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

Born: November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH
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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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
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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
1942 DET AL 19 SS 34 199 85 103 11 24 .945 5.53 .949 4.78
1946 DET AL 23 SS 8 30 14 14 2 5 .933 3.50 .953 4.65
1946 DET AL 23 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.90
1948 DET AL 25 SS 117 574 211 346 17 63 .970 4.76 .964 4.85
1948 DET AL 25 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1948 DET AL 25 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.90
1949 DET AL 26 SS 120 626 240 364 22 92 .965 5.03 .963 4.79
1950 DET AL 27 SS 147 789 273 483 33 126 .958 5.14 .961 4.74
1951 DET AL 28 SS 125 641 244 364 33 80 .949 4.86 .961 4.72
1952 TOT AL 29 SS 108 527 198 319 10 65 .981 4.79 .961 4.29
1952 DET AL 29 SS 39 185 80 101 4 12 .978 4.64 .962 4.29
1952 BOS AL 29 SS 69 342 118 218 6 53 .982 4.87 .961 4.29
1952 BOS AL 29 3B 7 16 4 11 1 2 .938 2.14 .956 2.99
1953 BOS AL 30 SS 58 247 85 150 12 26 .951 4.05 .966 4.52
1953 SLB AL 30 3B 6 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.93
1953 SLB AL 30 2B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 5.10
8 Seasons SS 717 3633 1350 2143 140 481 .961 4.87 .962 4.68
4 Seasons 3B 15 23 5 17 1 2 .957 1.47 .952 2.95
2 Seasons 2B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 5.25
9 Seasons TOT 734 3660 1359 2160 141 483 .961 4.79 .923 4.64

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 (1430), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2772), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Hoot Evers, George Kell and Dizzy Trout to the Boston Red Sox for Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky and Bill Wight.

September 8, 1953: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.

February 5, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Groth to the Chicago White Sox for Neil Berry and Sam Mele.

April 18, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Grady Hatton.

April 29, 1954: Released by the Cincinnati Redlegs.

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