Wally
Pipp
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 17, 1893 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1919   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 20 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 2 3 3 8 9 9
1914 21 NYA AL     8 8 8 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1915 22 NYA AL     8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 2 4 3 8 10 9
1916 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 8 7 3 4 4 8 10 9
1917 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 9 8
1918 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 3 5 4 7 9 8
1919 26 NYA AL $ 2,564,286   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 4 7 9 8
1920 27 NYA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 9 8
1921 28 NYA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
1922 29 PHI NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 4 6 5 7 8 8 3 5 4 7 9 8
1923 30 PHI NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 7 8 8 3 4 3 7 8 8
1924 31 PHI NL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 4 6 5 7 8 8 2 4 3 7 8 8
1925 32 SLA AL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 4 6 5 7 8 8 2 4 3 7 8 8
1926 33 SLA AL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 4 6 5 6 8 7 2 4 3 7 8 8
1927 34 SLA AL $ 4,260,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 8 7 2 4 3 6 8 7
1928 35 SLA AL $ 4,260,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 8 7 2 4 3 6 8 7
1929 36 SLA AL $ 2,380,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 8 7 2 4 3 6 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,260,000   9 9 8 4 6 5 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 10 9
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
1913 20 AAA   39 150 19 47 10 2 8 28 6 1 22 14 .313 .401 .567 .968 32.7  
    AA   74 115 24 33 3 0 11 22 3 3 26 14 .287 .418 .600 1.018 28.0  
1914 21 AAA   131 516 86 158 26 4 15 71 16 13 70 57 .306 .389 .459 .848 89.1  
1915 22 AAA   132 493 70 153 28 12 12 89 13 12 93 35 .310 .420 .489 .909 97.9  
1916 23 NYA AL 134 473 64 133 21 3 5 52 15 11 41 34 .281 .336 .370 .706 60.7 11.7
1917 24 NYA AL 80 323 39 95 19 7 4 40 2 5 23 16 .294 .342 .433 .775 43.2 8.6
1918 25 NYA AL 117 395 53 118 15 7 2 31 7 6 40 37 .299 .366 .387 .753 54.5 16.4
1919 26 NYA AL 138 535 59 144 28 1 4 53 7 9 41 49 .269 .322 .348 .670 53.1 8.9
1920 27 NYA AL 116 410 46 103 23 6 3 55 9 5 36 33 .251 .305 .359 .664 47.6 5.2
1921 28 NYA AL 110 372 51 104 15 12 3 43 2 6 32 29 .280 .337 .409 .746 44.3 5.0
1922 29 PHI NL 110 316 57 106 18 5 10 41 6 9 26 25 .335 .387 .519 .906 56.9 10.1
1923 30 PHI NL 89 217 37 65 10 2 2 34 9 5 15 7 .300 .348 .392 .739 26.3 3.7
1924 31 PHI NL 128 441 74 144 21 7 11 75 9 8 33 21 .327 .369 .481 .849 71.4 14.0
1925 32 PHI NL 60 239 34 75 15 7 7 33 4 6 8 18 .314 .335 .523 .858 36.9 5.4
  SLA AL 73 257 46 88 20 3 5 46 5 6 27 23 .342 .403 .502 .905 46.7 9.0
  TOT   133 496 80 163 35 10 12 79 9 12 35 41 .329 .371 .512 .883 83.6 14.4
1926 33 SLA AL 123 439 68 137 25 10 11 84 6 6 37 36 .312 .367 .490 .856 72.7 15.5
1927 34 SLA AL 111 406 59 137 16 9 6 69 9 6 29 32 .337 .372 .466 .838 68.7 15.0
1928 35 SLA AL 133 443 60 125 19 9 6 56 8 7 36 30 .282 .333 .406 .740 60.5 10.9
1929 36 SLA AL 83 237 33 66 8 5 1 36 3 4 14 14 .278 .320 .367 .687 24.7 3.6
14 Years Sim 1605 5503 780 1640 273 93 80 748 101 99 438 404 .298 .348 .425 .773 768.2 142.8
3 Years AAA 302 1159 175 358 64 18 35 188 35 26 185 106 .309 .402 .486 .888 219.7  
1 Years AA 74 115 24 33 3 0 11 22 3 3 26 14 .287 .423 .600 1.023 28.0  
4 Years Minors 376 1274 199 391 67 18 46 210 38 29 211 120 .307 .404 .496 .900 247.7  
162 Game Average 555 78 165 27 9 8 75 10 9 44 40 .298 .348 .425 .773 77.5  
Career Highs 138 535 80 163 35 12 12 84 15 12 41 49 .337 .387 .519 .906 83.6  
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   4643 686 1416 227 77 75 647 88 84 391 302 .305 .358 .435 .793 682.1
vs LH   860 94 224 46 16 5 101 13 15 47 102 .260 .296 .369 .665 87.9
Home 801 2677 386 777 118 45 44 350 51 47 212 188 .290 .341 .417 .759 363.9
Away 804 2826 394 863 155 48 36 398 50 52 226 216 .305 .355 .432 .788 406.1
RISP   1458 0 435 62 22 23 610 0 0 144 111 .298 .350 .418 .769 215.4
Pinch Hitting   223 37 77 11 0 4 54 4 5 20 18 .345 .392 .448 .840 36.6
Close/Late   673 96 217 29 10 11 102 0 0 74 58 .322 .387 .444 .831 112.0
Mar/Apr 156 494 75 141 24 5 7 79 8 7 43 34 .285 .344 .397 .741 65.0
May 300 960 122 299 48 15 17 126 21 15 65 68 .311 .353 .446 .799 141.8
June 297 1041 149 301 46 14 16 131 16 18 78 90 .289 .338 .406 .744 135.8
July 301 1098 161 344 53 28 13 159 24 20 81 80 .313 .359 .448 .807 164.1
August 265 911 138 277 51 20 15 132 14 21 94 59 .304 .366 .453 .819 141.5
Sep/Oct 286 999 135 278 51 11 12 121 18 18 77 73 .278 .329 .387 .716 121.9
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   DWS
1916 23 NYA AL 1B 123 119 1077.7 1347 124 10 99 .993 12.28   2.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1917 24 NYA AL 1B 79 79 700.7 923 70 12 71 .988 12.76   1.4
1918 25 NYA AL 1B 103 97 860.3 1111 92 13 83 .989 12.58   1.4
1919 26 NYA AL 1B 137 137 1226.7 1645 142 12 131 .993 13.11   1.8
1920 27 NYA AL 1B 110 109 978.7 1363 112 10 103 .993 13.56   2.7
1921 28 NYA AL 1B 98 86 791.7 1066 69 8 90 .993 12.90   1.7
1922 29 PHI NL 3B 71 71 606.7 52 87 9 7 .939 2.06   0.8
    1B 6 6 52.0 60 4 0 5 1.000 11.08   0.1
1923 30 PHI NL 3B 22 22 195.0 12 30 6 5 .875 1.94   0.0
    1B 9 9 83.0 101 4 2 11 .981 11.39   0.1
    SS 9 9 75.0 14 28 2 7 .955 5.04   0.3
    CF 4 4 34.0 12 0 2 0 .857 3.18   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1924 31 PHI NL 2B 89 88 769.7 250 267 18 92 .966 6.05   1.3
    SS 6 6 49.3 16 20 0 8 1.000 6.57   0.4
    1B 5 4 36.0 48 5 0 5 1.000 13.25   0.1
    3B 4 4 34.0 2 6 1 1 .889 2.12   0.0
1925 32 PHI NL 1B 55 51 494.1 631 53 6 64 .991 12.46   1.1
    LF 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SLA AL 1B 68 63 568.9 726 61 7 74 .991 12.45   1.0
    LF 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  TOT   1B 123 114 1063.0 1357 114 13 138 .991 12.45   2.2
      LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1926 33 SLA AL 1B 117 106 956.7 1291 97 12 117 .991 13.06   1.8
    RF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1927 34 SLA AL 1B 108 98 907.0 1259 101 7 97 .995 13.50   2.2
1928 35 SLA AL 1B 130 117 1044.0 1418 118 20 139 .987 13.24   1.2
1929 36 SLA AL 1B 53 51 431.0 570 40 1 47 .998 12.74   0.8
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 1201 1132 10208.3 13559 1092 120 1136 .992 12.92   19.8
  3B 98 97 838.3 66 123 16 13 .922 2.03   0.9
  2B 89 88 769.7 250 267 18 92 .966 6.05   1.3
  SS 15 15 124.3 30 48 2 15 .975 5.65   0.7
  CF 5 4 36.0 14 0 2 0 .875 3.50   0.0
  LF 2 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
  RF 3 0 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1413 1337 11997.6 13921 1530 159 1256 .990 11.59   22.8
Career Highs   137 137 1226.7 1645 298 20 139 .998 13.56    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1926 33 SLA AL 2 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1926-3-.467*
Games
1919-1-138
At-Bats
1919-3-535
Doubles
1919-5-28
Homeruns
1916-9-5
1926-5-11
CAR-40-80
Strikeouts
1919-9-49
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1913
Had first career hit on 4/26/1916, off Erskine Mayer (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 6/13/1916, off Sam Jones (PHA)
Injured on 7/13/1917 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 6/6/1919
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1919
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/12/1922 (Going to PHI: 1B Wally Pipp. Going to NYA: P Trade L Bait)
3/14/1922: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1922, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1924, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 4/26/1925
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 6/1/1925
Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1925, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/28/1925
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to St. Louis (A) on 7/1/1925 (Going to PHI: P Shovel Hodge. Going to SLA: 1B Wally Pipp, RF Bing Miller)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/1926, hitting .300 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
7/16/1926: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $4,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/1927, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/1927, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
6/16/1928: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $2,380,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1928, hitting .389 with 3 HR, 7 RBI