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George Pipgras

George William Pipgras

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 20, 1899 in Ida Grove, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1923
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox 1923-1935

Final Game: June 2, 1935
Died: October 19, 1986 in Gainesville, FL
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, FL
Relatives: Brother of Ed Pipgras
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #799. Terry Mulholland… #800. Tommy Byrne… #801. Gavin Floyd… #802. GEORGE PIPGRAS… #803. Scott Baker… #804. Bill Bonham… #805. Jose DeLeon… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1923 23 NYY AL 1 3 .250 5.94 8 2 6 2 0 0 33.1 34 22 22 2 25 12 1 0 4 153 68 1.770 9.2 0.5 6.8 3.2 0.48
1924 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 9.98 9 1 7 0 0 1 15.1 20 18 17 0 18 4 4 0 4 80 43 2.478 11.7 0.0 10.6 2.3 0.22
1927 27 NYY AL 10 3 .769 4.11 29 21 6 9 1 0 166.1 148 81 76 2 77 81 1 1 4 703 95 1.353 8.0 0.1 4.2 4.4 1.05
1928 28 NYY AL 24 13 .649 3.38 46 38 6 22 4 3 300.2 314 132 113 4 103 139 3 0 5 1298 112 1.387 9.4 0.1 3.1 4.2 1.35
1929 29 NYY AL 18 12 .600 4.23 39 33 3 13 3 0 225.1 229 132 106 16 95 125 5 0 4 987 92 1.438 9.1 0.6 3.8 5.0 1.32
1930 30 NYY AL 15 15 .500 4.11 44 30 13 15 3 4 221.0 230 133 101 9 70 111 8 0 4 974 105 1.357 9.4 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.59
1931 31 NYY AL 7 6 .538 3.79 36 14 13 6 1 3 137.2 134 73 58 8 58 59 2 0 3 606 105 1.395 8.8 0.5 3.8 3.9 1.02
1932 32 NYY AL 16 9 .640 4.19 32 27 5 14 2 0 219.0 235 120 102 15 87 111 6 0 6 981 98 1.470 9.7 0.6 3.6 4.6 1.28
1933 33 TOT AL 11 10 .524 3.90 26 21 4 12 2 1 161.1 172 78 70 6 57 70 2 0 0 703 111 1.419 9.6 0.3 3.2 3.9 1.23
1933 33 NYY AL 2 2 .500 3.27 4 4 0 3 0 0 33.0 32 13 12 1 12 14 0 0 0 143 120 1.333 8.7 0.3 3.3 3.8 1.17
1933 33 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.07 22 17 4 9 2 1 128.1 140 65 58 5 45 56 2 0 0 560 109 1.442 9.8 0.4 3.2 3.9 1.24
1934 34 BOS AL 0 0 8.10 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 16 64 2.100 10.8 2.7 8.1 0.0 0.00
1935 35 BOS AL 0 1 .000 14.40 5 1 2 0 0 0 5.0 9 9 8 3 5 2 1 0 0 30 35 2.800 16.2 5.4 9.0 3.6 0.40
11 Seasons 102 73 .583 4.09 276 189 65 93 16 12 1488.1 1529 801 676 66 598 714 33 1 36 6531 99 1.429 9.2 0.4 3.6 4.3 1.19
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .583 4.09 40 28 10 14 2 2 218 224 117 99 10 87 104 5 0 5 955 99 1.429 9.2 0.4 3.6 4.3 1.19
NYY (9 yrs) 93 64 .592 4.04 247 170 59 84 14 11 1351.2 1376 724 607 57 545 656 30 1 34 5925 99 1.421 9.2 0.4 3.6 4.4 1.20
BOS (3 yrs) 9 9 .500 4.54 29 19 6 9 2 1 136.2 153 77 69 9 53 58 3 0 2 606 98 1.507 10.1 0.6 3.5 3.8 1.09

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1923 23 NYY AL 33.1 2 22 20 1 1.0 -2 -0.3 $
1924 24 NYY AL 15.1 1 18 10 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
1927 27 NYY AL 166.1 21 81 104 3 1.0 23 1.3 $
1928 28 NYY AL 300.2 38 132 182 -2 1.0 50 4.2 $
1929 29 NYY AL 225.1 33 132 144 2 1.0 12 -0.3 $
1930 30 NYY AL 221.0 30 133 154 -4 1.0 21 1.4 $
1931 31 NYY AL 137.2 14 73 91 -1 1.0 18 1.0 $
1932 32 NYY AL 219.0 27 120 147 -2 1.0 27 1.6 $
1933 33 NYY AL 33.0 4 13 21 -1 1.0 8 0.7 $
1933 33 BOS AL 128.1 17 65 82 0 1.0 17 1.8 $
1934 34 BOS AL 3.1 1 3 2 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $
1935 35 BOS AL 5.0 1 9 3 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
11 Seasons 1488.1 189 801 960 -4 1.0 159 10.1 $
NYY (9 yrs) 1351.2 170 724 873 -4 1.0 149 8.8 $
BOS (3 yrs) 136.2 19 77 87 0 1.0 10 1.3 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1927 27 NYY AL WS W PIT 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.889 7.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
1928 28 NYY AL WS W STL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 3 2 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 36 0.889 4.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 2.00
1932 32 NYY AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 5 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 35 1.500 10.1 2.3 3.4 1.1 0.33
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 0 1.000 2.77 3 3 0 2 0 0 26.0 20 10 8 2 8 0 11 0 0 0 105 1.077 6.9 0.7 2.8 3.8 1.38
3 WS 3 0 1.000 2.77 3 3 0 2 0 0 26.0 20 10 8 2 8 0 11 0 0 0 105 1.077 6.9 0.7 2.8 3.8 1.38

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
1923 23 NYY AL 8 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -73 0 0 0 /1
1924 24 NYY AL 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 72 1 0 0 /1
1927 27 NYY AL 29 71 67 4 16 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 17 .239 .261 .328 .589 53 22 0 2 1
1928 28 NYY AL 46 126 115 7 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .157 .192 .191 .383 2 22 1 6 1
1929 29 NYY AL 39 93 84 6 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 .143 .191 .167 .358 -5 14 0 4 1
1930 30 NYY AL 44 93 80 10 12 3 0 1 12 0 1 6 16 .150 .218 .225 .443 15 18 1 6 1
1931 31 NYY AL 36 43 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .024 .048 .024 .072 -80 1 0 1 1
1932 32 NYY AL 32 89 82 4 18 1 1 0 10 0 0 2 19 .220 .238 .256 .494 30 21 0 5 1
1933 33 TOT AL 26 63 57 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .175 .230 .175 .405 8 10 0 2 1
1933 33 NYY AL 4 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -29 1 0 0 /1
1933 33 BOS AL 22 51 46 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .196 .245 .196 .441 16 9 0 2 1
1934 34 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 35 BOS AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
11 Seasons 276 593 539 37 88 11 2 2 42 0 1 25 129 .163 .203 .202 .405 7 109 2 27
162 Game Avg. 162 348 316 22 52 6 1 1 25 0 1 15 76 .163 .203 .202 .405 7 64 1 16
NYY (9 yrs) 247 540 492 33 79 11 2 2 38 0 1 22 119 .161 .200 .203 .403 6 100 2 24
BOS (3 yrs) 29 53 47 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .191 .240 .191 .431 14 9 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 23 NYY AL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1924 24 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1927 27 NYY AL 71 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $3,750 1
1928 28 NYY AL 126 -18 0 0 0 0 9 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1929 29 NYY AL 93 -15 0 0 0 0 8 3 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1930 30 NYY AL 93 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
1931 31 NYY AL 43 -13 0 0 0 0 3 1 -9 -0.8 -9 -0.9 0.1 $ 1
1932 32 NYY AL 89 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
1933 33 NYY AL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1933 33 BOS AL 51 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1934 34 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
10 Seasons 592 -85 0 0 0 0 45 18 -22 -1.7 -22 -2.2 0.5 $3,750
NYY (9 yrs) 540 -79 0 0 0 0 41 16 -22 -1.7 -22 -2.2 0.5 $3,750
BOS (2 yrs) 52 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1927 27 NYY AL WS PIT W 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1928 28 NYY AL WS STL W 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 1 0 0
1932 32 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 0 1 1 0 0
3 WS 3 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 0 1 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 NYY AL 23 P 8 33.1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.16 1.00 .959 2.73 2.70
1924 NYY AL 24 P 9 15.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 5.87 1.11 .959 2.52 2.49
1927 NYY AL 27 P 29 166.1 40 6 33 1 1 .975 2.11 1.34 .959 2.62 2.59
1928 NYY AL 28 P 46 300.2 60 7 49 4 2 .933 1.68 1.22 .957 2.44 2.42
1929 NYY AL 29 P 39 225.1 35 4 30 1 2 .971 1.36 0.87 .958 2.34 2.31
1930 NYY AL 30 P 44 221.0 47 12 30 5 1 .894 1.71 0.95 .946 2.20 2.17
1931 NYY AL 31 P 36 137.2 24 2 20 2 0 .917 1.44 0.61 .954 2.21 2.19
1932 NYY AL 32 P 32 219.0 51 9 35 7 1 .863 1.81 1.38 .958 2.24 2.23
1933 TOT AL 33 P 26 21 12 161.1 35 8 25 2 3 .943 1.84 1.27 .960 2.28 2.27
1933 NYY AL 33 P 4 4 3 33.0 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.27 3.00 .960 2.29 2.28
1933 BOS AL 33 P 22 17 9 128.1 23 6 15 2 2 .913 1.47 0.95 .960 2.28 2.27
1934 BOS AL 34 P 2 3.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .955 2.16 2.10
1935 BOS AL 35 P 5 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.20 .950 2.16 2.14
11 Seasons P 276 21 12 1488.1 313 49 242 22 10 .930 1.76 1.05 .956 2.35 2.32
11 Seasons TOT 276 21 12 1488.1 313 49 242 22 10 .930 1.76 1.05 .956 2.35 2.32
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1928 AL  4.2 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1928 AL  24 (1st)
1929 AL  18 (5th)
1930 AL  15 (10th)
1932 AL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1928 AL  .649 (8th)
1929 AL  .600 (9th)
1932 AL  .640 (8th)
Career  .583 (174th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  8.008 (3rd)
1929 AL  9.146 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  4.383 (4th)
1928 AL  4.161 (7th)
1929 AL  4.993 (3rd)
1930 AL  4.520 (6th)
1932 AL  4.562 (7th)
1933 AL  3.905 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 AL  46 (3rd)
1930 AL  44 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1928 AL  3 (10th)
1930 AL  4 (6th)
1931 AL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1928 AL  300.7 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1927 AL  81 (8th)
1928 AL  139 (2nd)
1929 AL  125 (3rd)
1930 AL  111 (8th)
1932 AL  111 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1928 AL  38 (1st)
1929 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 AL  22 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1928 AL  4 (2nd)
1929 AL  3 (5th)
1930 AL  3 (1st)
1932 AL  2 (10th)
1933 AL  2 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  16 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  103 (2nd)
1929 AL  95 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  314 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  1.350 (9th)
1929 AL  1.316 (5th)
1930 AL  1.586 (4th)
1932 AL  1.276 (8th)
1933 AL  1.228 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  0.108 (3rd)
1928 AL  0.120 (2nd)
1930 AL  0.367 (9th)
1933 AL  0.335 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1930 AL  15 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  113 (3rd)
1929 AL  106 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1924 AL  4 (9th)
1928 AL  5 (3rd)
1930 AL  4 (9th)
1932 AL  6 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 AL  5 (8th)
1930 AL  8 (2nd)
1932 AL  6 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1928 AL  1,298 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  16 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1928 AL  1.6 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1928 AL  46 (3rd)
1930 AL  44 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1930 AL  5 (4th)
1932 AL  7 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tex Carleton (968)
  2. Russ Meyer (957)
  3. Steve Blass (954)
  4. Bob Walk (950)
  5. Monte Pearson (949)
  6. Rip Collins (947)
  7. Ed Stein (945)
  8. Johnny Morrison (944)
  9. Pete Vuckovich (944)
  10. Moose Haas (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Roy Evans (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Daisuke Matsuzaka (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Harry Gumbert (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Gumbert (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. General Crowder (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. General Crowder (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tex Carleton (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rip Collins (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Russ Meyer (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Hallahan (991)
  2. Johnny Morrison (991)
  3. Doc McJames (989)
  4. Phil Douglas (989)
  5. Eric Show (987)
  6. Fritz Peterson (987)
  7. Steve Blass (986)
  8. Steve Trachsel (983)
  9. Rip Collins (983)
  10. Ken Holtzman (983)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Hallahan (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Morrison (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Hallahan (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192727New York Yankees$3,750P. Gregory, The Baseball Player...(1956)Estimate
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,750
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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