George
Pipgras
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 20, 1899 in Usa, IA, IDA GROVE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 23 BRO NL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1924 24 BRO NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1925 25 BRO NL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1926 26 BRO NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1927 27 BRO NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1928 28 BRO NL $ 1,292,857 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1929 29 BRO NL $ 1,292,857 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,292,857 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 23 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1924 24 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1925 25 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1926 26 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1927 27 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1928 28 BRO NL $ 1,292,857   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
1929 29 BRO NL $ 1,292,857   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,292,857   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1923 23 BRO NL 4 3 .571 8 8 3 0 0 53.7 66 42 5 30 17 7.04 .300 .384 .464 .848 0.0
    AAA   11 6 .647 20 20 9 1 0 166.7 124 52 3 90 120 2.81 .205 .308 .267 .575  
1924 24 BRO NL 6 9 .400 19 17 4 0 0 118.3 164 99 12 75 45 7.53 .335 .419 .500 .919 0.0
    AAA   10 1 .909 11 11 7 2 0 94.3 71 22 2 46 69 2.10 .208 .302 .254 .556  
1925 25 BRO NL 11 15 .423 33 30 17 0 0 238.7 240 119 25 133 100 4.49 .260 .356 .430 .786 12.3
1926 26 BRO NL 8 7 .533 25 15 11 1 0 130.3 132 72 15 62 53 4.97 .260 .341 .434 .775 5.6
1927 27 BRO NL 10 9 .526 27 23 12 0 0 182.7 205 100 27 76 85 4.93 .282 .347 .468 .816 6.0
1928 28 BRO NL 9 8 .529 31 19 8 0 0 159.0 153 80 16 89 59 4.53 .255 .352 .403 .755 8.3
1929 29 BRO NL 8 7 .533 35 16 6 0 2 158.0 171 93 30 84 72 5.30 .272 .356 .494 .850 4.5
7 Years Sim 56 58 .491 178 128 61 1 2 1040.6 1131 605 130 549 431 5.23 .276 .361 .453 .814 36.8
2 Years AAA 21 7 .750 31 31 16 3 0 261.0 195 74 5 136 189 2.55 .206 .306 .262 .568  
Season Average 8 8 .500 25 18 8 0 0 148.7 161 86 18 78 61 5.23 .276 .361 .453 .814  
Career Highs 11 15 .571 35 30 17 1 2 238.7 240 119 30 133 100 7.53 .335 .419 .500 .919  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   536 278 64 249 270   .264 .345 .437 .782
vs LH   595 327 66 300 161   .288 .378 .470 .848
Home 25 29 .463 92 63 30 1 0 529.7 546 283 61 277 224 4.81 .265 .352 .440 .791
Away 31 29 .517 86 65 31 0 2 511.0 585 322 69 272 207 5.67 .288 .372 .467 .839
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 13 8 3 0 0 65.7 70 35 7 31 26 4.80 .285 .365 .488 .852
May 3 6 .333 24 9 6 0 0 97.0 111 53 17 45 48 4.92 .285 .359 .476 .835
June 12 11 .522 36 22 12 0 0 180.3 225 114 25 110 75 5.69 .304 .394 .485 .879
July 11 13 .458 34 27 13 0 0 221.6 234 127 28 124 81 5.16 .268 .359 .444 .803
August 15 15 .500 37 35 11 1 0 267.7 271 148 26 134 123 4.98 .262 .347 .422 .768
Sep/Oct 13 11 .542 34 27 16 0 2 208.3 220 128 27 105 78 5.53 .271 .355 .454 .809
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1923 23 BRO NL 8 18 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .278 .278 .333 .611 1.7 0.0
1924 24 BRO NL 19 38 7 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .289 .289 .316 .605 2.7 0.0
1925 25 BRO NL 33 80 7 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 11 .163 .200 .213 .413 3.1 0.0
1926 26 BRO NL 25 36 3 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .306 .342 .417 .759 5.4 0.8
1927 27 BRO NL 27 63 9 16 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 15 .254 .284 .317 .601 6.5 0.4
1928 28 BRO NL 31 49 5 14 4 0 1 7 0 0 3 12 .286 .327 .429 .755 6.8 1.3
1929 29 BRO NL 35 48 7 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .250 .294 .271 .565 4.2 0.3
7 Years Sim 178 332 40 82 14 1 2 30 0 0 15 62 .247 .278 .313 .591 30.5 2.9
162 Game Average 302 36 74 12 0 1 27 0 0 13 56 .247 .278 .313 .591 27.7  
Career Highs 35 80 9 16 4 1 1 7 0 0 4 15 .306 .342 .429 .759 6.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   243 26 63 9 1 1 18 0 0 10 46 .259 .286 .317 .603 21.1
vs LH   89 14 19 5 0 1 12 0 0 5 16 .213 .255 .303 .559 6.5
Home 92 157 20 37 6 1 2 19 0 0 8 27 .236 .273 .325 .598 13.4
Away 86 175 20 45 8 0 0 11 0 0 7 35 .257 .283 .303 .585 14.2
RISP   84 0 16 2 1 2 28 0 0 3 18 .190 .213 .310 .523 5.4
Close/Late   34 5 10 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .294 .333 .412 .745 4.4
Mar/Apr 10 23 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .261 .261 .304 .565 1.6
May 19 22 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .136 .167 .136 .303 0.0
June 31 60 9 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 9 .267 .302 .367 .668 6.4
July 34 72 12 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 12 .236 .282 .264 .546 5.4
August 37 90 10 22 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .244 .269 .267 .535 5.9
Sep/Oct 29 65 7 18 6 1 1 15 0 0 3 10 .277 .309 .446 .755 8.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1923 23 BRO NL P 8 8 53.7 0 5 2 0 .714 0.84    
1924 24 BRO NL P 19 17 118.3 8 22 2 1 .938 2.28    
1925 25 BRO NL P 33 30 238.7 11 50 5 2 .924 2.30    
1926 26 BRO NL P 25 15 130.3 16 29 2 1 .957 3.11    
1927 27 BRO NL P 27 23 182.7 17 39 1 4 .982 2.76    
1928 28 BRO NL P 31 19 159.0 12 39 3 1 .944 2.89    
1929 29 BRO NL P 35 16 158.0 7 29 5 0 .878 2.05    
Career Totals   178 128 1040.6 71 213 20 9 .934 2.46    
Career Highs   35 30 238.7 17 50 5 4 .982 3.11    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1929-10-2
Homeruns Allowed
1925-6-25
1926-9-15
1927-6-27
1928-10-16
1929-5-30
CAR-15-130
Strikeouts
1925-10-100
1929-10-72
Walks Allowed
1925-6-133
Hits per 9IP
1925-3-9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
1925-6-3.8
1927-4-4.2
OAVG
1925-3-.260
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Jake Miller (990)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1923
Had first career hit on 8/30/1923, off Roy Johnson (CIN)
Earned first career win on 8/30/1923
Hit first career homerun on 6/21/1926, off Tony Welzer (BSN)
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration