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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2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[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.

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[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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