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Johnny Lipon
John Joseph Lipon (Skids)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 16, 1942
Final Game April 25, 1954
Born November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH
Died August 17, 1998 in Houston, TX

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 19 DET AL  34  131    5   25   2  0   0    9   1  3   7   7  .191  .232  .206   20   27   2           0   1
 1946 23 DET AL  14   20    4    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   3  .300  .440  .300  104    6   0           0   0
 1948 25 DET AL 121  458   65  133  18  8   5   52   4  4  68  22  .290  .384  .397  106  182  13           2   9
 1949 26 DET AL 127  439   57  110  14  6   3   59   2  4  75  24  .251  .362  .330   84  145   9           2  16
 1950 27 DET AL 147  601  104  176  27  6   2   63   9  6  81  26  .293  .378  .368   89  221  18           1  20
 1951 28 DET AL 129  487   56  129  15  1   0   38   7  6  49  27  .265  .335  .300   72  146  11           2   7
 1952 29 TOT AL 118  370   42   78  12  3   0   30   4  2  48  26  .211  .301  .259   54   96  14           0   7
         DET AL  39  136   17   30   4  2   0   12   3  1  16   6  .221  .303  .279   62   38   2           0   3
         BOS AL  79  234   25   48   8  1   0   18   1  1  32  20  .205  .301  .248   49   58  12           0   4
 1953 30 TOT AL  67  154   18   33   7  0   0   14   1  0  14  17  .214  .280  .260   44   40   7           0   5
         BOS AL  60  145   18   31   7  0   0   13   1  0  14  16  .214  .283  .262   45   38   7           0   5
         SLB AL   7    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .222  .222  .222   19    2   0           0   0
 1954 31 CIN NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      758 2661  351  690  95 24  10  266  28 25 347 152  .259  .346  .324   78  863  74   0   0   7  65
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   75  147  20  5   2   57   6  5  74  32  .259  .346  .324   78  184  16   0   0   1  14
 Career High    147  601  104  176  27  8   5   63   9  6  81  27  .293  .384  .397  106  221  18   0   0   2  20

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 19 DET AL  140  112    6   1.4   101| .191  .275| .232  .350| .206  .385| .438  .735|  20  .127 -14.8  -1.6  25%
 1946 23 DET AL   25   14    3   5.7   100| .300  .270| .440  .346| .300  .389| .740  .735| 104  .642   0.5   0.1   0%
 1948 25 DET AL  541  351   69   5.2   108| .290  .276| .384  .362| .397  .400| .781  .762| 106  .558   4.8   0.5  50%
 1949 26 DET AL  525  358   51   3.8   107| .251  .271| .362  .363| .330  .393| .692  .756|  84  .414  -8.6  -0.8  33%
 1950 27 DET AL  701  469   83   4.7   116| .293  .282| .378  .370| .368  .423| .746  .793|  89  .474  -8.0  -0.8  60%
 1951 28 DET AL  549  382   48   3.4   102| .265  .267| .335  .349| .300  .392| .635  .741|  72  .371 -18.0  -1.8  53%
 1952 29 TOT AL  432  315   29   2.5   101| .211  .266| .301  .347| .259  .389| .560  .736|  54  .282 -23.3  -2.4  66%
         DET AL  154  112   12   2.9    97| .221  .261| .303  .341| .279  .381| .582  .723|  62  .340  -7.0  -0.7  75%
         BOS AL  278  203   17   2.3   103| .205  .269| .301  .350| .248  .393| .549  .743|  49  .247 -16.2  -1.7  50%
 1953 30 TOT AL  175  133   11   2.2   106| .214  .275| .280  .352| .260  .405| .540  .757|  44  .218 -12.5  -1.3 100%
         BOS AL  166  126   11   2.3   107| .214  .276| .283  .352| .262  .405| .545  .758|  45  .235 -11.4  -1.2 100%
         SLB AL    9    7    0   0.0   104| .222  .272| .222  .348| .222  .400| .444  .749|  19  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1954 31 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .427| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3089 2135  300   3.8   107| .259  .274| .346  .358| .324  .400| .670  .759|  78  .411 -80.0  -8.1  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1942 19 DET AL  SS   34     85  103   11   24  .945  .949  5.53  4.78            
 1946 23 DET AL  SS    8     14   14    2    5  .933  .952  3.50  4.65            
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.90            
 1948 25 DET AL  SS  117    211  346   17   63  .970  .964  4.76  4.85            
                 3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.90            
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.40            
 1949 26 DET AL  SS  120    240  364   22   92  .965  .963  5.03  4.79            
 1950 27 DET AL  SS  147    273  483   33  126  .958  .961  5.14  4.74            
 1951 28 DET AL  SS  125    244  364   33   80  .949  .961  4.86  4.72            
 1952 29 TOT AL  SS  108    198  319   10   65  .981  .962  4.79  4.29            
         DET AL  SS   39     80  101    4   12  .978  .962  4.64  4.29            
         BOS AL  SS   69    118  218    6   53  .982  .962  4.87  4.29            
                 3B    7      4   11    1    2  .938  .955  2.14  2.99            
 1953 30 BOS AL  SS   58     85  150   12   26  .951  .966  4.05  4.52            
         SLB AL  3B    6      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  2.93            
                 2B    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  5.10            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 25 DET AL  2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.40            
 1953 30 SLB AL  2B    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  5.10            

 1946 23 DET AL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.90            
 1948 25 DET AL  3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.90            
 1952 29 BOS AL  3B    7      4   11    1    2  .938  .955  2.14  2.99            
 1953 30 SLB AL  3B    6      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  2.93            

 1942 19 DET AL  SS   34     85  103   11   24  .945  .949  5.53  4.78            
 1946 23 DET AL  SS    8     14   14    2    5  .933  .952  3.50  4.65            
 1948 25 DET AL  SS  117    211  346   17   63  .970  .964  4.76  4.85            
 1949 26 DET AL  SS  120    240  364   22   92  .965  .963  5.03  4.79            
 1950 27 DET AL  SS  147    273  483   33  126  .958  .961  5.14  4.74            
 1951 28 DET AL  SS  125    244  364   33   80  .949  .961  4.86  4.72            
 1952 29 TOT AL  SS  108    198  319   10   65  .981  .962  4.79  4.29            
         DET AL  SS   39     80  101    4   12  .978  .962  4.64  4.29            
         BOS AL  SS   69    118  218    6   53  .982  .962  4.87  4.29            
 1953 30 BOS AL  SS   58     85  150   12   26  .951  .966  4.05  4.52            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS  717   1350 2143  140  481  .961  .962  4.87  4.68            
                 3B   15      5   17    1    2  .957  .952  1.47  2.95            
                 2B    2      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.00  5.25            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       734   1359 2160  141  483  .961  .962  4.79  4.64

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1950 AL-601-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1950 AL-701-5

Runs
1950 AL-104-10

Hits
1950 AL-176-7

Stolen Bases
1950 AL-9-5

Singles
1950 AL-141-4

Sac. Hits
1948 AL-13-7
1950 AL-18-2
1951 AL-11-7
1952 AL-14-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1950 AL-20-10

Caught Stealing
1950 AL-6-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1948 AL-20.8-7
1949 AL-18.3-10
1950 AL-23.1-6
1951 AL-18.0-9

Outs
1950 AL-469-4

Youngest Player
1942 AL-19-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1421) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2760) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1680) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
June 3, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Hoot Evers, George Kell, and Dizzy Trout to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky, and Don Lenhardt.
September 8, 1953: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.
February 5, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Groth to the Chicago White Sox for Neil Berry and Sam Mele.
April 18, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Grady Hatton.
April 29, 1954: Released by the Cincinnati Redlegs.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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At Bats 1950 AL-601-7	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1950 AL-701-5	Runs 1950 AL-104-10	Hits 1950 AL-176-7	Stolen Bases 1950 AL-9-5	Singles 1950 AL-141-4
Sac. Hits 1948 AL-13-7 1950 AL-18-2 1951 AL-11-7 1952 AL-14-6	Grounded into Double Plays 1950 AL-20-10	Caught Stealing 1950 AL-6-8	At Bats per Strikeout 1948 AL-20.8-7 1949 AL-18.3-10 1950 AL-23.1-6 1951 AL-18.0-9	Outs 1950 AL-469-4	Youngest Player 1942 AL-19-4