Johnny Lipon

Full Name: John Joseph Lipon	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: August 16, 1942
Birthdate: November 10, 1922	Final Game: April 25, 1954
Birthplace: Martins Ferry, Ohio	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: August 17, 1998
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Johnny Lipon (John Joseph Lipon) was born on November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on August 16, 1942 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .191 with 0 home runs and 9 RBI. Lipon played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Lipon's best season was 1950, when he hit for a .293 average and knocked in 63 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1942	DET	A	34	131	5	25	0	9	.191	.232	.206	2	0	7	7	0	2	1	1
1946	DET	A	14	20	4	6	0	1	.300	.440	.300	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0
1948	DET	A	121	458	65	133	5	52	.290	.384	.397	18	8	68	22	2	13	4	9
1949	DET	A	127	439	57	110	3	59	.251	.362	.330	14	6	75	24	2	9	2	16
1950	DET	A	147	601	104	176	2	63	.293	.378	.368	27	6	81	26	1	18	9	20
1951	DET	A	129	487	56	129	0	38	.265	.335	.300	15	1	49	27	2	11	7	7
1952	DET	A	39	136	17	30	0	12	.221	.303	.279	4	2	16	6	0	2	3	3
1952	BOS	A	79	234	25	48	0	18	.205	.301	.248	8	1	32	20	0	12	1	4
1952	TOT	A	118	370	42	78	0	30	.211	.301	.259	12	3	48	26	0	14	4	7
1953	STL	A	7	9	0	2	0	1	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1953	BOS	A	60	145	18	31	0	13	.214	.283	.262	7	0	14	16	0	7	1	5
1953	TOT	A	67	154	18	33	0	14	.214	.280	.260	7	0	14	17	0	7	1	5
1954	CIN	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		757	2660	351	690	10	266	.259	.346	.324	95	24	347	152	7	74	28	65
Total			758	2661	351	690	10	266	.259	.346	.324	95	24	347	152	7	74	28	65

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1942	DET	A	SS	34	85	103	11	24	.945
1946	DET	A	SS	8	14	14	2	5	.933
1946	DET	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1948	DET	A	SS	117	211	346	17	63	.970
1948	DET	A	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1948	DET	A	2B	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	DET	A	SS	120	240	364	22	92	.965
1950	DET	A	SS	147	273	483	33	126	.958
1951	DET	A	SS	125	244	364	33	80	.949
1952	DET	A	SS	39	80	101	4	12	.978
1952	BOS	A	SS	69	118	218	6	53	.982
1952	BOS	A	3B	7	4	11	1	2	.938
1952	TOT	A	SS	108	198	319	10	65	.981
1953	STL	A	2B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
1953	STL	A	3B	6	0	4	0	0	1.000
1953	BOS	A	SS	58	85	150	12	26	.951
Total			SS	717	1350	2143	140	481	.961
Total			2B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	15	5	17	1	2	.957

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1941).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dizzy Trout, George Kell and Hoot Evers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt (June 3, 1952).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns (September 8, 1953).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Groth to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Neil Berry and Sam Mele (February 5, 1954).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Grady Hatton (April 18, 1954).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (April 29, 1954).

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