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Thornton Kipper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: September 27, 1928 in Bagley, WI us

Died: March 29, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Bagley HS (Bagley, WI)

School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)

Debut: June 7, 1953 (Age 24-253d, 11,029th in major league history)
vs. MLN 6.2 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 17, 1955 (Age 26-293d)
vs. CHC 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Thornton John Kipper

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

5.27

99.0

WHIP

1.758

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	8 (1)	Apr 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	12 (3)	Apr 24 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-6		13	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	16 (3)	Apr 30	PHI		MLN	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (1)	May 1 susp	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	20 (1)	May 3	PHI		CIN	L,5-7		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	23 (2)	May 7	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24	May 8	PHI		BRO	L,8-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	26 (1)	May 11	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	27	May 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28	May 15 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	30 (1)	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31	May 18 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (1)	May 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	34	May 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42 (7)	May 29 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-11		14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	49 (6)	Jun 4	PHI		MLN	L,3-11		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	62 (12)	Jun 19 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	66 (3)	Jun 23	PHI	@	STL	L,1-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	68 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	69	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-16		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	74 (4)	Jul 2	PHI		NYG	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-11		17	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	89 (12)	Jul 17 susp	PHI		CHC	W,8-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							24gm		39.2	1	5	0	6	0