Johnny Lipon

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: August 17, 1998 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Chadsey HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: August 16, 1942 (Age 19-279d, 9,268th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1954 (Age 31-166d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Joseph Lipon

Nicknames: Skids

Pronunciation: \LIPP-on\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

2661

690

.259

350

RBI

266

OBP

.346

SLG

.324

OPS

.671

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-31 / in Starts: 24-23
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	57 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 175 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	128 (62-48-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 175 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	112 (59-35-17)

Most Driven In
S White	3
T Umphlett	3
J Piersall	2
G Stephens	2
H Evers	1
M Parnell	1
D Lenhardt	1
F Baker	1

Most Driven In By
B Goodman	7
H Evers	2
B Consolo	2
G Stephens	2
W Nixon	1
J Piersall	1
D Gernert	1
H Brown	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	691	36 (35)	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.82	-0.080	7.84	-0.13%	-0.24	PH
2	692	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	.66	-0.006	1.44	-0.01%	-0.33	SS
3	693	40	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	7	1.91	-0.215	4.40	-0.30%	-1.48	SS
4	694	41	May 31 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	7	1.12	-0.046	2.42	-0.06%	-0.61	SS
5	695	42	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	8	.93	-0.086	1.85	-0.10%	-1.01	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	696	43	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	8	.41	0.021	.70	0.02%	0.09	SS
7	697	44	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	8	1.75	-0.168	2.42	-0.14%	-1.27	SS
8	698	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.190	.372	8	.58	-0.014	.90	-0.01%	-0.16	SS
9	699	46	Jun 6 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	8	.45	0.019	.48	0.01%	0.12	SS
10	700	52 (5)	Jun 10 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.120	.241	.160	.401	8	1.15	-0.057	1.24	-0.04%	-0.54	SS
11	701	53	Jun 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.138	.242	.207	.449	8	.39	0.078	.42	0.05%	2.28	SS
12	702	54	Jun 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.212	.297	.303	.600	8	.76	0.158	1.00	0.13%	1.23	SS
13	703	55	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.282	.286	.568	8	1.51	-0.086	1.94	-0.07%	-0.85	SS
14	704	56	Jun 14 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.278	.553	2	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.24	PH
15	705	57	Jun 14 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.302	.308	.610	8	1.43	-0.010	1.29	-0.01%	0.11	SS
16	706	58	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.311	.317	.628	8	1.04	-0.044	.64	-0.02%	-0.54	SS
17	707	59	Jun 17	BOS		DET	W,17-1	GS-8	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.327	.356	.682	8	.40	0.048	.23	0.02%	0.69	SS
18	708	60	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,23-3	CG	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.364	.367	.731	8	.76	0.108	.44	0.04%	1.90	SS
19	709	61	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.264	.339	.340	.679	8	.79	-0.017	.42	-0.01%	-0.59	SS
20	710	62	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.349	.339	.688	8	1.04	0.089	.71	0.04%	0.56	SS
21	711	63	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.344	.333	.677	8	.76	-0.019	.62	-0.01%	-0.79	SS
22	712	64	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.254	.333	.322	.655	8	1.33	-0.098	1.08	-0.05%	-0.78	SS
23	713	65	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.338	.317	.655	8	1.40	-0.043	1.07	-0.02%	-0.43	SS
24	714	66	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.329	.306	.635	8	1.68	-0.096	1.40	-0.05%	-0.78	SS
25	715	68 (1)	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.315	.292	.607	8	1.12	-0.083	1.23	-0.06%	-0.72	SS
26	716	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.315	.292	.607	7						SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	717	74 (4)	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.315	.292	.607	8						SS
28	718	93 (18)	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	5-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.307	.284	.590	8	1.44	-0.081	1.29	-0.04%	-0.73	PR SS
29	719	94	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.288	.264	.551	8	.22	-0.028	.26	-0.02%	-1.70	SS
30	720	95	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.274	.250	.524	8	.32	-0.011	.41	-0.01%	-0.35	SS
31	721	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	8	1.70	0.104	3.10	0.11%	0.13	SS
32	722	97	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.280	.241	.521	8	.55	0.006	1.02	0.01%	0.05	SS
33	723	98	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	.198	.281	.256	.537	8	.94	0.083	2.04	0.11%	1.53	SS
34	724	99	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.202	.283	.258	.541	8	.80	0.037	1.57	0.04%	0.29	SS
35	725	100	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.275	.250	.525	8	.91	-0.073	1.34	-0.07%	-0.78	SS
36	726	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.274	.250	.524	8	.32	-0.034	.33	-0.02%	-0.78	SS
37	727	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.202	.282	.263	.544	1	1.34	0.110	1.00	0.05%	1.14	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	728	103	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.281	.262	.543	7	.60	-0.047	.33	-0.02%	-0.69	SS
39	729	104	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.282	.264	.546	7	1.07	-0.027	.57	-0.01%	-0.28	SS
40	730	105	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.229	.300	.284	.584	8	1.35	0.240	.44	0.05%	2.24	SS
41	731	106	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.279	.574	8	.93	-0.069	.16	-0.01%	-0.71	SS
42	732	107	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.304	.292	.596	8	.43	0.030	.07	0.00%	0.58	SS
43	733	108	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.308	.284	.592	8	2.36	-0.208	.36	-0.02%	-0.92	SS
44	734	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.218	.301	.277	.578	8	1.39	-0.096	.14	-0.01%	-1.69	SS
45	735	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.294	.270	.565	8	.87	-0.067	.09	0.00%	-0.73	SS
46	736	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8	.65	-0.045	.08	0.00%	-0.78	SS
47	737	113 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8						SS
48	738	114	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8						SS
49	739	115	Aug 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	7-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8	3.43	-0.024	.38	0.00%	-0.21	SS
50	740	116	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8						SS
51	741	121 (4)	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.290	.266	.556	8						SS
52	742	124 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.288	.264	.552	7	.13	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.23	SS
53	743	125	Aug 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.286	.262	.548	9	.64	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.23	SS
54	744	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.287	.264	.550	8	1.75	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.46	SS
55	745	130 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.285	.262	.546	9	.77	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.10	SS
56	746	132 (1)	Aug 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.284	.261	.545	9	.82	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.43	SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	747	133	Sep 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.283	.261	.544	9	.30	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.63	SS
58	748	134	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.288	.268	.556	8	.67	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.96	SS
59	749	135	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.285	.264	.549	8	.47	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.39	SS
60	750	136	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.283	.262	.545	8	.99	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.24	SS
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns
61	751	142	Sep 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.283	.262	.545	5						3B
62	752	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.281	.260	.542	8	1.83	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.17	2B
63	753	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.281	.260	.542	5						PR 3B
64	754	147 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.281	.260	.542	5						PR 3B
65	755	148	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.280	.259	.538	4	.05	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PR 3B
66	756	151 (2)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.279	.258	.537	7	.72	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.14	3B
67	757	152	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.280	.260	.540	8	.81	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.60	3B
							36-31		175	154	18	33	7	0	0	14	14	1	17	0	7		5	5	1	0	.214	.280	.260	.540		.95	-0.880	.85	-0.62%	-9.60

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