Wally Pipp

First Base

1913—1928

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#97

Player Detail

Walter Clement
GIVEN NAME
Pipp
SURNAME
February 17, 1893, in Chicago, IL
BORN
January 11, 1965, in Grand Rapids, MI, USA
DIED
1913—1928
Playing Career
Played from 20-35
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
1923
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
June 29, 1913
Major League Debut
September 30, 1928
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Wally Pipp?

Had a headache, sat out a game, lost his job to Lou Gehrig.
  • Wally Pipp Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1872
1941
90
1004
.281

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
27.4
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.749
.776
96.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.281
.341
.408

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Joe Harris
George Sisler
Joe Judge
George Burns

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.289
.352
.420

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Wally Schang
Lou Gehrig
Hughie Critz
Roger Peckinpaugh
Home Run Baker
Bob Meusel
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Bob Shawkey
Eppa Rixey
Miller Huggins

Wally Pipp Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Pipp
530
149
75
24
11
7
77
46
42
10
216
198
.281
.341
.408
749
AVG 1B
530
157
74
27
9
6
47
39
12
221
209
.296
.358
.417
.776

Wally Pipp Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
97
98
NR
77
61
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
75
87
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Wally Pipp PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
31.4
23.5
15.3
12.1
2.71
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Wally Pipp
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
198.0
127.2
85.5
59.8
17.1
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Wally Pipp
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B