Johnny Lipon
John Joseph Lipon (Skids)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH
High School: Chadsey (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1942
Final Game: April 25, 1954
Died: August 17, 1998 in Houston, TX
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Standard Batting

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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
1942 19 DET AL 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2 6
1946 23 DET AL 14 25 20 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .300 .440 .300 .740 104 6 0 0 0 /65
1948 25 DET AL 121 541 458 65 133 18 8 5 52 4 4 68 22 .290 .384 .397 .782 106 182 9 2 13 *6/45
1949 26 DET AL 127 525 439 57 110 14 6 3 59 2 4 75 24 .251 .362 .330 .693 84 145 16 2 9 *6
1950 27 DET AL 147 701 601 104 176 27 6 2 63 9 6 81 26 .293 .378 .368 .745 89 221 20 1 18 *6
1951 28 DET AL 129 549 487 56 129 15 1 0 38 7 6 49 27 .265 .335 .300 .634 72 146 7 2 11 *6
1952 29 TOT AL 118 432 370 42 78 12 3 0 30 4 2 48 26 .211 .301 .259 .561 54 96 7 0 14 *6/5
1952 29 DET AL 39 154 136 17 30 4 2 0 12 3 1 16 6 .221 .303 .279 .582 62 38 3 0 2 6
1952 29 BOS AL 79 278 234 25 48 8 1 0 18 1 1 32 20 .205 .301 .248 .549 49 58 4 0 12 6/5
1953 30 TOT AL 67 175 154 18 33 7 0 0 14 1 0 14 17 .214 .280 .260 .540 44 40 5 0 7 6/54
1953 30 BOS AL 60 166 145 18 31 7 0 0 13 1 0 14 16 .214 .283 .262 .545 45 38 5 0 7 6
1953 30 SLB AL 7 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 19 2 0 0 0 /54
1954 31 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 758 3089 2661 351 690 95 24 10 266 28 25 347 152 .259 .346 .324 .671 78 863 65 7 74 0
162 Game Avg. 162 660 569 75 147 20 5 2 57 6 5 74 32 .259 .346 .324 .671 78 184 14 1 16
DET (7 yrs) 611 2635 2272 308 609 80 23 10 234 26 24 301 115 .268 .355 .337 .692 83 765 56 7 55
BOS (2 yrs) 139 444 379 43 79 15 1 0 31 2 1 46 36 .208 .294 .253 .547 47 96 9 0 19
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 7 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 19 2 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 757 3088 2660 351 690 95 24 10 266 28 25 347 152 .259 .346 .324 .671 78 863 65 7 74
NL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1942 19 DET AL 140 112 6 1.4 101 .202 .191 .275 .232 .350 .206 .385 .438 .735 20 .127 -14.8 -1.6 .291 .053 .015 .0
1946 23 DET AL 25 14 3 5.7 100 .353 .300 .270 .440 .346 .300 .389 .740 .735 104 .642 0.5 0.1 .786 .250 .000
1948 25 DET AL 541 351 69 5.2 108 .297 .290 .276 .384 .362 .397 .400 .782 .762 106 .558 4.8 0.5 .746 .255 .107 4.4
1949 26 DET AL 525 358 51 3.8 107 .260 .251 .271 .362 .363 .330 .393 .693 .756 84 .414 -8.6 -0.8 .630 .246 .080 2.4
1950 27 DET AL 701 469 83 4.7 116 .304 .293 .282 .378 .370 .368 .423 .745 .793 89 .474 -8.0 -0.8 .678 .215 .075 3.3
1951 28 DET AL 549 382 48 3.4 102 .280 .265 .267 .335 .349 .300 .392 .634 .741 72 .371 -18.0 -1.8 .534 .138 .035 .0
1952 29 TOT AL 432 315 29 2.5 101 .227 .211 .266 .301 .347 .259 .389 .561 .736 54 .282 -23.3 -2.4 .485 .184 .049 .0
1952 29 DET AL 154 112 12 2.9 97 .231 .221 .261 .303 .341 .279 .381 .582 .723 62 .340 -7.0 -0.7 .509 .191 .059 .0
1952 29 BOS AL 278 203 17 2.3 103 .224 .205 .269 .301 .350 .248 .393 .549 .743 49 .247 -16.2 -1.7 .471 .179 .043 .0
1953 30 TOT AL 175 133 11 2.2 106 .241 .214 .275 .280 .352 .260 .405 .540 .757 44 .218 -12.5 -1.3 .437 .143 .045 .0
1953 30 BOS AL 166 126 11 2.3 107 .240 .214 .276 .283 .352 .262 .405 .545 .758 45 .235 -11.4 -1.2 .445 .152 .048 .0
1953 30 SLB AL 9 7 0 0.0 104 .250 .222 .272 .222 .348 .222 .400 .444 .749 19 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
1954 31 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .427 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 3089 2135 300 3.8 107 .272 .259 .274 .346 .358 .324 .400 .671 .759 78 .411 -80.0 -8.1 .592 .197 .065 14.7
162 Game Avg. 660 456 64 3.8 107 .272 .259 .274 .346 .358 .324 .400 .671 .759 78 .411 -80.0 -8.1 .592 .197 .065 3
DET (7 yrs) 2635 1798 272 4.0 108 .279 .268 .274 .355 .360 .337 .401 .692 .760 83 .439 -51.1 -5.1 .617 .202 .069 14.4
BOS (2 yrs) 444 329 28 2.3 104 .230 .208 .272 .294 .351 .253 .398 .547 .749 47 .243 -27.6 -2.9 .461 .169 .045 .0
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .427 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
SLB (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 104 .250 .222 .272 .222 .348 .222 .400 .444 .749 19 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 3088 2134 300 3.8 107 .272 .259 .274 .346 .358 .324 .400 .671 .759 78 .411 -79.7 -8.1 .592 .197 .065 14.7
NL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .427 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1942 19 DET AL 140 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% 1.4% 8% 1.00 18.7 14.6 89%
1946 23 DET AL 25 0.0% 12.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.60 6.7 20.0 68%
1948 25 DET AL 541 0.9% 4.1% 12.6% 5.7% 23% 0.32 20.8 91.6 8.8 80%
1949 26 DET AL 525 0.6% 4.6% 14.3% 4.4% 21% 0.32 18.3 146.3 7.4 78%
1950 27 DET AL 701 0.3% 3.7% 11.6% 5.0% 20% 0.32 23.1 300.5 9.5 82%
1951 28 DET AL 549 0.0% 4.9% 8.9% 2.9% 12% 0.55 18.0 12.8 84%
1952 29 TOT AL 432 0.0% 6.0% 11.1% 3.5% 19% 0.54 14.2 12.3 80%
1952 29 DET AL 154 0.0% 3.9% 10.4% 3.9% 20% 0.38 22.7 11.3 84%
1952 29 BOS AL 278 0.0% 7.2% 11.5% 3.2% 19% 0.63 11.7 13.0 77%
1953 30 TOT AL 175 0.0% 9.7% 8.0% 4.0% 21% 1.21 9.1 11.0 78%
1953 30 BOS AL 166 0.0% 9.6% 8.4% 4.2% 23% 1.14 9.1 11.2 78%
1953 30 SLB AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.0 9.0 89%
1954 31 CIN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
9 Seasons 3089 0.3% 4.9% 11.2% 4.2% 19% 0.44 17.5 266.1 10.0 0.00 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 31 CIN 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
9 Seasons 0 0 33% 0 28 25 53% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 31 CIN NL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1 0% 690 1 0 0 0 0.48 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1942 19 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2
1943 20 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2
1944 21 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2
1945 22 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2
1946 23 48 165 151 9 31 2 0 0 10 1 3 12 10 .205 .264 .219 .482 32 33 1 0 2
1947 24 48 165 151 9 31 2 0 0 10 1 3 12 10 .205 .264 .219 .482 32 33 1 0 2
1948 25 169 706 609 74 164 20 8 5 62 5 7 80 32 .269 .356 .353 .709 88 215 10 2 15
1949 26 296 1231 1048 131 274 34 14 8 121 7 11 155 56 .261 .359 .344 .702 86 360 26 4 24
1950 27 443 1932 1649 235 450 61 20 10 184 16 17 236 82 .273 .366 .352 .718 87 581 46 5 42
1951 28 572 2481 2136 291 579 76 21 10 222 23 23 285 109 .271 .359 .340 .699 84 727 53 7 53
1952 29 690 2913 2506 333 657 88 24 10 252 27 25 333 135 .262 .350 .328 .679 80 823 60 7 67
1953 30 757 3088 2660 351 690 95 24 10 266 28 25 347 152 .259 .346 .324 .671 78 863 65 7 74
1954 31 758 3089 2661 351 690 95 24 10 266 28 25 347 152 .259 .346 .324 .671 78 863 65 7 74 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 19 36 145 138 5 26 2 0 0 10 1 7 7 .188 .228 .203 .430 6 34
1946 23 15 28 22 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 .318 .464 .318 .782 3 14
1948 25 126 540 471 62 131 18 8 5 50 4 67 23 .278 .370 .382 .753 66 121
1949 26 133 533 455 57 111 14 6 3 59 2 76 25 .244 .355 .321 .675 51 127
1950 27 154 689 611 93 167 26 6 2 56 9 77 27 .273 .356 .345 .701 74 147
1951 28 136 560 508 56 131 15 1 0 38 7 50 28 .258 .327 .291 .618 48 129
1952 29 123 437 387 44 82 13 3 0 31 4 50 27 .212 .302 .261 .563 30 118
1953 30 70 174 160 18 34 7 0 0 14 1 14 18 .213 .276 .256 .532 11 67
1954 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
9 Seasons 794 3107 2753 340 689 95 24 10 259 28 347 158 .250 .336 .313 .649 289 758
162 Game Avg. 162 634 562 69 141 19 5 2 53 6 71 32 .250 .336 .313 .649 59 758

* 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

At Bats s c a p y
1950 AL--601--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL--701--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 AL--104--10th

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--176--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1950 AL--9--5th

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL--141--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 AL--13--7th
1950 AL--18--2nd
1951 AL--11--7th
1952 AL--14--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL--20--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1950 AL--6--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1948 AL--20.818--7th
1950 AL--23.115--6th
1951 AL--18.037--9th
Career--17.510--155th

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 AL--469--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1942 AL--born 1922-11-10--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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