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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 Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1985	20	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	7.07	7	5	1	0	0	0	28.0	28	24	22	5	10	0	13	0	0	0	124	52	1.357	9.0	1.6	3.2	4.2	1.30
1985	20	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	21.60	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	19	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	0.0	0.00
1985	20	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	5.11	5	4	1	0	0	0	24.2	21	16	14	4	7	0	13	0	0	0	104	70	1.135	7.7	1.5	2.6	4.7	1.86
1986	21	PIT	NL	6	8	.429	4.03	20	19	1	0	0	0	114.0	123	60	51	17	34	3	81	2	3	3	496	95	1.377	9.7	1.3	2.7	6.4	2.38
1987	22	PIT	NL	5	9	.357	5.94	24	20	0	1	1	0	110.2	117	74	73	25	52	4	83	2	0	5	493	69	1.527	9.5	2.0	4.2	6.8	1.60
1988	23	PIT	NL	2	6	.250	3.74	50	0	15	0	0	0	65.0	54	33	27	7	26	4	39	2	1	1	267	91	1.231	7.5	1.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
1989	24	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	2.93	52	0	15	0	0	4	83.0	55	29	27	5	33	6	58	0	2	5	334	115	1.060	6.0	0.5	3.6	6.3	1.76
1990	25	PIT	NL	5	2	.714	3.02	41	1	7	0	0	3	62.2	44	24	21	7	26	1	35	3	5	1	260	120	1.117	6.3	1.0	3.7	5.0	1.35
1991	26	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	4.65	52	0	18	0	0	4	60.0	66	34	31	7	22	3	38	0	1	0	264	78	1.467	9.9	1.1	3.3	5.7	1.73
1992	27	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	4.42	25	0	12	0	0	0	38.2	40	23	19	8	14	3	22	3	0	1	168	91	1.397	9.3	1.9	3.3	5.1	1.57
8 Seasons				27	37	.422	4.34	271	45	69	1	1	11	562.0	527	301	271	81	217	24	369	12	12	16	2406	86	1.324	8.4	1.3	3.5	5.9	1.70
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.422	4.34	58	10	15	0	0	2	121	113	65	58	17	47	5	79	3	3	3	518	86	1.324	8.4	1.3	3.5	5.9	1.70

PIT (7 yrs)				24	33	.421	4.22	244	44	57	1	1	11	520.0	480	270	244	72	200	21	347	9	12	15	2218	87	1.308	8.3	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.74
MIN (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.42	25	0	12	0	0	0	38.2	40	23	19	8	14	3	22	3	0	1	168	91	1.397	9.3	1.9	3.3	5.1	1.57
CAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	21.60	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	19	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	0.0	0.00

NL (7 yrs)				24	33	.421	4.22	244	44	57	1	1	11	520.0	480	270	244	72	200	21	347	9	12	15	2218	87	1.308	8.3	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.74
AL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.79	27	1	12	0	0	0	42.0	47	31	27	9	17	3	22	3	0	1	188	70	1.524	10.1	1.9	3.6	4.7	1.29

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1991	26	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	4.5
1 NLCS							0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1985	20	CAL	AL	2	20	15	8	7	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	.467	.500	.800	1.300	.375	12	0	0	0	2	0
1985	20	PIT	NL	5	104	95	16	21	3	1	4	2	0	7	13	.221	.272	.400	.672	.215	38	1	0	1	1	0
1985	20	TOT	MLB	7	124	110	24	28	5	1	5	5	0	10	13	.255	.309	.455	.763	.242	50	1	0	1	3	0
1986	21	PIT	NL	20	495	453	60	123	26	3	17	14	8	34	81	.272	.323	.455	.778	.296	206	3	2	3	3	3
1987	22	PIT	NL	24	493	432	74	117	25	3	25	17	6	52	83	.271	.350	.516	.866	.281	223	6	2	4	3	4
1988	23	PIT	NL	50	267	231	33	54	8	0	7	8	9	26	39	.234	.313	.359	.672	.250	83	3	2	5	3	4
1989	24	PIT	NL	52	334	293	29	55	12	6	5	8	0	33	58	.188	.267	.321	.588	.215	94	2	0	5	3	6
1990	25	PIT	NL	41	260	226	24	44	9	0	7	5	3	26	35	.195	.283	.327	.610	.198	74	1	3	2	3	1
1991	26	PIT	NL	52	264	239	34	66	12	2	7	7	4	22	38	.276	.335	.431	.766	.301	103	4	0	1	2	3
1992	27	MIN	AL	25	168	149	23	40	5	0	8	1	2	14	22	.268	.343	.463	.806	.269	69	3	3	2	0	3
8 Seasons				271	2405	2133	301	527	102	15	81	65	32	217	369	.247	.317	.423	.740	.262	902	23	12	23	20	24
162 Game Avg.				58	518	459	65	113	22	3	17	14	7	47	79	.247	.317	.423	.740	.262	194	5	3	5	4	5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1985	20	TOT	MLB	7	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	.200	1	0	0	0	1	20%	44	64	33	6	3	0	3	4.8	4.5	5.3
1985	20	CAL	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33	33	33	3	2	0	1	9.0	4.5	2.7
1985	20	PIT	NL	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	.250	1	0	0	0	1	25%	47	64	37	3	1	0	2	3.8	4.5	5.9
1986	21	PIT	NL	20	19	6	8	5	1	1	8	11	.421	0	2	0	0	9	47%	50	75	21	14	3	2	5	3.6	2.7	6.0
1987	22	PIT	NL	24	20	5	9	6	2	1	10	10	.500	0	4	1	1	6	30%	45	86	20	14	6	1	9	4.5	3.7	5.3

1990	25	PIT	NL	41	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	16	16	16	16	4	0	1	11.0	18.0	1.3	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons				92	45	12	21	12	3	2	19	26	.422	1	6	1	1	16	36%	46	86	16	50	16	3	18	4.3	3.5	5.5	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	20	TOT	MLB	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			0.838	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.5
1985	20	CAL	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	0.745	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
1985	20	PIT	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	0.856	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1986	21	PIT	NL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	9	0.995	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0
1987	22	PIT	NL	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	3	0.982	1	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	2	1	2	0	4.3
1988	23	PIT	NL	50	50	15	2	6	0	0	0		9	6	18	5	28%	8	0.778	17	12	21	10	11	29	13	37	19	15	20	10	3.9	19
1989	24	PIT	NL	52	52	15	3	4	8	4	4	50%	20	12	33	9	27%	8	1.097	23	18	11	25	8	19	20	32	28	13	30	12	4.8	22
1990	25	PIT	NL	41	40	7	5	1	4	3	1	75%	8	3	31	10	32%	6	1.024	13	13	14	11	6	23	19	21	25	9	27	5	4.6	22
1991	26	PIT	NL	52	52	18	2	2	6	4	2	67%	13	5	33	9	27%	8	0.879	15	16	21	16	7	29	19	33	18	20	21	6	3.5	18
1992	27	MIN	AL	25	25	12	3	3	2	0	2	0%	4	2	16	4	25%	8	0.879	5	7	12	8	4	13	11	14	13	6	16	1	4.6	24
8 Seasons				271	226	69	15	16	20	11	9	55%	54	28	138	41	30%		0.957	74	66	85	72	36	118	86	140	105	66	116	34	4.2	21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1985	20	TOT	MLB	124	87%	4.0%	10.5%	8.1%	8.9%	39%		0.71	77%				20	1	5%
1985	20	CAL	AL	20	75%	5.0%	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	43%		0.25	80%				6	0	0%
1985	20	PIT	NL	104	89%	3.9%	12.5%	6.7%	7.7%	38%		0.82	76%				14	1	7%
1986	21	PIT	NL	496	85%	3.4%	16.4%	6.9%	9.3%	37%		0.62	72%				75	3	4%
1987	22	PIT	NL	493	83%	5.1%	16.8%	10.6%	10.8%	45%		0.66	66%				76	6	8%
1988	23	PIT	NL	267	65%	2.6%	14.6%	9.7%	5.6%	28%	0.75	0.81	70%	17%	10.6%	41%	51	3	6%
1989	24	PIT	NL	334	68%	1.5%	17.4%	9.9%	6.9%	42%	0.47	0.53	70%	18%	4.4%	28%	39	2	5%
1990	25	PIT	NL	260	64%	2.7%	13.5%	10.0%	6.2%	36%	0.48	0.48	72%	15%	8.0%	32%	46	1	2%
1991	26	PIT	NL	264	69%	2.7%	14.4%	8.3%	8.0%	32%	0.49	0.58	74%	21%	6.4%	17%	46	4	9%
1992	27	MIN	AL	168	71%	4.8%	13.1%	8.3%	7.7%	33%	0.38	0.59	71%	26%	10.4%	16%	35	3	9%
8 Seasons				2406	75%	3.4%	15.3%	9.0%	8.2%	38%	0.51	0.61	71%	19%	7.5%	27%	388	23	6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	23	PIT	NL	267	945	3.54	565	60%	24%	15%	26%	35%	76%	4%	46%	80%	52%	8%	21	6	16%	43	28	2	23%	8	11	0	0	0
1989	24	PIT	NL	300	1101	3.67	678	62%	19%	17%	31%	33%	80%	5%	49%	78%	51%	7%	21	9	18%	54	35	3	6%	8	6	34	0	4
1990	25	PIT	NL	190	651	3.43	401	62%	19%	16%	28%	37%	81%	2%	50%	80%	55%	6%	12	8	18%	35	22	4	18%	5	3	70	0	3
1991	26	PIT	NL	264	957	3.63	615	64%	21%	13%	32%	33%	79%	4%	51%	83%	62%	5%	13	7	23%	61	34	8	32%	10	3	0	0	0
1992	27	MIN	AL	168	602	3.58	375	62%	23%	11%	31%	34%	77%	4%	48%	85%	60%	4%	7	0	19%	32	13	1	18%	4	4	0	0	0
5 Seasons				1189	4256	3.58	2634	62%	21%	15%	30%	34%	79%	4%	49%	81%	56%	6%	74	30	19%	225	132	18	19%	35	27	104	0	7
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1985	20	TOT	MLB	124	28			5	0	1	5	0	4	1	10	6	1	60%	4	0	0	41	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1985	20	CAL	AL	20	7			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	10	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1985	20	PIT	NL	104	21			4	0	0	4	0	3	1	7	4	1	57%	4	0	0	31	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986	21	PIT	NL	496	123			17	0	5	17	0	9	8	20	10	4	50%	9	3	2	163	14	8	64%	12	7	2	0	0	1	2	1	15	0
1987	22	PIT	NL	493	117			25	0	7	25	0	13	12	25	13	3	52%	3	5	1	169	17	6	74%	16	5	1	1	0	0	4	3	11	0
1988	23	PIT	NL	267	54	8	0	7	1	6	5	2	2	5	12	10	0	83%	4	1	0	97	8	9	47%	6	9	2	0	0	0	7	7	5	0
1989	24	PIT	NL	334	55	10	3	5	0	9	5	0	2	3	19	10	4	53%	5	5	0	105	8	0	100%	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1990	25	PIT	NL	260	44	4	0	7	0	9	7	0	3	4	16	10	1	63%	4	1	0	97	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1991	26	PIT	NL	264	66	26	3	7	0	8	3	4	6	1	14	10	1	71%	4	0	0	99	7	4	64%	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	27	MIN	AL	168	40	19	0	8	1	1	5	3	6	2	3	1	0	33%	1	1	0	74	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8 Seasons				2406	527	67	6	81	2	46	72	9	45	36	119	70	14	59%	34	16	3	845	65	32	67%	56	30	9	1	0	1	14	11	63	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	20	1	3	.250	7.07	7	5	1	0	0	0	28.0	28	24	22	5	10	0	13	0	0	0	124	52	1.357	9.0	1.6	3.2	4.2	1.30	52
1986	21	7	11	.389	4.63	27	24	2	0	0	0	142.0	151	84	73	22	44	3	94	2	3	3	620	82	1.373	9.6	1.4	2.8	6.0	2.14	82
1987	22	12	20	.375	5.20	51	44	2	1	1	0	252.2	268	158	146	47	96	7	177	4	3	8	1113	76	1.441	9.5	1.7	3.4	6.3	1.84	76
1988	23	14	26	.350	4.90	101	44	17	1	1	0	317.2	322	191	173	54	122	11	216	6	4	9	1380	78	1.398	9.1	1.5	3.5	6.1	1.77	78
1989	24	17	30	.362	4.49	153	44	32	1	1	4	400.2	377	220	200	59	155	17	274	6	6	14	1714	83	1.328	8.5	1.3	3.5	6.2	1.77	83
1990	25	22	32	.407	4.29	194	45	39	1	1	7	463.1	421	244	221	66	181	18	309	9	11	15	1974	86	1.299	8.2	1.3	3.5	6.0	1.71	86
1991	26	24	34	.414	4.33	246	45	57	1	1	11	523.1	487	278	252	73	203	21	347	9	12	15	2238	85	1.318	8.4	1.3	3.5	6.0	1.71	85
1992	27	27	37	.422	4.34	271	45	69	1	1	11	562.0	527	301	271	81	217	24	369	12	12	16	2406	86	1.324	8.4	1.3	3.5	5.9	1.70	86

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1985	20	1	2	.333	7.39	28.0	30	26	23	5	11	13	0	1.464	9.6	3.5	4.2	1.18	1.6	7
1986	21	6	6	.500	4.30	111.0	127	59	53	18	35	79	2	1.459	10.3	2.8	6.4	2.26	1.5	20
1987	22	3	8	.273	5.97	107.0	117	79	71	25	52	80	2	1.579	9.8	4.4	6.7	1.54	2.1	24
1988	23	2	4	.333	4.88	59.0	59	36	32	8	28	35	2	1.475	9.0	4.3	5.3	1.25	1.2	50
1989	24	5	3	.625	3.53	79.0	60	34	31	5	36	55	0	1.215	6.8	4.1	6.3	1.53	0.6	52
1990	25	3	3	.500	3.39	61.0	47	26	23	7	28	34	3	1.230	6.9	4.1	5.0	1.21	1.0	41
1991	26	2	4	.333	5.37	57.0	70	38	34	7	23	36	0	1.632	11.1	3.6	5.7	1.57	1.1	52
1992	27	2	2	.500	5.00	36.0	42	22	20	8	15	20	3	1.583	10.5	3.8	5.0	1.33	2.0	25
8 Seasons		24	32	.429	4.80	538.0	552	320	287	83	228	352	12	1.450	9.2		5.9	1.54	1.4	271

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Dick Fowler (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Gobble (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Percy Jones (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Davis (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Davis (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Neagle (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hub Pruett (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50