Johnny Lipon

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 10, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: August 17, 1998 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Chadsey HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: August 16, 1942 (Age 19-279d, 9,268th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1954 (Age 31-166d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Joseph Lipon

Nicknames: Skids

Pronunciation: \LIPP-on\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

2661

690

.259

350

RBI

266

OBP

.346

SLG

.324

OPS

.671

OPS+

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	2	6	2
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 27	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	2	2	1	5	1
9	9	Apr 28	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
13	13	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	GS	48	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	16	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	13.0	3	9	0	12	2
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
18	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
19	19	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
21	27 (6)	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
22	28	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	29	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
24	30	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
25	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
26	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	11.2	3	5	1	9	1
27	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
28	34	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
29	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	36	May 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
31	37	May 28	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	38	May 29	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
33	39	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
34	40	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	41	Jun 1	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	42	Jun 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	3	1	5	1
37	43	Jun 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
39	45	Jun 5 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
40	46	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
42	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
44	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	51	Jun 11	DET		WSH	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
46	52	Jun 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	6	7	1	14	2
47	53	Jun 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	54	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	55	Jun 15	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
50	56	Jun 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	57	Jun 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	58	Jun 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	59	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	60	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	7	1	11	1
55	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
56	62	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	7	4	0	11	3
57	63	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
58	64	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
59	65	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
61	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
62	68	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	69	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	0	4	0	4	0
64	70	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	71	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
67	73	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
68	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
70	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
71	77	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	57	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	78	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	79	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
75	81	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	82	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
77	83	Jul 15	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
78	84	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
79	85	Jul 17 (1)	DET		PHA	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
80	86	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
81	87	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,8-13	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
82	88	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
83	89	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
84	90	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	91	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	92	Jul 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	93	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	3	4	0	7	2
88	94	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	97	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	98	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
93	99	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
94	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
95	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	102	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
97	103	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	104	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
99	105	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
100	106	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
101	107	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
102	108	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
106	116 (4)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
107	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	118	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
109	119	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	120	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS	0	7.2	2	2	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	143 (22)	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
112	144	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	7	0	8	2
113	145	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
114	146	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	147	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
116	148	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
117	149	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
118	150	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	10	3.0	1	2	0	3	1
119	151	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
120	152	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
							120gm		1072.0	240	364	22	626	92