MLB / Players

Bob Chipman

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb
BornOctober 11, 1918 · Brooklyn, NY, USA
MLB debutSeptember 28, 1941
Final gameSeptember 28, 1952
Seasons12 (1941–1952)

Brooklyn Dodgers 1941–1944; Chicago Cubs 1944–1949; Boston Braves 1950–1952

Percentile snapshot

1944 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
73.7
GS
24
49.5
W
12
56.8
L
10
43.2
SV
2
71.6
CG
9
38.9
SHO
1
29.5
H
185
52.6
ER
67
56.8
BB
64
36.8
SO
61
45.3
HR
10
25.3
IP
165.3
33.7
ERA
3.65
32.6
WHIP
1.506
8.4
K/9
3.32
50.5
FIP
3.74
28.4
FIP-
104.7
23.2
ERA+
98.0
29.5
sWAR
1.2
28.4

of 96 qualified 1944 pitchers (min 157 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.9
84.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19411330000000200.000.000.000.000-129.0-100.0.0000.2
194220010000000000.1
194310000000000000.1
194437645937000031400.119.161.119.280-30.6-20.1.1421.2
19452522171310022400.176.263.235.49842.341.3.2500.9
194634353312000311700.061.088.061.149-82.8-56.7.0781.0
194733484444000011600.091.111.091.202-60.6-44.8.0991.4
19483418162400022400.250.333.250.58366.162.3.2880.9
19493830242300003500.125.222.125.347-3.7-3.6.1851.1
195027423926000121200.154.195.154.349-11.6-4.1.1690.4
19513310100100020600.100.100.100.200-63.2-44.3.091-0.2
195229652200001200.400.500.400.900171.4158.3.4300.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19411010000301305.00.00.8005.401.9753.20.2
19422000000102101.30.002.2506.755.29158.90.1
19431000000202001.70.002.4000.006.07178.00.1
19443724121029118567646110165.33.651.5063.323.74104.798.01.2
194525104503163283429472.03.501.3473.634.01108.8105.30.9
19463410652531033854428109.33.131.4363.464.01121.2105.81.0
19473217760511355566516134.73.681.4933.413.8698.3106.81.4
19483432140073242416560.33.581.6082.394.31112.0107.40.9
19493811781311105063467113.33.971.5263.654.24106.999.91.1
195027127714012761374010124.04.431.3232.903.8598.788.20.4
19513304340059281917552.04.851.5002.944.19112.976.6-0.2
19522901100028132016541.72.811.1523.464.65130.6126.80.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
294
PA
278
AB
250
R
18
H
32
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
10
BB
15
SO
82
SB
0
BA
.1280
OBP
.1774
SLG
.1320
OPS
.3094

Pitching

G (P)
293
GS
87
W
51
L
46
SV
14
CG
29
SHO
7
IP
881
SO (P)
322
BB allowed
386
ERA
3.720
WHIP
1.4478
K/9
3.29

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1945-05-14CHC @ SF Gameday201100102
1951-07-16CHC @ ATL Gameday101000201
1946-09-03CHC @ PIT Gameday301000101
1948-05-02CHC @ STL Gameday421000111
1948-07-29CHC @ PHI Gameday101000101

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1947-09-01CIN @ CHC Gameday9.0400390
1947-04-19CHC @ STL Gameday9.0911170
1949-10-01STL @ CHC Gameday9.0911470
1944-07-02PHI @ CHC Gameday9.0510260
1946-08-27SF @ CHC Gameday8.0811361

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.