Allen Ripley
Allen Stevens Ripley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 18, 1952 in Norwood, MA
High School: North Attleboro (North Attleboro, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1978
Final Game: September 24, 1982
Relatives: Son of Walt Ripley
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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
1978 25 BOS AL 2 5 .286 5.55 15 11 3 1 0 0 73.0 92 49 45 10 22 2 26 3 0 2 326 75 1.562 11.3 1.2 2.7 3.2 1.18
1979 26 BOS AL 3 1 .750 5.15 16 3 4 0 0 1 64.2 77 42 37 9 25 5 34 3 0 3 292 87 1.577 10.7 1.3 3.5 4.7 1.36
1980 27 SFG NL 9 10 .474 4.15 23 20 2 2 0 0 112.2 119 59 52 10 36 6 65 4 3 5 486 85 1.376 9.5 0.8 2.9 5.2 1.81
1981 28 SFG NL 4 4 .500 4.07 19 14 1 1 0 0 90.2 103 45 41 5 27 2 47 3 1 6 396 84 1.434 10.2 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.74
1982 29 CHC NL 5 7 .417 4.18 28 19 5 0 0 0 122.2 130 61 57 12 38 6 57 2 3 6 512 89 1.370 9.5 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.50
5 Seasons 23 27 .460 4.50 101 67 15 4 0 1 463.2 521 256 232 46 148 21 229 15 7 22 2012 84 1.443 10.1 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.55
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .460 4.50 41 27 6 2 0 0 188 211 104 94 19 60 9 93 6 3 9 814 84 1.443 10.1 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.55
SFG (2 yrs) 13 14 .481 4.12 42 34 3 3 0 0 203.1 222 104 93 15 63 8 112 7 4 11 882 85 1.402 9.8 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.78
BOS (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.36 31 14 7 1 0 1 137.2 169 91 82 19 47 7 60 6 0 5 618 80 1.569 11.0 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.28
CHC (1 yr) 5 7 .417 4.18 28 19 5 0 0 0 122.2 130 61 57 12 38 6 57 2 3 6 512 89 1.370 9.5 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.50
NL (3 yrs) 18 21 .462 4.14 70 53 8 3 0 0 326.0 352 165 150 27 101 14 169 9 7 17 1394 86 1.390 9.7 0.7 2.8 4.7 1.67
AL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.36 31 14 7 1 0 1 137.2 169 91 82 19 47 7 60 6 0 5 618 80 1.569 11.0 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.28

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
1978 25 BOS AL 15 326 296 49 92 22 2 10 7 4 22 26 .311 .362 .500 .862 .313 148 5 3 3 2 2
1979 26 BOS AL 16 292 261 42 77 13 3 9 5 1 25 34 .295 .362 .471 .833 .311 123 6 3 2 1 5
1980 27 SFG NL 23 486 435 59 119 19 2 10 13 3 36 65 .274 .331 .395 .727 .299 172 11 4 6 5 6
1981 28 SFG NL 19 396 356 45 103 19 3 5 18 1 27 47 .289 .342 .402 .744 .319 143 9 3 7 3 2
1982 29 CHC NL 28 512 456 61 130 29 6 12 15 5 38 57 .285 .338 .454 .792 .299 207 10 2 9 7 6
5 Seasons 101 2012 1804 256 521 102 16 46 58 14 148 229 .289 .345 .440 .784 .307 793 41 15 27 18 21
162 Game Avg. 41 814 730 104 211 41 6 19 23 6 60 93 .289 .345 .440 .784 .307 321 17 6 11 7 9
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
1978 25 BOS AL 15 11 1 5 5 0 2 4 7 .364 1 4 1 0 6 55% 44 65 21 6 1 0 10 3.9 2.8 5.6
1979 26 BOS AL 16 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42 56 33 14 10 1 2 5.5 5.4 6.6
1980 27 SFG NL 23 20 8 9 3 1 1 9 11 .450 1 2 2 0 10 50% 49 73 21 18 6 3 9 3.8 3.7 5.4
1981 28 SFG NL 19 14 4 4 6 0 1 6 8 .429 0 4 1 0 6 43% 49 83 26 14 2 4 6 4.0 4.4 5.8
1982 29 CHC NL 28 19 5 6 8 0 5 10 9 .526 2 3 0 0 11 58% 50 69 24 9 3 2 8 3.3 3.2 5.6
5 Seasons 101 67 19 25 23 2 9 31 36 .463 4 13 4 0 34 51% 48 83 21 61 22 10 35 3.8 3.6 5.6
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
1978 25 BOS AL 15 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.994 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 8.3
1979 26 BOS AL 16 13 4 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 20 10 50% 3 0.719 2 6 5 2 2 9 12 1 11 1 12 0 10.4
1980 27 SFG NL 23 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 4 1.061 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 5.7
1981 28 SFG NL 19 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1 1.028 1 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.4
1982 29 CHC NL 28 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 1.032 1 2 6 1 1 7 2 7 6 1 6 2 5.4
5 Seasons 101 34 15 4 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 32 16 50% 0.987 6 9 18 5 3 26 18 16 26 3 27 2 7.7

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%
1978 25 BOS AL 326 52% 3.1% 8.0% 6.8% 10.4% 37% 0.99 80% 61 5 8%
1979 26 BOS AL 292 38% 3.1% 11.6% 8.6% 8.6% 33% 0.87 75% 66 6 9%
1980 27 SFG NL 486 45% 2.1% 13.4% 7.4% 6.4% 26% 1.10 75% 79 11 14%
1981 28 SFG NL 396 38% 1.3% 11.9% 6.8% 6.8% 26% 1.50 78% 74 9 12%
1982 29 CHC NL 512 47% 2.3% 11.1% 7.4% 9.2% 36% 1.21 77% 73 10 14%
5 Seasons 2012 44% 2.3% 11.4% 7.4% 8.2% 32% 1.14 77% 353 41 12%
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
1978 25 BOS AL 326 92 10 1 6 5 5 5 5 17 13 0 76% 4 2 0 130 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 26 BOS AL 292 77 9 0 17 7 2 5 4 29 12 2 41% 5 3 1 108 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1980 27 SFG NL 486 119 10 1 9 6 4 3 7 25 14 4 56% 7 5 1 183 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
1981 28 SFG NL 396 103 5 0 5 4 1 1 4 27 13 6 48% 6 6 1 155 18 1 95% 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1982 29 CHC NL 512 130 12 0 7 9 3 2 10 30 16 9 53% 6 6 0 177 15 5 75% 13 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
5 Seasons 2012 521 46 2 44 31 15 16 30 128 68 21 53% 28 22 3 753 58 14 81% 54 14 4 0 0 0 6 0 58 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+
1978 25 2 5 .286 5.55 15 11 3 1 0 0 73.0 92 49 45 10 22 2 26 3 0 2 326 75 1.562 11.3 1.2 2.7 3.2 1.18 75
1979 26 5 6 .455 5.36 31 14 7 1 0 1 137.2 169 91 82 19 47 7 60 6 0 5 618 80 1.569 11.0 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.28 80
1980 27 14 16 .467 4.82 54 34 9 3 0 1 250.1 288 150 134 29 83 13 125 10 3 10 1104 82 1.482 10.4 1.0 3.0 4.5 1.51 82
1981 28 18 20 .474 4.62 73 48 10 4 0 1 341.0 391 195 175 34 110 15 172 13 4 16 1500 83 1.469 10.3 0.9 2.9 4.5 1.56 83
1982 29 23 27 .460 4.50 101 67 15 4 0 1 463.2 521 256 232 46 148 21 229 15 7 22 2012 84 1.443 10.1 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.55 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1978 25 2 5 .286 6.00 69.0 93 51 46 10 22 25 3 1.667 12.1 2.9 3.3 1.14 1.3 15
1979 26 3 4 .429 5.00 63.0 76 39 35 9 25 33 3 1.603 10.9 3.6 4.7 1.32 1.3 16
1980 27 4 7 .364 4.92 106.0 126 64 58 11 38 61 4 1.547 10.7 3.2 5.2 1.61 0.9 23
1981 28 5 9 .357 5.06 128.0 167 80 72 8 44 66 5 1.648 11.7 3.1 4.6 1.50 0.6 19
1982 29 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 132 67 60 12 39 52 2 1.513 10.5 3.1 4.1 1.33 1.0 28
5 Seasons 19 32 .373 5.09 479.0 594 301 271 50 168 237 17 1.591 11.2 4.5 1.41 0.9 101

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)

                           

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