41 1 62.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.87 0.32 .954 1.80 0.58
1991 PIT NL 26 P 52 0 60.0 9 1 6 2 0 .778 1.05 0.13 .967 1.86 0.59
1992 MIN AL 27 P 25 0 38.2 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.24 .950 1.72 0.56
8 Seasons P 271 45 562.0 106 18 82 6 4 .943 1.60 0.37 .956 1.89 0.62
8 Seasons TOT 271 45 562.0 106 18 82 6 4 .943 1.60 0.37 .899 1.89 0.62

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1985 PIT NL 20 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 21 21 19 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 PIT NL 22 26 20 26 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1988 PIT NL 23 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 PIT NL 24 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 25 41 1 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 PIT NL 26 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 27 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 274 44 247 271 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1985 PIT NL 20 106 81% 27% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 20 22 86% 9% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 21 526 78% 21% 11 100% 0 1 0 0 14 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 PIT NL 22 520 74% 21% 16 94% 0 3 2 1 16 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1988 PIT NL 23 285 76% 29% 9 100% 0 4 0 3 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1989 PIT NL 24 348 74% 21% 13 85% 0 3 2 1 9 8 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1990 PIT NL 25 274 77% 23% 9 89% 0 4 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1991 PIT NL 26 277 78% 23% 6 83% 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1992 MIN AL 27 172 77% 20% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 2530 76% 22% 74 92% 0 17 5 8 79 52 4 6 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 0 26 92%
MLB Averages 77% 30% 93% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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