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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		SLB	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
3	4 (1)	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
4	6 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	7	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
6	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	2	7	0	SS
7	9	Apr 26	DET		CLE	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
8	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	11	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
11	13	May 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
12	14	May 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
13	15	May 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
14	16	May 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	4	3	0	7	1	SS
15	17	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
16	18	May 7	DET	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
17	19	May 8	DET	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	52	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
18	20	May 9	DET		CHW	L,5-8	CG	77	16.0	1	8	1	10	0	SS
19	21	May 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	22	May 11 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
21	23	May 11 (2)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
22	24	May 13	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
23	25	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
24	26	May 15	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
25	27	May 16	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	28	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	29	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
28	30	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
29	31	May 23	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
30	32	May 25 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	33	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
32	34	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
33	35	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
35	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	1	SS
36	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	56	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39	Jun 1 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	4	3	0	7	1	SS
38	40	Jun 1 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	41	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox
40	42	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
41	52 (9)	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	54 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
43	58 (3)	Jun 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
44	62 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	70 (7)	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	75 (4)	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
47	76	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		DET	W,16-6	GF	11	2.0	0	2	1	3	1	PR 3B
48	79 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-5	GF	26	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	PR SS
49	80	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
50	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
51	82	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
52	83	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
53	84	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	85	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
55	86	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	87	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	54	13.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
58	89	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
59	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
60	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
61	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
62	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
63	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
64	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	96	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
66	97	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
68	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
69	100	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
70	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
71	102	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS	34	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
72	103	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
73	104	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	105	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	106	Aug 12	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
76	107	Aug 13	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
77	108	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
78	109	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
79	110	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
80	111	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
81	112	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
82	113	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
83	114	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
84	115	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-18	CG	52	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
85	116	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
86	117	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	118	Aug 23	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	119	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
89	120	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
90	121	Aug 26	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
91	122	Aug 27	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
92	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	124	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
94	125	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	GF	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
96	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
98	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
99	132 (2)	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
100	133	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
101	134	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
102	135	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
103	136	Sep 7	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
104	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	4	6	0	10	3	SS
105	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
106	140 (1)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
107	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
108	142	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	42	9.2	3	3	0	6	2	SS
109	148 (5)	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
110	149	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
111	150	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
112	151	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	152	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	153	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	154	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
							115gm		950.1	202	330	11	543	67