Bob Chipman

Full Name: Robert Howard Chipman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: September 28, 1941
Birthdate: October 11, 1918	Final Game: September 28, 1952
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: November 8, 1973
Deathplace: Huntington, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 11, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, Bob Chipman (Robert Howard Chipman) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves over the course of his 12 year career. Chipman broke into the bigs on September 28, 1941 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 165.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Chipman's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.65 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 61 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1941	BRO	N	1	0	1	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	0	0
1942	BRO	N	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	2	0	0
1943	BRO	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	2	0	0
1944	CHI	N	26	21	9	9	3.49	41	62	50	8	1	2	129	147	9	40	2	0
1944	BRO	N	11	3	3	1	4.21	20	19	17	1	0	0	36.1	38	1	24	2	0
1944	TOT	N	37	24	12	10	3.65	61	81	67	9	1	2	165.1	185	10	64	4	0
1945	CHI	N	25	10	4	5	3.50	29	37	28	3	1	0	72	63	4	34	1	1
1946	CHI	N	34	10	6	5	3.13	42	44	38	5	3	2	109.1	103	8	54	1	1
1947	CHI	N	32	17	7	6	3.68	51	58	55	5	1	0	134.2	135	6	66	1	0
1948	CHI	N	34	3	2	1	3.58	16	34	24	0	0	4	60.1	73	5	24	1	0
1949	CHI	N	38	11	7	8	3.97	46	65	50	3	1	1	113.1	110	7	63	3	2
1950	BOS	N	27	12	7	7	4.43	40	75	61	4	0	1	124	127	10	37	0	4
1951	BOS	N	33	0	4	3	4.85	17	29	28	0	0	4	52	59	5	19	2	2
1952	BOS	N	29	0	1	1	2.81	16	15	13	0	0	0	41.2	28	5	20	1	0
Total			293	87	51	46	3.72	322	438	364	29	7	14	880.2	889	60	386	14	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1941	BRO	N	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1942	BRO	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1943	BRO	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1944	CHI	N	P	26	3	24	1	2	.964
1944	BRO	N	P	11	2	8	1	0	.909
1944	TOT	N	P	37	5	32	2	2	.949
1945	CHI	N	P	25	4	16	1	1	.952
1946	CHI	N	P	34	10	15	1	3	.962
1947	CHI	N	P	32	5	32	0	2	1.000
1948	CHI	N	P	34	2	18	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	N	P	38	9	12	0	1	1.000
1950	BOS	N	P	27	5	12	2	0	.895
1951	BOS	N	P	33	9	5	0	1	1.000
1952	BOS	N	P	29	3	8	1	1	.917
Total			P	293	53	150	7	11	.967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1941	BRO	N	1	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0
1942	BRO	N	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1943	BRO	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1944	CHI	N	26	48	1	5	0	.104	.157	.104	0	3	11	0	2
1944	BRO	N	11	11	2	2	0	.182	.182	.182	0	0	3	2	0
1944	TOT	N	37	59	3	7	0	.119	.161	.119	0	3	14	2	2
1945	CHI	N	25	17	1	3	2	.176	.263	.235	1	2	4	3	0
1946	CHI	N	34	33	1	2	3	.061	.088	.061	0	1	17	1	0
1947	CHI	N	33	44	4	4	0	.091	.111	.091	0	1	16	3	1
1948	CHI	N	34	16	2	4	2	.250	.333	.250	0	2	4	0	0
1949	CHI	N	38	24	2	3	0	.125	.222	.125	0	3	5	3	0
1950	BOS	N	27	39	2	6	1	.154	.195	.154	0	2	12	1	1
1951	BOS	N	33	10	0	1	2	.100	.100	.100	0	0	6	0	0
1952	BOS	N	29	5	2	2	0	.400	.500	.400	0	1	2	0	0
Total			294	250	18	32	10	.128	.177	.132	1	15	82	13	4

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Brooklyn Dodgers with Lester Burge for $70000 (August 6, 1941).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Eddie Stanky (June 6, 1944).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Boston Braves (April 18, 1950).

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