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George Pipgras

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 20, 1899 in Ida Grove, IA us

Died: October 19, 1986 in Gainesville, FL

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, FL

High School: Schleswig HS (Schleswig, IA)

Debut: June 9, 1923 (Age 23-171d, 5,751st in major league history)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1935 (Age 35-164d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: George William Pipgras

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Relatives: Brother of Ed Pipgras

3x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

102

ERA

4.09

276

189

1488.1

714

WHIP

1.429

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	67	5.44	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	6.52	2.478	11.7	0.0	10.6	2.3	0.22

1927	27	NYY	AL	10	3	.769	4.11	29	21	5	9	1	0	166.1	148	81	76	2	77		81	1	1	4	703	95	3.09	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	3	139	3	0	5	1298	112	3.34	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	1	125	5	0	4	987	91	3.94	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	5	221.0	230	133	101	9	70	1	111	8	0	4	974	105	3.44	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	4	137.2	134	73	58	8	58	2	59	2	0	3	606	105	4.34	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	5	111	6	0	6	981	97	3.94	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	3	70	2	0	0	703	111	3.61	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	2	14	0	0	0	143	120	3.54	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	1	56	2	0	0	560	109	3.63	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	0	2	16	64	9.78	2.100	10.8	2.7	8.1	0.0	0.00
1935	35	NYG-min	A	4	6	.400	4.80	25						90.0	107	57	48		33									1.556	10.7		3.3			NVL SOUA
1935	35	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	14.40	5	1	2	0	0	0	5.0	9	9	8	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	30	35	13.78	2.800	16.2	5.4	9.0	3.6	0.40
11 Yrs				102	73	.583	4.09	276	189	64	93	16	14	1488.1	1529	801	676	66	598	15	714	33	1	36	6531	99	3.76	1.429	9.2	0.4	3.6	4.3	1.19
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.583	4.09	40	28	9	14	2	2	218	224	117	99	10	87	2	104	5	0	5	955	99	3.76	1.429	9.2	0.4	3.6	4.3	1.19

NYY (9 yrs)				93	64	.592	4.04	247	170	58	84	14	13	1351.2	1376	724	607	57	545	14	656	30	1	34	5925	99	3.72	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	1	58	3	0	2	606	98	4.15	1.507	10.1	0.6	3.5	3.8	1.09