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Al Nipper

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Full Name: Albert Samuel Nipper Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/188 First Game: September 6, 1983
Birthdate: April 2, 1959 Final Game: July 16, 1990
Birthplace: San Diego, California MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 2, 1959 in San Diego, California, Al Nipper (Albert Samuel Nipper) played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Nipper broke into the bigs on September 6, 1983 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.89 ERA in 182.2 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Al Nipper's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.89 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 84 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1983 BOS A 3 2 1 1 2.25 5 4 4 1 0 0 16 17 0 7 0 0 1
1984 BOS A 29 24 11 6 3.89 84 86 79 6 0 0 182.2 183 18 52 1 7 7
1985 BOS A 25 25 9 12 4.06 85 83 73 5 0 0 162 157 14 82 3 3 9
1986 BOS A 26 26 10 12 5.38 79 108 95 3 0 0 159 186 24 47 2 1 4
1987 BOS A 30 30 11 12 5.43 89 115 105 6 0 0 174 196 30 62 1 5 7
1988 CHI N 22 12 2 4 3.04 27 37 27 0 0 1 80 72 9 34 2 1 3
1990 CLE A 9 5 2 3 6.75 12 19 18 0 0 0 24 35 2 19 0 6 2
Total NL 22 12 2 4 3.04 27 37 27 0 0 1 80 72 9 34 2 1 3
Total AL 122 112 44 46 4.69 354 415 374 21 0 0 717.2 774 88 269 7 22 30
Total 144 124 46 50 4.52 381 452 401 21 0 1 797.2 846 97 303 9 23 33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1983 BOS A P 3 2 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1.000
1984 BOS A P 29 24 182.2 28 31 1 0 0 0 11 7 2 .983
1985 BOS A P 25 25 162 24 28 5 4 0 0 6 5 3 .912
1986 BOS A P 26 26 159 28 28 1 4 0 6 3 6 0 .982
1987 BOS A P 30 30 174 20 27 2 2 0 4 22 5 0 .959
1988 CHI N P 22 12 80 4 7 1 1 0 3 5 4 1 .917
1990 CLE A P 9 5 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
Total P 144 124 797.2 106 124 10 12 0 13 53 31 6 .958

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1983 BOS A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BOS A 29 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BOS A 25 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS A 26 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BOS A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHI N 22 23 0 2 0 0 .087 .087 .130 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1
1990 CLE A 9 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 22 23 0 2 0 0 .087 .087 .130 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1
Total AL 122 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 144 23 0 2 0 0 .087 .087 .130 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Calvin Schiraldi to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Lee Smith (December 8, 1987).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (March 28, 1989).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 20, 1990).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (October 4, 1990).

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