George Pipgras

Full Name: George William Pipgras	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185	First Game: June 9, 1923
Birthdate: December 20, 1899	Final Game: June 2, 1935
Birthplace: Ida Grove, Iowa	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: October 19, 1986
Deathplace: Gainesville, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 20, 1899 in Ida Grove, Iowa, George Pipgras (George William Pipgras) played for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Pipgras broke into the bigs on June 9, 1923 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 166.1 innings pitched in 1927, his rookie year.

Most people believe that George Pipgras's best season was 1928, when he posted a 3.38 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 139 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1923	NY	A	8	2	1	3	5.94	12	22	22	2	0	0	33.1	34	2	25	4	1
1924	NY	A	9	1	0	1	9.98	4	18	17	0	0	1	15.1	20	0	18	4	4
1927	NY	A	29	21	10	3	4.11	81	81	76	9	1	0	166.1	148	2	77	4	1
1928	NY	A	46	38	24	13	3.38	139	132	113	22	4	3	300.2	314	4	103	5	3
1929	NY	A	39	33	18	12	4.23	125	132	106	13	3	0	225.1	229	16	95	4	5
1930	NY	A	44	30	15	15	4.11	111	133	101	15	3	4	221	230	9	70	4	8
1931	NY	A	36	14	7	6	3.79	59	73	58	6	1	3	137.2	134	8	58	3	2
1932	NY	A	32	27	16	9	4.19	111	120	102	14	2	0	219	235	15	87	6	6
1933	NY	A	4	4	2	2	3.27	14	13	12	3	0	0	33	32	1	12	0	0
1933	BOS	A	22	17	9	8	4.07	56	65	58	9	2	1	128.1	140	5	45	0	2
1933	TOT	A	26	21	11	10	3.90	70	78	70	12	2	1	161.1	172	6	57	0	2
1934	BOS	A	2	1	0	0	8.10	0	3	3	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	3	2	0
1935	BOS	A	5	1	0	1	14.40	2	9	8	0	0	0	5	9	3	5	0	1
Total			276	189	102	73	4.09	714	801	676	93	16	12	1488.1	1529	66	598	36	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1923	NY	A	P	8	0	8	0	0	1.000
1924	NY	A	P	9	1	9	0	0	1.000
1927	NY	A	P	29	6	33	1	1	.975
1928	NY	A	P	46	7	49	4	2	.933
1929	NY	A	P	39	4	30	1	2	.971
1930	NY	A	P	44	12	30	5	1	.894
1931	NY	A	P	36	2	20	2	0	.917
1932	NY	A	P	32	9	35	7	1	.863
1933	NY	A	P	4	2	10	0	1	1.000
1933	BOS	A	P	22	6	15	2	2	.913
1933	TOT	A	P	26	8	25	2	3	.943
1934	BOS	A	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
1935	BOS	A	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	276	49	242	22	10	.930

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1923	NY	A	8	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	0	0	1	4	0	0
1924	NY	A	9	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0
1927	NY	A	29	67	4	16	1	6	.239	.261	.328	1	1	2	17	0	2
1928	NY	A	46	115	7	18	0	5	.157	.192	.191	4	0	4	28	1	6
1929	NY	A	39	84	6	12	0	5	.143	.191	.167	2	0	5	19	0	4
1930	NY	A	44	80	10	12	1	12	.150	.218	.225	3	0	6	16	1	6
1931	NY	A	36	41	1	1	0	0	.024	.048	.024	0	0	1	12	0	1
1932	NY	A	32	82	4	18	0	10	.220	.238	.256	1	1	2	19	0	5
1933	NY	A	4	11	1	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	0	0	1	3	0	0
1933	BOS	A	22	46	4	9	0	4	.196	.245	.196	0	0	3	10	0	2
1933	TOT	A	26	57	5	10	0	4	.175	.230	.175	0	0	4	13	0	2
1934	BOS	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	BOS	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			276	539	37	88	2	42	.163	.203	.202	11	2	25	129	2	27

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Harvey Hendrick to New York Yankees in exchange for Al DeVormer and cash (January 3, 1923).
Sold by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox with Billy Werber for $100000 (May 12, 1933).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 2, 1935).

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