MLB / Players

George Pipgras

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb
BornDecember 20, 1899 · Ida Grove, IA, USA
MLB debutJune 9, 1923
Final gameJune 2, 1935
Seasons11 (1923–1935)

New York Yankees 1923–1924; New York Yankees 1927–1932; Boston Red Sox 1933; New York Yankees 1933; Boston Red Sox 1934–1935

Percentile snapshot

1933 season — qualified pitchers

G
26
40.4
GS
21
41.4
W
11
55.6
L
10
44.4
SV
1
51.5
CG
12
57.6
SHO
2
55.6
H
172
55.6
ER
70
49.5
BB
57
47.5
SO
70
62.6
HR
6
55.6
IP
161.3
41.4
ERA
3.90
36.4
WHIP
1.419
25.3
K/9
3.90
59.6
FIP
3.74
57.6
FIP-
87.5
85.9
ERA+
109.7
54.5
sWAR
2.1
49.5

of 100 qualified 1933 pitchers (min 152 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
101.7
44.8
sWAR
14.2
90.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
192381090000001400.000.100.000.100-74.4-72.1.077-0.5
19249330100000100.333.333.333.66768.773.0.314-0.8
1927297167416111621700.239.261.328.58949.955.3.2721.5
192846126115718400542800.157.192.191.383-2.32.9.1834.2
1929399384612200551900.143.191.167.358-6.4-4.4.1751.3
193044938010123011261601.150.218.225.44317.814.9.2112.8
193136434111000011200.024.048.024.072-83.9-80.0.0401.4
19323289824181101021900.220.238.256.49423.928.3.2282.7
1933266357510000441300.175.230.175.4058.08.1.2022.1
19342110000000000.000.000.000.000-121.2-100.0.000-0.1
19355100000000000-0.5

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1923821302034222512233.35.941.7703.245.31134.366.5-0.5
192491011002017184015.39.982.4782.356.91164.842.0-0.8
192729211030911487677812166.34.111.3534.383.6592.096.41.5
19284638241332243141131031394300.73.381.3874.163.3486.1114.64.2
19293933181201332291069512516225.34.231.4384.994.16103.994.51.3
1930443015154153230101701119221.04.111.3574.524.0390.3108.62.8
19313614763611345858598137.73.791.3953.864.46107.4109.51.4
1932322716901422351028711115219.04.191.4704.564.2896.0106.32.7
19332621111011221727057706161.33.901.4193.903.7487.5109.72.1
19342100000433013.38.102.1000.009.75209.257.6-0.1
19355101000985235.014.402.8003.6013.69294.532.3-0.5

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
276
PA
593
AB
539
R
37
H
88
2B
11
3B
2
HR
2
RBI
42
BB
25
SO
129
SB
0
BA
.1633
OBP
.2032
SLG
.2022
OPS
.4054

Pitching

G (P)
276
GS
189
W
102
L
73
SV
12
CG
93
456th-most career CG
SHO
16
354th-most career SHO
IP
1,488
SO (P)
714
BB allowed
598
ERA
4.088
WHIP
1.4291
K/9
4.32

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
1927-06-12CLE @ NYY Gameday412101206
1930-05-22NYY @ ATH Gameday512001105
1929-05-10NYY @ DET Gameday423100104
1927-06-29BOS @ NYY Gameday402010204
1928-07-16CLE @ NYY Gameday413000103

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1932-04-24BOS @ NYY Gameday9.06220120
1929-05-18BOS @ NYY Gameday9.0100290
1928-08-24BAL @ NYY Gameday8.01055291
1932-09-08NYY @ DET Gameday13.01444881
1927-09-13CLE @ NYY Gameday9.0833280

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.