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: 13-17 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	84	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-6		99	5.1	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	3.38	3.62	27	7	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	-0.019	1.93	-0.01%	0.42	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
2	85	7	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	9	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.03	3.85	34	7	11	0	0	9	63			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.342	.83	0.18%	3.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
3	86	12	Apr 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1.77	3.85	27	9	10	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.351	1.13	0.20%	2.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
4	87	16	Apr 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	6	4	4	4	6	1	0	2.60	4.06	30	9	11	6	0	0	52			2	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.17	-0.083	1.11	-0.05%	-0.56	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out tie
5	88	21	Apr 29	BOS	@	SEA	W,11-5	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	2	0	2.86	4.60	28	15	5	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.054	.12	0.02%	1.05	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a8
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
6	89	25	May 3	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-11	GS-5	L(3-1)	3	4.2	3	5	4	4	1	2	0	3.43	5.31	21	9	4	0	0	3	37			2	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.256	.46	-0.07%	-2.44	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d4
7	90	29	May 9	BOS		CAL	L,1-8	GS-4	L(3-2)	5	3.1	6	6	6	2	2	1	1	4.43	5.54	19	7	7	1	0	0	24			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.247	.50	-0.11%	-2.73	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
8	91	33	May 13	BOS		SEA	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.20	5.20	26	13	11	6	0	0	54			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.162	.80	0.07%	1.46	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
9	92	37	May 18	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-3)	4	8.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.24	5.16	31	15	9	3	0	1	56			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.087	.62	-0.03%	0.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
10	93	41	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-9	GS-2	L(3-4)	4	1.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.58	5.14	11	2	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.198	.50	-0.05%	-2.13	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
11	94	44	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS-8	W(4-4)	2	7.1	11	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.34	5.13	32	12	8	0	1	11	47			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.224	.19	0.04%	2.25	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a5
12	95	49	May 31	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-9	GS-2		4	1.1	7	9	9	2	1	2	1	5.45	5.58	15	3	1	1	0	7	3			2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.477	.28	-0.11%	-8.18	1b start tie	2b --- 1 out d7
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
13	96	54	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	0	5.30	5.38	28	8	12	2	0	1	58			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.048	.57	-0.01%	0.53	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
14	97	59	Jun 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,15-4	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	7	4	4	2	3	2	0	5.16	5.42	36	12	12	1	0	7	58			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	1	.48	0.083	.17	0.02%	0.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
15	98	63	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-3	L(5-6)	5	2.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.42	5.37	15	6	2	0	1	6	29			0	0	0	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.215	.18	-0.03%	-2.60	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
16	99	67	Jun 20	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	5	4	4	5	5	1	0	5.29	5.33	37	12	15	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.72	0.066	.09	0.01%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	100	74	Jun 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(7-6)	7	9.0	5	2	1	2	8	0	1	4.92	5.05	36	8	12	0	2	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.97	0.215	.21	0.03%	2.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
18	101	78	Jul 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-8	L(7-7)	3	7.0	10	5	5	2	4	1	0	5.01	5.01	32	10	15	7	0	1	39			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.134	.31	-0.02%	-0.77	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
19	102	83	Jul 7	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-9	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	4.1	4	7	5	3	3	1	0	5.21	5.07	20	4	9	3	0	1	31			2	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.199	.15	-0.02%	-3.77	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d5
20	103	88	Jul 12	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-6	GS-3	L(7-9)	4	2.1	5	4	4	2	0	1	1	5.42	5.21	14	4	2	1	0	5	29			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.231	.12	-0.02%	-3.26	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
21	104	92	Jul 19	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	GS-5		6	4.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.44	5.17	22	6	11	3	0	0	38			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.215	.06	-0.01%	-1.44	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d1
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
22	105	115	Aug 14(2)	BOS		TEX	L,4-9	GS-8	L(7-10)	25	7.2	13	6	3	1	2	1	0	5.33	5.12	36	14	18	8	0	1	36			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	1	.66	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d2
23	106	119	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,14-8	GS-5	W(8-10)	3	5.0	8	5	4	3	1	0	0	5.40	5.09	26	8	6	0	0	8	31			5	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
24	107	125	Aug 25	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	GS-5		6	4.1	7	3	3	1	4	1	1	5.43	5.10	21	6	2	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
25	108	131	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-2	L(8-11)	7	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.62	5.18	11	1	7	3	0	1	29			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d4
26	109	137	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	GS-6	W(9-11)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	5.45	5.16	24	6	9	2	0	1	64			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.175	.00	0.00%	2.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
27	110	143	Sep 15	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-3		6	2.1	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	5.73	5.24	16	5	7	1	0	1	18			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1b start a 5	3b 12- 1 out a1
28	111	149	Sep 21	BOS		DET	W,9-4	GS-8	W(10-11)	5	7.2	8	4	2	4	3	2	0	5.56	5.33	35	12	8	2	0	8	50			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	1	2	.50	0.170	.00	0.00%	0.02	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a5
29	112	154	Sep 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-12)	4	8.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	0	5.45	5.22	32	10	7	0	0	9	58			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	113	159	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	W(11-12)	4	9.0	5	5	5	2	8	3	1	5.43	5.28	35	9	12	2	0	3	63			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							13-17		W-L:11-12	4.4	174.0	196	115	105	62	89	30	7	5.43	5.28	777	0.99		11%	1%	119	45		---%	22	5	0	691	46	6	1	12	9	8	.89	-1.534	.35	0.02%	-19.79

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