Al Nipper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 188lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: April 2, 1959 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Truman State University (Kirksville, MO).

High School: Hazelwood West HS (Hazelwood, MO)

School: Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)

Debut: September 6, 1983 (Age 24-157d, 14,820th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1990 (Age 31-105d)
vs. OAK 3.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Steve Comte

Full Name: Albert Samuel Nipper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.52

144

124

797.2

381

WHIP

1.440

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-13 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	33	8	Apr 17	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	7	5	0	3	3	1	0	0.00	5.68	26	7	6	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	1	0	1	.62	-0.224	.72	-0.16%	-3.16	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d5
2	34	14	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-3		6	2.0	4	6	6	2	0	1	1	7.36	7.87	13	4	2	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.348	1.32	-0.31%	-3.99	1b start a 4	3b 12- 0 out a2
3	35	17	Apr 27	BOS		KCR	L,4-5	GS-7		2	6.2	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	6.43	5.40	29	11	6	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.043	1.43	0.03%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	36	22	May 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.2	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.57	4.90	29	9	11	1	0	4	64			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	0.418	1.01	0.20%	2.98	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
5	37	28	May 10	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8		7	7.2	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.60	4.76	32	11	7	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	2	0	0	.94	-0.110	1.10	-0.08%	0.92	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
6	38	32	May 15	BOS		SEA	L,1-7	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.1	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	5.05	5.77	27	7	6	1	0	4	45			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.169	.88	-0.09%	-0.83	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
7	39	36	May 20	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	5.1	5	5	5	2	3	0	1	5.49	5.44	24	5	8	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.045	.72	-0.02%	-0.73	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
8	40	41	May 25	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-10	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	6	6	6	6	1	0	1	6.15	5.60	25	6	5	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	16	1	1	1	0	1	0	.90	-0.373	.46	-0.12%	-4.35	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
9	41	46	May 31	BOS		TEX	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-5)	5	8.0	8	2	1	3	4	1	0	5.40	5.42	33	11	8	0	0	7	61			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.122	.67	0.04%	2.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	42	51	Jun 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-8	W(2-5)	6	8.0	6	4	4	3	2	2	0	5.28	5.57	33	10	12	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.044	.65	0.02%	-0.04	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a3
11	43	56	Jun 12	BOS		MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	10	2	1	2	5	0	0	4.73	5.14	37	14	6	1	0	10	64			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.261	.68	0.15%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	44	61	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	4.42	4.86	35	10	10	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.285	1.48	0.31%	2.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	45	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS-5		4	4.0	6	3	3	5	3	1	0	4.54	5.02	23	5	4	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.169	1.84	-0.17%	-1.27	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out d1
14	46	70	Jun 26	BOS		DET	L,0-3	GS-5	L(4-6)	3	4.2	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.60	5.08	22	7	4	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.114	1.13	-0.09%	-1.14	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	47	84	Jul 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-1	GS-6	W(5-6)	14	5.1	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	4.44	5.05	23	5	7	1	0	1	60			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.222	.42	0.05%	1.14	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a5
16	48	91	Jul 21	BOS		CAL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(6-6)	9	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.31	4.83	30	9	6	3	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.182	.59	0.06%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
17	49	96	Jul 26	BOS		SEA	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	7.2	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.17	4.70	32	11	8	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.271	.59	0.13%	1.80	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	50	101	Aug 1(1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	GS-3	L(7-7)	5	2.2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.31	4.72	15	2	6	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.215	.37	-0.05%	-1.92	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d2
19	51	111	Aug 12	BOS		KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(7-8)	10	9.0	7	3	2	1	7	0	1	4.14	4.50	36	12	8	0	0	7	69			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.90	0.058	.08	0.00%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
20	52	115	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-9)	4	7.1	8	3	3	5	3	0	2	4.11	4.51	36	9	9	0	0	8	48			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.069	.04	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out d2
21	53	129	Aug 31(2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-3	L(7-10)	13	2.1	6	5	5	3	2	1	1	4.38	4.64	17	2	3	0	0	6	24			1	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.338	.00	0.00%	-4.34	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	54	136	Sep 7(2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	GS-8	W(8-10)	6	7.2	9	4	4	6	2	0	0	4.40	4.63	35	8	10	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	2	1	0	1.32	0.198	.00	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
23	55	141	Sep 12	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	L(8-11)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.32	4.62	37	12	8	1	0	8	58			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	56	147	Sep 18	BOS		TOR	W,13-1	CG	W(9-11)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.12	4.44	31	10	10	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.190	.00	0.00%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
25	57	152	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-6	GS-7	L(9-12)	5	7.0	6	4	2	7	4	0	0	4.06	4.44	33	9	7	0	0	6	50			1	2	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
							12-13		W-L:9-12	4.7	162.0	157	83	73	82	85	14	9	4.06	4.44	713	1.16		3%	0%	154	49		---%	6	5	2	614	34	5	3	18	4	7	.94	0.115	.61	-0.07%	1.24

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