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 Pitching

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	Awards
1950	21	PHI-min	A	4	5	.444	6.23	17						78.0	97	58	54		29								1.615	11.2		3.3			UTI · EL
1952	23	PHI-min	A,B	6	7	.462	3.75	24	11					108.0	104	54	45		34								1.278	8.7		2.8			SDY,TER · EL,IIIL
1953	24	PHI-min	A	9	1	.900	2.49	10	8					76.0	66	21	21	2	14								1.053	7.8	0.2	1.7			SDY · EL
1953	24	PHI	NL	3	3	.500	4.73	20	3	12	0	0	0	45.2	59	26	24	8	12		15	0	1	1	202	90	1.555	11.6	1.6	2.4	3.0	1.25
1954	25	PHI-min	AAA	0	0			4																									SYR · IL
1954	25	PHI	NL	0	0		7.90	11	0	7	0	0	1	13.2	22	13	12	0	12		5	1	0	0	72	52	2.488	14.5	0.0	7.9	3.3	0.42
1955	26	PHI-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.34	11	4		2	0		50.0	39	14	13	3	18		21	1	0	1			1.140	7.0	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.17	SYR · IL
1955	26	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	4.99	24	0	10	0	0	0	39.2	47	23	22	4	22	4	15	1	0	2	182	80	1.739	10.7	0.9	5.0	3.4	0.68
1956	27	MIN-PHI-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.97	40	5		1	0		105.0	122	73	58	8	41	0	49	1	0	1			1.552	10.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.20	LOU,MIA · AA,IL
1957	28	PHI-min	B,AA,A	16	12	.571	3.13	40	28					230.0	231	101	80	13	60								1.265	9.0	0.5	2.3			LEW,TUL,SDY · NORW,TL,EL
1958	29	LEW	B	23	11	.676	2.71	36	34					282.0	269	130	85	18	74								1.216	8.6	0.6	2.4			LEW · NORW
1959	30	LEW	B	10	10	.500	3.75	34	15					187.0	181	96	78	9	50								1.235	8.7	0.4	2.4			LEW · NORW
3 Yrs				3	4	.429	5.27	55	3	29	0	0	1	99.0	128	62	58	12	46	4	35	2	1	3	456	78	1.758	11.6	1.1	4.2	3.2	0.76
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.429	5.27	64	4	34	0	0	1	116	150	73	68	14	54		41	2	1	4	535	78	1.758	11.6	1.1	4.2	3.2	0.76

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1953	24	PHI	NL	45.2	20	3	26	5.12	4.92	0.29	97.9	4.53	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.487	.498	$
1954	25	PHI	NL	13.2	11	0	13	8.56	4.72	0.23	99.2	4.46	-6	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.445	.496	$
1955	26	PHI	NL	39.2	24	0	23	5.22	4.78	0.33	97.6	4.35	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	0.1	1	.487	.498	$
3 Seasons				99.0	55	3	62	5.64	4.84	0.30	98.0	4.45	-12	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.1	-2	.479	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1953	24	PHI	NL	20	183	185	26	59	11	2	8	0	0	12	15	.319	.360	.530	.890	.315	98	7	0	5	0		1
1954	25	PHI	NL	11	58	58	13	22	6	2	0	0	0	12	5	.379	.493	.552	1.045	.415	32	2	1	1	0		0
1955	26	PHI	NL	24	182	157	23	47	10	2	4	2	2	22	15	.299	.387	.465	.852	.309	73	3	1	2	1	4	0
3 Yrs				55	423	400	62	128	27	6	12	2	2	46	35	.320	.392	.508	.899	.328	203	12	2	8	1	4	1
162 Game Avg.				64	496	469	73	150	32	7	14	2	2	54	41	.320	.392	.508	.899	.328	238	14	2	9	1		1
MLB Averages																.261	.334	.390	.724	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	24	PHI	NL	-2.0	-0.2	185	-0.5	2.4	-2.8	.74	-0.8	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.74	-6.0	2	2	9
1954	25	PHI	NL	-5.5	-0.5	63	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.38	-0.5	-0.3	-7.5	-0.7	0.37	-6.1	0	2	7
1955	26	PHI	NL	-3.6	-0.4	188	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.56	-0.6	-0.9	-4.0	-0.4	0.56	-6.5	4	4	15
3 Yrs				-11.2	-1.1	436	-1.6	4.3	-5.9	.61	-1.9	-0.8	-15.1	-1.5	0.61	-18.6	6	8	31

Starting Pitching*

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
1953	24	PHI	NL	20	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	35.3	44	21	7	2	2	1	1.7	1.9	4.9
1 Yr				20	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	35	44	21	7	2	2	1	1.7	1.9	4.9
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	118	-2					4.5	4.5	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1953	24	PHI	NL	20	17	12	3	0	0	0	0		0	12	3	25%	8	.742	2	2	9	0	2	12	5	9	8	2	7	4	5.5
1954	25	PHI	NL	11	11	7	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	3	60%	9	.385	0	2	7	0	0	9	3	6	3	1	3	1	3.7
1955	26	PHI	NL	24	24	10	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	13	3	23%	7	.560	4	4	15	1	1	22	8	16	15	6	16	6	5.0
3 Yrs				55	52	29	3	1	1	1	1	100%	1	30	9	30%		.615	6	8	31	1	3	43	16	31	26	9	26	11	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	24	PHI	NL	202	58%	4.4%	8.2%	6.6%	11.5%	36%	1.32	89%	32	7	22%
1954	25	PHI	NL	72	67%	0.0%	8.6%	20.7%	13.8%	36%	0.92	91%	20	2	10%
1955	26	PHI	NL	182	68%	2.2%	8.2%	12.1%	8.8%	34%	1.20	76%	28	3	11%
3 Yrs				456	63%	2.8%	8.3%	10.9%	10.6%	35%	1.22	84%	80	12	15%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.7%	10.1%	6.8%	27%	0.94	81%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1953	24	PHI	NL	183	59			8	1	7	7	1	3	5	13	7	0	54%	1	1	0	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19
1954	25	PHI	NL	58	22			0	0	8	0	0	0	0	12	4	1	33%	0	0	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
1955	26	PHI	NL	182	47			4	0	6	3	1	3	1	13	3	1	23%	0	2	0	73	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				423	128			12	1	21	10	2	6	6	38	14	2	37%	1	3	0	166	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1953	24	3	3	.500	4.73	20	3	12	0	45.2	59	26	24	8	12		15	0	1	1	202	90	1.555	11.6	1.6	2.4	3.0	1.25	90
1954	25	3	3	.500	5.46	31	3	19	1	59.1	81	39	36	8	24		20	1	1	1	274	77	1.770	12.3	1.2	3.6	3.0	0.83	77
1955	26	3	4	.429	5.27	55	3	29	1	99.0	128	62	58	12	46	4	35	2	1	3	456	78	1.758	11.6	1.1	4.2	3.2	0.76	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1953	24	2	3	.400	4.70	46.0	60	27	24	8	12	15	0	1.565	11.7	2.3	2.9	1.25	1.6	20
1954	25	0	1	.000	8.31	13.0	23	13	12	0	13	5	1	2.769	15.9	9.0	3.5	0.38	0.0	11
1955	26	1	3	.250	5.31	39.0	50	26	23	4	23	15	1	1.872	11.5	5.3	3.5	0.65	0.9	24
3 Yrs		3	7	.300	5.42	98.0	133	66	59	12	48	35	2	1.847	12.2		3.2	0.73	1.1	55

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