Al Nipper
Albert Samuel Nipper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: April 2, 1959 in San Diego, CA
High School: West (Hazelwood, MO)
School: Truman State University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983
Final Game: July 16, 1990
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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 Awards
1983 24 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2.25 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 17 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 67 194 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.8 0.71
1984 25 BOS AL 11 6 .647 3.89 29 24 3 6 0 0 182.2 183 86 79 18 52 1 84 7 1 7 777 108 1.286 9.0 0.9 2.6 4.1 1.62 RoY-7
1985 26 BOS AL 9 12 .429 4.06 25 25 0 5 0 0 162.0 157 83 73 14 82 3 85 9 1 3 713 106 1.475 8.7 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.04
1986 27 BOS AL 10 12 .455 5.38 26 26 0 3 0 0 159.0 186 108 95 24 47 2 79 4 1 1 702 78 1.465 10.5 1.4 2.7 4.5 1.68
1987 28 BOS AL 11 12 .478 5.43 30 30 0 6 0 0 174.0 196 115 105 30 62 1 89 7 0 5 777 84 1.483 10.1 1.6 3.2 4.6 1.44
1988 29 CHC NL 2 4 .333 3.04 22 12 3 0 0 1 80.0 72 37 27 9 34 2 27 3 1 1 341 119 1.325 8.1 1.0 3.8 3.0 0.79
1990 31 CLE AL 2 3 .400 6.75 9 5 1 0 0 0 24.0 35 19 18 2 19 0 12 2 0 6 125 58 2.250 13.1 0.8 7.1 4.5 0.63
7 Seasons 46 50 .479 4.52 144 124 8 21 0 1 797.2 846 452 401 97 303 9 381 33 4 23 3502 94 1.440 9.5 1.1 3.4 4.3 1.26
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .479 4.52 37 31 2 5 0 0 202 215 115 102 25 77 2 97 8 1 6 889 94 1.440 9.5 1.1 3.4 4.3 1.26
BOS (5 yrs) 42 43 .494 4.62 113 107 4 21 0 0 693.2 739 396 356 86 250 7 342 28 3 16 3036 93 1.426 9.6 1.1 3.2 4.4 1.37
CLE (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.75 9 5 1 0 0 0 24.0 35 19 18 2 19 0 12 2 0 6 125 58 2.250 13.1 0.8 7.1 4.5 0.63
CHC (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.04 22 12 3 0 0 1 80.0 72 37 27 9 34 2 27 3 1 1 341 119 1.325 8.1 1.0 3.8 3.0 0.79
AL (6 yrs) 44 46 .489 4.69 122 112 5 21 0 0 717.2 774 415 374 88 269 7 354 30 3 22 3161 92 1.453 9.7 1.1 3.4 4.4 1.32
NL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.04 22 12 3 0 0 1 80.0 72 37 27 9 34 2 27 3 1 1 341 119 1.325 8.1 1.0 3.8 3.0 0.79

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
1986 27 BOS AL WS L NYM 0 1 .000 7.11 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 1.895 14.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 7.11 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 1.895 14.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00

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
1983 24 BOS AL 3 67 58 4 17 0 0 0 3 3 7 5 .293 .373 .293 .666 .315 17 3 1 0 1 0
1984 25 BOS AL 29 777 713 86 183 36 2 18 11 7 52 84 .257 .313 .388 .701 .269 277 10 7 3 2 1
1985 26 BOS AL 25 713 614 83 157 34 5 14 6 5 82 85 .256 .350 .396 .746 .276 243 18 9 4 4 3
1986 27 BOS AL 26 702 642 108 186 40 5 24 3 6 47 79 .290 .340 .480 .819 .298 308 11 4 4 5 2
1987 28 BOS AL 30 777 691 115 196 46 6 30 22 5 62 89 .284 .345 .498 .842 .286 344 12 7 8 9 1
1988 29 CHC NL 22 340 301 37 72 10 1 9 5 4 34 27 .239 .322 .369 .690 .237 111 9 3 1 1 2
1990 31 CLE AL 9 125 99 19 35 5 0 2 3 1 19 12 .354 .448 .465 .913 .367 46 3 2 0 5 0
7 Seasons 144 3501 3118 452 846 171 19 97 53 31 303 381 .271 .340 .432 .771 .281 1346 66 33 20 27 9
162 Game Avg. 37 888 791 115 215 43 5 25 13 8 77 97 .271 .340 .432 .771 .281 342 17 8 5 7 2
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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 24 BOS AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 54 63 45 0 0 0 2 2.1 2.1 7.5
1984 25 BOS AL 29 24 11 6 7 3 1 16 8 .667 2 2 6 0 12 50% 52 75 13 18 5 1 6 5.3 6.2 6.9
1985 26 BOS AL 25 25 9 12 4 3 5 12 13 .480 0 1 5 0 11 44% 49 76 22 27 7 2 13 4.2 4.7 6.5
1986 27 BOS AL 26 26 10 12 4 5 2 14 12 .538 0 3 3 0 8 31% 44 75 17 20 10 0 12 4.9 5.0 6.1
1987 28 BOS AL 30 30 11 12 7 4 3 13 17 .433 1 2 6 0 11 37% 45 77 3 29 8 6 12 5.6 6.4 5.8
1988 29 CHC NL 22 12 2 3 7 1 3 5 7 .417 3 1 0 0 7 58% 50 67 32 10 3 2 6 4.1 3.9 5.8 87 2 8 2 0 113
1990 31 CLE AL 9 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 38 55 19 8 1 0 2 4.1 5.9 3.9 75 4 0 1 0 108
7 Seasons 144 124 46 49 29 17 15 63 61 .508 6 9 21 0 52 42% 47 77 3 112 34 11 53 4.8 5.4 6.2 83 6 8 3 0 113
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 24 BOS AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.186 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1984 25 BOS AL 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0.968 1 1 3 0 1 4 3 2 5 0 5 0 10.6
1988 29 CHC NL 22 10 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 0 0% 7 0.987 4 1 5 2 1 7 3 7 3 5 3 1 3.2 16
1990 31 CLE AL 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 100% 6 0.942 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 3.5 25
4 Seasons 63 20 8 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 16 7 44% 0.982 5 5 9 4 2 14 8 12 9 7 9 1 5.1 19

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%
1983 24 BOS AL 67 45% 0.0% 7.5% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 0.90 81% 15 3 20%
1984 25 BOS AL 777 56% 2.3% 10.8% 6.7% 7.2% 31% 1.05 79% 142 10 7%
1985 26 BOS AL 713 49% 2.0% 11.9% 11.5% 7.4% 34% 1.17 73% 136 18 13%
1986 27 BOS AL 702 55% 3.4% 11.3% 6.7% 9.8% 37% 0.98 77% 124 11 9%
1987 28 BOS AL 777 53% 3.9% 11.5% 8.0% 10.6% 42% 1.12 75% 133 12 9%
1988 29 CHC NL 341 52% 2.7% 7.9% 10.0% 5.9% 28% 0.77 0.96 78% 20% 11.3% 47% 71 9 13%
1990 31 CLE AL 125 38% 1.6% 9.6% 15.2% 5.6% 20% 0.63 0.79 72% 28% 3.8% 7% 23 3 13%
7 Seasons 3502 52% 2.8% 10.9% 8.7% 8.2% 34% 0.73 1.05 76% 22% 8.3% 36% 644 66 10%
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 29 CHC NL 341 1201 3.52 708 59% 28% 9% 23% 39% 72% 1% 42% 87% 55% 7% 25 12 10% 33 13 2 22% 3 11 0 0 0
1990 31 CLE AL 125 473 3.78 272 58% 28% 14% 24% 34% 72% 0% 41% 80% 51% 7% 9 4 14% 17 11 1 8% 1 5 0 0 2
2 Seasons 466 1674 3.59 980 59% 28% 11% 23% 38% 72% 1% 42% 85% 54% 7% 34 16 11% 50 24 3 18% 4 16 0 0 2
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
1983 24 BOS AL 67 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 27 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 25 BOS AL 777 183 18 1 5 13 5 9 9 40 22 5 55% 12 7 0 290 11 7 61% 10 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 11 0
1985 26 BOS AL 713 157 14 0 11 6 8 7 7 38 18 5 47% 7 3 0 267 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 10 0
1986 27 BOS AL 702 186 24 0 5 16 8 11 13 29 17 4 59% 11 1 6 261 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1987 28 BOS AL 777 196 30 0 9 14 16 10 20 56 35 3 63% 8 5 4 278 22 5 81% 19 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 25 0
1988 29 CHC NL 341 72 3 1 9 0 5 5 4 6 3 15 9 3 60% 10 1 3 130 5 4 56% 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 10 0
1990 31 CLE AL 125 35 6 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 9 5 1 56% 1 6 0 59 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
7 Seasons 3502 846 9 2 97 1 40 55 42 43 54 191 108 21 57% 49 23 13 1312 53 31 63% 48 27 5 3 0 1 14 2 85 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+
1983 24 1 1 .500 2.25 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 17 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 67 194 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.8 0.71 194
1984 25 12 7 .632 3.76 32 26 4 7 0 0 198.2 200 90 83 18 59 1 89 8 1 7 844 112 1.304 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.51 112
1985 26 21 19 .525 3.89 57 51 4 12 0 0 360.2 357 173 156 32 141 4 174 17 2 10 1557 109 1.381 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.3 1.23 109
1986 27 31 31 .500 4.35 83 77 4 15 0 0 519.2 543 281 251 56 188 6 253 21 3 11 2259 97 1.407 9.4 1.0 3.3 4.4 1.35 97
1987 28 42 43 .494 4.62 113 107 4 21 0 0 693.2 739 396 356 86 250 7 342 28 3 16 3036 93 1.426 9.6 1.1 3.2 4.4 1.37 93
1988 29 44 47 .484 4.46 135 119 7 21 0 1 773.2 811 433 383 95 284 9 369 31 4 17 3377 95 1.415 9.4 1.1 3.3 4.3 1.30 95
1989 30 44 47 .484 4.46 135 119 7 21 0 1 773.2 811 433 383 95 284 9 369 31 4 17 3377 95 1.415 9.4 1.1 3.3 4.3 1.30 95
1990 31 46 50 .479 4.52 144 124 8 21 0 1 797.2 846 452 401 97 303 9 381 33 4 23 3502 94 1.440 9.5 1.1 3.4 4.3 1.26 94

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
1983 24 1 0 1.000 2.57 14.0 16 4 4 0 7 4 1 1.643 10.3 4.5 2.6 0.57 0.0 3
1984 25 9 10 .474 4.12 177.0 186 90 81 18 53 81 7 1.350 9.5 2.7 4.1 1.53 0.9 29
1985 26 8 9 .471 4.24 155.0 157 81 73 14 82 81 9 1.542 9.1 4.8 4.7 0.99 0.8 25
1986 27 6 11 .353 5.71 153.0 190 108 97 25 48 76 4 1.556 11.2 2.8 4.5 1.58 1.5 26
1987 28 7 12 .368 5.18 172.0 193 110 99 30 61 88 7 1.477 10.1 3.2 4.6 1.44 1.6 30
1988 29 5 3 .625 3.48 75.0 76 32 29 10 36 25 3 1.493 9.1 4.3 3.0 0.69 1.2 22
1990 31 0 2 .000 8.18 22.0 37 22 20 2 20 11 2 2.591 15.1 8.2 4.5 0.55 0.8 9
7 Seasons 36 47 .434 4.72 768.0 855 447 403 99 307 366 33 1.513 10.0 4.3 1.19 1.2 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 AL--.647--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL--7--9th
1985 AL--9--2nd
1987 AL--7--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Phil Regan (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jimmy Jones (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harry Byrd (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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