Thornton Kipper

Thornton John Kipper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 27, 1928 in Bagley, WI
High School: Bagley HS (Bagley, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1953
Team: Phillies 1953-1955

Final Game: July 17, 1955
Died: March 29, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	21	PHI-min	A	17	29	29		5	2	0						.172	.172	.241	.414		7							UTI · EL
1952	23	PHI-min	A,B	21	35	35		4	1	0						.114	.114	.143	.257		5							SDY,TER · EL,IIIL
1953	24	PHI-min	A	10	32	32		6	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375		6							SDY · EL
1953	24	PHI	NL	20	13	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	2			1
1954	25	PHI-min	AAA	4	0	0		0	0	0											0							SYR · IL
1954	25	PHI	NL	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	26	PHI-min	AAA	11	19	19	1	4	1	0	0	0		0	5	.211	.211	.263	.474		5		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1955	26	PHI	NL	24	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	27	MIN-PHI-min	AAA	41	36	34	2	6	1	0	2	0		0	12	.176	.176	.206	.382		7	0	0	2	0			LOU,MIA · AA,IL
1957	28	PHI-min	B,A,AA	51	123	123		37	3	3						.301	.301	.390	.691		48							LEW,SDY,TUL · NORW,EL,TL
1958	29	LEW	B	46	131	131		31	4	0						.237	.237	.267	.504		35							LEW · NORW
1959	30	LEW	B	36	79	79		17	1	1						.215	.215	.266	.481		21							LEW · NORW
3 Yrs				55	18	16	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	53	47	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	27	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	6	0	0	6

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	24	PHI	NL	20	13	-3	-0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	1
1954	25	PHI	NL	11	2	-1	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1955	26	PHI	NL	24	3	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
3 Seasons				55	18	-4	-0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.496	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1953	24	PHI	NL	13	12	110	.200	.091	.274	.091	.345	.091	.427	.182	.773	-52	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1954	25	PHI	NL	2	2	109		.000	.274	.000	.346	.000	.424	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	2	104	.500	.333	.263	.333	.334	.333	.417	.667	.751	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
3 Yrs				18	16	109	.286	.125	.272	.125	.343	.125	.425	.250	.768	-34	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				53	47	109	.286	.125	.272	.125	.343	.125	.425	.250	.768	-34	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	24	PHI	NL	13	0.0%	46.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		11.0	1.50	38%
1954	25	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
3 Yrs				18	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		16.0	2.00	39%
MLB Averages					2.2%	10.9%	9.4%	6.6%	28%	1.17	8.1	40.5	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1953	24	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.2	13	-0.2	-0.3	.86	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.21	-3.0
1954	25	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	-0.0	.52	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.6
1955	26	PHI	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.62	-0.1
3 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	18	-0.3	-0.3	.76	-0.3	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	1.06	-3.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	PO
1953	24	PHI	NL	0%	2	1
1954	25	PHI	NL		0	0
1955	26	PHI	NL	0%	3	0
3 Yrs				0%	5	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
1953	24	PHI	NL	13	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	7	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1954	25	PHI	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				18	47%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	7	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1953	24	20	13	11	1	1	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	2
1954	25	31	15	13	1	1	8	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	1	2	0
1955	26	55	18	16	2	1	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	2	2	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1953	24	21	13	11	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	20
1954	25	12	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	11
1955	26	25	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	24
3 Yrs		58	18	16	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	55
162 Game Avg.		162	50	45	25	.000	.000	.000	.000	55

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