Bob Kipper

Full Name: Robert Wayne Kipper	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: April 12, 1985
Birthdate: July 8, 1964	Final Game: July 27, 1992
Birthplace: Aurora, Illinois	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on July 8, 1964 in Aurora, Illinois, Bob Kipper (Robert Wayne Kipper) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 8 year career. Kipper broke into the bigs on April 12, 1985 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.03 ERA in 114 innings pitched in 1986, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Kipper's best season was 1989, when he posted a 2.93 ERA and struck out 58 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1985	PIT	N	5	4	1	2	5.11	13	16	14	0	0	0	24.2	21	4	7	0	0	0
1985	CAL	A	2	1	0	1	21.60	0	8	8	0	0	0	3.1	7	1	3	0	0	0
1985	Total		7	5	1	3	7.07	13	24	22	0	0	0	28	28	5	10	0	0	0
1986	PIT	N	20	19	6	8	4.03	81	60	51	0	0	0	114	123	17	34	3	3	2
1987	PIT	N	24	20	5	9	5.94	83	74	73	1	1	0	110.2	117	25	52	4	5	2
1988	PIT	N	50	0	2	6	3.74	39	33	27	0	0	0	65	54	7	26	4	1	2
1989	PIT	N	52	0	3	4	2.93	58	29	27	0	0	4	83	55	5	33	6	5	0
1990	PIT	N	41	1	5	2	3.02	35	24	21	0	0	3	62.2	44	7	26	1	1	3
1991	PIT	N	52	0	2	2	4.65	38	34	31	0	0	4	60	66	7	22	3	0	0
1992	MIN	A	25	0	3	3	4.42	22	23	19	0	0	0	38.2	40	8	14	3	1	3
Total	NL		244	44	24	33	4.22	347	270	244	1	1	11	520	480	72	200	21	15	9
Total	AL		27	1	3	4	5.79	22	31	27	0	0	0	42	47	9	17	3	1	3
Total			271	45	27	37	4.34	369	301	271	1	1	11	562	527	81	217	24	16	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1985	PIT	N	P	5	4	24.2	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	.833
1985	CAL	A	P	2	1	3.1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1985	Total		P	7	5	28	1	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	.857
1986	PIT	N	P	20	19	114	1	15	1	0	2	14	8	1	.941
1987	PIT	N	P	24	20	110.2	3	16	0	1	1	17	6	3	1.000
1988	PIT	N	P	50	0	65	4	16	0	1	0	8	9	7	1.000
1989	PIT	N	P	52	0	83	3	10	2	1	0	8	0	0	.867
1990	PIT	N	P	41	1	62.2	5	8	0	0	0	5	3	1	1.000
1991	PIT	N	P	52	0	60	1	6	2	0	0	7	4	0	.778
1992	MIN	A	P	25	0	38.2	0	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	1.000
Total			P	271	45	562	18	82	6	4	3	65	32	12	.943

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1985	PIT	N	5	8	1	2	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	3	0	2	0
1985	CAL	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	Total		7	8	1	2	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	3	0	2	0
1986	PIT	N	21	33	0	1	1	.030	.059	.030	0	1	11	0	3	0
1987	PIT	N	26	33	3	8	0	.242	.242	.303	2	0	12	0	3	0
1988	PIT	N	50	4	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	0	1	1	1
1989	PIT	N	52	9	1	1	1	.111	.200	.111	0	1	2	0	1	1
1990	PIT	N	41	7	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	2	0	0	0
1991	PIT	N	52	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1992	MIN	A	25	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		247	95	6	13	2	.137	.163	.158	2	2	30	1	11	2
Total	AL		27	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			274	95	6	13	2	.137	.163	.158	2	2	30	1	11	2

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Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982).
Traded by California Angels to Pittsburgh Pirates (August 16, 1985) completing trade in which California Angels traded Pat Clements, Mike Brown and a player to be named later to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for John Candelaria, Al Holland and George Hendrick (August 2, 1985).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1991).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 17, 1991).
Released by Minnesota Twins (July 31, 1992).

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