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Johnny Lipon

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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