Photo of Wally Pipp


Wally Pipp

Walter Clement Pipp

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 17, 1893 in Chicago, IL
High School: Catholic (Grand Rapids, MI)
School: Catholic University of America (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1913
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Reds/Tigers 1913-1928

Final Game: September 30, 1928
Died: January 11, 1965 in Grand Rapids, MI
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

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
1913 20 DET AL 12 34 31 3 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 6 .161 .235 .355 .590 73 11 1 0 3
1915 22 NYY AL 136 560 479 59 118 20 13 4 60 18 7 66 81 .246 .339 .367 .706 111 176 1 14 *3
1916 23 NYY AL 151 617 545 70 143 20 14 12 93 16 0 54 82 .262 .331 .417 .748 123 227 2 16 *3
1917 24 NYY AL 155 668 587 82 143 29 12 9 70 11 60 66 .244 .320 .380 .700 112 223 6 15 *3
1918 25 NYY AL 91 385 349 48 106 15 9 2 44 11 22 34 .304 .345 .415 .760 127 145 0 14 *3
1919 26 NYY AL 138 596 523 74 144 23 10 7 50 9 39 42 .275 .330 .398 .728 103 208 4 30 *3
1920 27 NYY AL 153 687 610 109 171 30 14 11 76 4 10 48 54 .280 .339 .430 .768 99 262 6 23 *3
1921 28 NYY AL 153 667 588 96 174 35 9 8 97 17 10 45 28 .296 .347 .427 .774 95 251 1 33 *3
1922 29 NYY AL 152 664 577 96 190 32 10 9 90 7 12 56 32 .329 .392 .466 .859 121 269 4 27 *3 MVP-8
1923 30 NYY AL 144 634 569 79 173 19 8 6 108 6 13 36 28 .304 .352 .397 .749 94 226 6 23 *3
1924 31 NYY AL 153 663 589 88 174 30 19 9 114 12 5 51 36 .295 .352 .457 .808 107 269 0 23 *3 MVP-14
1925 32 NYY AL 62 200 178 19 41 6 3 3 24 3 3 13 12 .230 .286 .348 .635 62 62 1 8 3
1926 33 CIN NL 155 649 574 72 167 22 15 6 99 8 49 26 .291 .352 .413 .765 107 237 5 21 *3 MVP-14
1927 34 CIN NL 122 489 443 49 115 19 6 2 41 2 32 11 .260 .309 .343 .653 77 152 0 14 *3
1928 35 CIN NL 95 307 272 30 77 11 3 2 26 1 23 13 .283 .341 .368 .709 87 100 1 11 3
15 Seasons 1872 7820 6914 974 1941 311 148 90 997 125 60 596 551 .281 .341 .408 .749 103 2818 38 272
162 Game Avg. 162 677 598 84 168 27 13 8 86 11 52 48 .281 .341 .408 .749 103 244 3 24
NYY (11 yrs) 1488 6341 5594 820 1577 259 121 80 826 114 60 490 495 .282 .343 .414 .757 106 2318 31 226
CIN (3 yrs) 372 1445 1289 151 359 52 24 10 166 11 104 50 .279 .335 .379 .715 92 489 6 46
DET (1 yr) 12 34 31 3 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 6 .161 .235 .355 .590 73 11 1 0
AL (12 yrs) 1500 6375 5625 823 1582 259 124 80 831 114 60 492 501 .281 .342 .414 .757 106 2329 32 226
NL (3 yrs) 372 1445 1289 151 359 52 24 10 166 11 104 50 .279 .335 .379 .715 92 489 6 46

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
1913 20 DET AL 34 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 3
1915 22 NYY AL 560 6 2 0 0 7 -4 19 30 3.1 23 2.3 0.8 $ *3
1916 23 NYY AL 617 9 3 0 0 9 -5 21 37 4.0 28 3.1 0.9 $ *3
1917 24 NYY AL 668 6 1 0 0 4 -5 22 28 2.9 24 2.6 0.3 $ *3
1918 25 NYY AL 385 12 1 0 0 -2 -3 13 21 2.4 23 2.5 -0.1 $ *3
1919 26 NYY AL 596 4 1 0 0 6 -4 19 26 2.7 20 2.1 0.6 $ *3
1920 27 NYY AL 687 1 2 0 0 7 -7 21 24 2.4 17 1.7 0.7 $ *3
1921 28 NYY AL 667 -1 2 0 0 8 -7 21 23 2.3 15 1.5 0.8 $ *3
1922 29 NYY AL 664 19 -2 0 0 11 -7 20 41 4.1 30 3.0 1.1 $ *3 MVP-8
1923 30 NYY AL 634 -3 -3 0 0 8 -7 19 14 1.4 6 0.6 0.8 $ *3
1924 31 NYY AL 663 4 3 0 0 7 -7 21 28 2.7 21 2.0 0.7 $ *3 MVP-14
1925 32 NYY AL 200 -12 0 0 0 6 -2 6 -2 -0.1 -8 -0.8 0.7 $ 3
1926 33 CIN NL 649 6 0 0 0 6 -7 19 24 2.4 18 1.8 0.6 $ *3 MVP-14
1927 34 CIN NL 489 -13 -1 0 0 3 -5 14 -2 -0.2 -5 -0.5 0.3 $ *3
1928 35 CIN NL 307 -4 -1 0 0 0 -3 9 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 3
15 Seasons 7820 32 8 0 0 80 -73 245 292 30.1 212 21.9 8.2 $
NYY (11 yrs) 6341 45 10 0 0 71 -58 202 270 27.9 199 20.6 7.3 $
CIN (3 yrs) 1445 -11 -2 0 0 9 -15 42 23 2.3 14 1.4 0.9 $
DET (1 yr) 34 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1913 20 DET AL 34 26 2 2.1 86 .200 .161 .263 .235 .335 .355 .346 .590 .681 73 .262 -1.6 -0.2 .538 .258 .194
1915 22 NYY AL 560 382 60 4.2 83 .289 .246 .255 .339 .334 .367 .335 .706 .669 111 .594 6.4 0.7 .690 .282 .121 6.5
1916 23 NYY AL 617 418 78 5.1 84 .290 .262 .259 .331 .333 .417 .338 .748 .671 123 .658 11.8 1.3 .744 .283 .154 13.7
1917 24 NYY AL 668 459 70 4.1 80 .262 .244 .256 .320 .327 .380 .331 .700 .659 112 .589 7.4 0.9 .676 .257 .136 9.9
1918 25 NYY AL 385 257 50 5.3 84 .332 .304 .263 .345 .334 .415 .335 .760 .669 127 .681 9.3 1.0 .733 .206 .112 3.4
1919 26 NYY AL 596 409 68 4.5 96 .289 .275 .278 .330 .344 .398 .373 .728 .717 103 .543 0.1 0.0 .686 .214 .122 7.9
1920 27 NYY AL 687 472 84 4.8 110 .294 .280 .296 .339 .362 .430 .407 .768 .768 99 .518 -3.4 -0.3 .690 .218 .149 5.9
1921 28 NYY AL 667 457 86 5.0 116 .301 .296 .302 .347 .368 .427 .424 .774 .793 95 .496 -6.3 -0.6 .717 .219 .131 10.9
1922 29 NYY AL 664 426 101 6.4 111 .338 .329 .296 .392 .361 .466 .415 .859 .776 121 .630 18.4 1.8 .812 .225 .137 7.9
1923 30 NYY AL 634 432 74 4.6 110 .312 .304 .294 .352 .364 .397 .406 .749 .770 94 .490 -6.7 -0.7 .638 .144 .093 6.0
1924 31 NYY AL 663 443 95 5.7 112 .303 .295 .298 .352 .368 .457 .409 .808 .776 107 .572 2.6 0.2 .779 .260 .161 10.3
1925 32 NYY AL 200 148 17 3.1 114 .233 .230 .297 .286 .367 .348 .416 .635 .784 62 .282 -11.5 -1.1 .543 .191 .118 3.0
1926 33 CIN NL 649 428 82 5.1 101 .297 .291 .284 .352 .344 .413 .394 .765 .739 107 .555 4.8 0.5 .735 .221 .122 6.9
1927 34 CIN NL 489 342 47 3.7 102 .263 .260 .286 .309 .345 .343 .395 .653 .740 77 .401 -14.7 -1.5 .567 .160 .084 2.0
1928 35 CIN NL 307 206 34 4.4 107 .292 .283 .288 .341 .352 .368 .409 .709 .761 87 .462 -5.1 -0.5 .641 .173 .085 1.3
15 Seasons 7820 5305 948 4.8 101 .295 .281 .282 .341 .350 .408 .384 .749 .734 103 .547 11.5 1.7 .699 .222 .127 104.7
162 Game Avg. 677 459 82 4.8 101 .295 .281 .282 .341 .350 .408 .384 .749 .734 103 .547 1 0 .699 .222 .127 9
NYY (11 yrs) 6341 4303 783 4.9 100 .298 .282 .282 .343 .351 .414 .382 .757 .733 106 .562 28.1 3.3 .710 .230 .132 94.0
CIN (3 yrs) 1445 976 163 4.5 103 .284 .279 .286 .335 .346 .379 .398 .715 .744 92 .486 -15.1 -1.5 .656 .190 .101 10.5
DET (1 yr) 34 26 2 2.1 86 .200 .161 .263 .235 .335 .355 .346 .590 .681 73 .261 -1.6 -0.2 .538 .258 .194
AL (12 yrs) 6375 4329 785 4.9 100 .298 .281 .281 .342 .351 .414 .381 .757 .732 106 .561 26.5 3.2 .709 .230 .133 94.0
NL (3 yrs) 1445 976 163 4.5 103 .284 .279 .286 .335 .346 .379 .398 .715 .744 92 .486 -15.1 -1.5 .656 .190 .101 10.5

Postseason Batting

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
1921 28 NYY AL WS NYG L 8 31 26 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 .154 .214 .192 .407 5 0 0 3 0 0
1922 29 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 21 21 0 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .333 .619 7 0 0 0 0 0
1923 30 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .250 .360 .250 .610 5 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 19 77 67 3 15 2 0 0 6 2 1 6 6 .224 .284 .254 .538 17 0 0 3 1 0
3 WS 19 77 67 3 15 2 0 0 6 2 1 6 6 .224 .284 .254 .538 17 0 0 3 1 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1913 20 DET AL 34 0.0% 17.7% 5.9% 8.8% 60% 3.00 5.2 6.2 74%
1915 22 NYY AL 560 0.7% 14.5% 11.8% 6.6% 31% 1.23 5.9 119.8 8.0 70%
1916 23 NYY AL 617 1.9% 13.3% 8.8% 7.5% 32% 1.52 6.6 45.4 5.9 73%
1917 24 NYY AL 668 1.4% 9.9% 9.0% 7.5% 35% 1.10 8.9 65.2 8.4 77%
1918 25 NYY AL 385 0.5% 8.8% 5.7% 6.8% 25% 1.55 10.3 174.5 7.9 81%
1919 26 NYY AL 596 1.2% 7.1% 6.5% 6.7% 28% 1.08 12.5 74.7 10.5 80%
1920 27 NYY AL 687 1.6% 7.9% 7.0% 8.0% 32% 1.13 11.3 55.5 8.0 79%
1921 28 NYY AL 667 1.2% 4.2% 6.8% 7.8% 30% 0.62 21.0 73.5 6.1 83%
1922 29 NYY AL 664 1.4% 4.8% 8.4% 7.7% 27% 0.57 18.0 64.1 6.4 81%
1923 30 NYY AL 634 1.0% 4.4% 5.7% 5.2% 19% 0.78 20.3 94.8 5.3 84%
1924 31 NYY AL 663 1.4% 5.4% 7.7% 8.8% 33% 0.71 16.4 65.4 5.2 82%
1925 32 NYY AL 200 1.5% 6.0% 6.5% 6.0% 29% 0.92 14.8 59.3 7.4 82%
1926 33 CIN NL 649 0.9% 4.0% 7.6% 6.6% 26% 0.53 22.1 95.7 5.8 84%
1927 34 CIN NL 489 0.4% 2.3% 6.5% 5.5% 24% 0.34 40.3 221.5 10.8 88%
1928 35 CIN NL 307 0.7% 4.2% 7.5% 5.2% 21% 0.57 20.9 136.0 10.5 84%
15 Seasons 7820 1.2% 7.1% 7.6% 7.0% 28% 0.92 12.5 76.8 6.9 80%
MLB Averages 0.8% 8.3% 7.7% 5.8% 24% 1.08 10.6 118.6 8.9 79%

Cumulative Batting

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
1913 20 12 34 31 3 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 6 .161 .235 .355 .590 73 11 1 0
1914 21 12 34 31 3 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 6 .161 .235 .355 .590 73 11 1 0
1915 22 148 594 510 62 123 20 16 4 65 18 7 68 87 .241 .333 .367 .699 109 187 2 14
1916 23 299 1211 1055 132 266 40 30 16 158 34 7 122 169 .252 .332 .392 .724 116 414 4 30
1917 24 454 1879 1642 214 409 69 42 25 228 45 7 182 235 .249 .328 .388 .716 115 637 10 45
1918 25 545 2264 1991 262 515 84 51 27 272 56 7 204 269 .259 .331 .393 .723 117 782 10 59
1919 26 683 2860 2514 336 659 107 61 34 322 65 7 243 311 .262 .331 .394 .724 114 990 14 89
1920 27 836 3547 3124 445 830 137 75 45 398 69 17 291 365 .266 .332 .401 .733 111 1252 20 112
1921 28 989 4214 3712 541 1004 172 84 53 495 86 27 336 393 .270 .334 .405 .739 108 1503 21 145
1922 29 1141 4878 4289 637 1194 204 94 62 585 93 39 392 425 .278 .342 .413 .755 110 1772 25 172
1923 30 1285 5512 4858 716 1367 223 102 68 693 99 52 428 453 .281 .343 .411 .755 108 1998 31 195
1924 31 1438 6175 5447 804 1541 253 121 77 807 111 57 479 489 .283 .344 .416 .760 108 2267 31 218
1925 32 1500 6375 5625 823 1582 259 124 80 831 114 60 492 501 .281 .342 .414 .757 106 2329 32 226
1926 33 1655 7024 6199 895 1749 281 139 86 930 122 60 541 527 .282 .343 .414 .757 106 2566 37 247
1927 34 1777 7513 6642 944 1864 300 145 88 971 124 60 573 538 .281 .341 .409 .750 104 2718 37 261
1928 35 1872 7820 6914 974 1941 311 148 90 997 125 60 596 551 .281 .341 .408 .749 103 2818 38 272

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1913 20 13 36 33 4 6 0 4 0 7 0 2 6 .182 .250 .424 .674 3 12
1915 22 142 582 508 68 131 22 14 4 70 20 73 85 .258 .352 .380 .732 69 136
1916 23 157 645 581 86 164 23 16 14 114 18 62 85 .282 .353 .449 .803 91 151
1917 24 161 704 627 102 166 34 14 10 87 13 70 69 .265 .345 .411 .757 87 155
1918 25 116 490 459 72 149 21 13 3 66 15 31 43 .325 .367 .447 .814 75 91
1919 26 160 664 612 91 173 28 12 8 62 11 47 49 .283 .339 .407 .746 83 138
1920 27 161 683 630 103 168 29 14 11 72 4 47 57 .267 .324 .410 .733 82 153
1921 28 161 646 602 86 166 33 9 8 87 16 43 29 .276 .325 .400 .725 78 153
1922 29 159 650 591 91 187 31 10 9 85 7 55 33 .316 .378 .448 .827 99 152
1923 30 151 628 587 75 170 19 8 6 102 6 35 29 .290 .336 .380 .716 74 144
1924 31 161 657 607 82 170 29 19 9 107 12 50 38 .280 .335 .435 .770 88 153
1925 32 65 196 183 17 39 6 3 3 22 3 12 13 .213 .265 .328 .593 16 62
1926 33 162 655 599 75 174 23 16 6 103 8 51 27 .290 .351 .412 .763 86 155
1927 34 128 500 466 52 121 20 6 2 43 2 34 12 .260 .310 .341 .651 49 122
1928 35 100 310 285 31 80 11 3 2 27 1 24 14 .281 .339 .361 .700 35 95
15 Seasons 1997 8046 7370 1035 2064 329 161 95 1054 136 636 589 .280 .341 .407 .748 1015 1872
162 Game Avg. 162 653 598 84 167 27 13 8 86 11 52 48 .280 .341 .407 .748 82 1872

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1922 AL (8, 19%)
1924 AL (14, 9%)
1926 NL (14, 15%)
0.43 Career Shares (489th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1922 AL  4.1 (8th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1915 AL  0.8 (6th)
1916 AL  0.9 (2nd)
1919 AL  0.6 (6th)
1920 AL  0.7 (8th)
1921 AL  0.8 (5th)
1922 AL  1.1 (3rd)
1923 AL  0.8 (8th)
1924 AL  0.7 (7th)
1925 AL  0.7 (5th)
Career  8.2 (108th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1918 AL  .304 (6th)
1922 AL  .329 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1916 AL  .417 (9th)
1918 AL  .415 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1916 AL  151 (10th)
1917 AL  155 (4th)
1920 AL  153 (8th)
1921 AL  153 (8th)
1924 AL  153 (6th)
1926 NL  155 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1917 AL  587 (2nd)
1919 AL  523 (10th)
1920 AL  610 (5th)
1924 AL  589 (10th)
1926 NL  574 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1917 AL  668 (5th)
1920 AL  687 (6th)
1926 NL  649 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1917 AL  82 (10th)
1920 AL  109 (5th)
1922 AL  96 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1922 AL  190 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1916 AL  227 (9th)
1917 AL  223 (9th)
1924 AL  269 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1917 AL  29 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1915 AL  13 (9th)
1916 AL  14 (5th)
1917 AL  12 (5th)
1918 AL  9 (8th)
1920 AL  14 (7th)
1924 AL  19 (1st)
1926 NL  15 (4th)
Career  148 (54th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  4 (9th)
1916 AL  12 (1st)
1917 AL  9 (1st)
1919 AL  7 (8th)
1920 AL  11 (7th)
1924 AL  9 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1916 AL  93 (2nd)
1917 AL  70 (9th)
1923 AL  108 (5th)
1924 AL  114 (5th)
1926 NL  99 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 AL  81 (3rd)
1916 AL  82 (1st)
1917 AL  66 (3rd)
1920 AL  54 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1921 AL  17 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1922 AL  139 (8th)
1923 AL  140 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1916 AL  46 (6th)
1917 AL  50 (4th)
1924 AL  58 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1922 AL  250 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1918 AL  .681 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 AL  6 (10th)
1920 AL  6 (10th)
1926 NL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1919 AL  30 (9th)
1921 AL  33 (5th)
Career  272 (23rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1922 AL  12 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1916 AL  13.7 (1st)
1917 AL  9.9 (3rd)
1921 AL  10.9 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1927 NL  40.3 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1915 AL  119.8 (10th)
1916 AL  45.4 (2nd)
1917 AL  65.2 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1917 AL  459 (2nd)
1919 AL  409 (4th)
1920 AL  472 (3rd)
1921 AL  457 (7th)
1924 AL  443 (8th)
1926 NL  428 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (252), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 92 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Wally Pipp    

Viewed 27,872 times through February 13, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Walter Clement Wally walt walter Pipp

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.