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Fred
Kipp		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 1, 1931 in Usa, KS, PIQUA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 25 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 3 3
1958 26 DET AL   6 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3
1959 27 DET AL   6 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 3
1960 28 DET AL   7 5 4 5 7 6 6 4 3 4
1961 29 DET AL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 9 7 8 5 4 4
1962 30 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 4
1963 31 DET AL $ 300,000 5 5 4 5 9 8 8 6 4 5
1964 32 DET AL $ 611,429 5 5 5 5 9 7 8 5 4 4
1965 33 DET AL $ 611,429 5 5 5 5 9 7 8 5 4 4
1966 34 DET AL $ 611,429 3 5 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 611,429 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 4 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 25 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 26 DET AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 27 DET AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 28 DET AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 29 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 30 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 31 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 32 DET AL $ 611,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 33 DET AL $ 611,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 34 DET AL $ 611,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 611,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1957 25 DET AL 2 4 .333 47 0 0 0 3 66.7 69 44 9 43 26 5.94 .264 .368 .448 .816 0.6
1958 26 AAA   7 10 .412 29 29 3 2 0 186.3 189 76 21 71 130 3.67 .262 .328 .404 .732  
1959 27 AAA   7 6 .538 36 11 2 1 2 100.3 91 36 11 35 98 3.23 .247 .312 .390 .702  
1960 28 AAA   11 8 .579 27 27 3 2 0 191.3 194 71 28 63 170 3.34 .259 .317 .427 .744  
1961 29 DET AL 7 3 .700 16 16 4 0 0 124.7 107 40 10 20 74 2.89 .229 .260 .348 .608 10.5
    AAA   5 10 .333 18 18 4 1 0 123.7 120 53 21 40 104 3.86 .250 .308 .433 .741  
1962 30 DET AL 9 8 .529 45 16 1 1 2 153.7 138 56 16 28 80 3.28 .241 .276 .369 .645 11.5
1963 31 DET AL 9 7 .563 52 22 3 0 3 185.0 192 74 17 32 84 3.60 .267 .297 .400 .697 13.0
1964 32 DET AL 3 5 .375 60 0 0 0 5 77.3 83 35 10 20 40 4.07 .266 .309 .410 .720 5.2
1965 33 DET AL 5 5 .500 51 0 0 0 1 76.7 68 31 8 21 39 3.64 .234 .288 .379 .668 4.5
1966 34 DET AL 8 9 .471 93 0 0 0 6 109.0 117 69 17 37 55 5.70 .279 .333 .473 .806 3.4
7 Years Sim 43 41 .512 364 54 8 1 20 793.0 774 349 87 201 398 3.96 .254 .300 .399 .699 48.8
4 Years AAA 30 34 .469 110 85 12 6 2 601.7 594 236 81 209 502 3.53 .256 .318 .415 .733  
Season Average 6 5 .545 52 7 1 0 2 113.3 110 49 12 28 56 3.96 .254 .300 .399 .699  
Career Highs 9 9 .700 93 22 4 1 6 185.0 192 74 17 43 84 5.94 .279 .368 .473 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   529 244 59 126 246   .269 .313 .418 .731
vs LH   245 105 28 75 152   .228 .279 .365 .643
Home 24 15 .615 190 26 2 1 10 415.3 371 169 44 114 197 3.66 .239 .291 .377 .667
Away 19 26 .422 174 28 6 0 10 377.7 403 180 43 87 201 4.29 .271 .311 .423 .734
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 51 4 0 0 3 98.7 102 51 10 43 54 4.65 .262 .335 .400 .735
May 8 11 .421 59 6 2 0 5 118.6 122 49 17 26 53 3.72 .269 .309 .461 .770
June 9 3 .750 61 7 1 0 1 111.0 99 51 9 33 45 4.14 .241 .297 .377 .674
July 9 6 .600 54 15 1 0 3 154.3 150 71 12 30 91 4.14 .253 .289 .359 .648
August 4 9 .308 72 12 3 1 6 161.3 161 67 17 40 93 3.74 .257 .302 .388 .690
Sep/Oct 9 7 .563 67 10 1 0 2 149.0 140 60 22 29 62 3.62 .246 .283 .420 .703
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 25 DET AL 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1960 28 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1961 29 DET AL 16 47 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .149 .146 .149 .295 -0.1 0.0
1962 30 DET AL 45 41 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .146 .146 .146 .293 -0.1 0.0
1963 31 DET AL 52 50 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .160 .208 .180 .388 0.9 0.0
1964 32 DET AL 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1965 33 DET AL 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1966 34 DET AL 93 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2
7 Years Sim 365 158 6 23 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 43 .146 .160 .152 .312 0.0 0.2
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 70 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .146 .160 .152 .312 0.0  
Career Highs 93 50 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.9  
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   124 6 20 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .161 .180 .169 .349 0.9
vs LH   34 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .088 .088 .088 .176 -1.5
Home 191 79 3 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 .165 .175 .165 .340 0.2
Away 146 79 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .127 .146 .139 .286 -0.7
RISP   29 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .103 .129 .103 .232 -0.7
Close/Late   13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.8
Mar/Apr 24 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .182 .308 .182 .490 0.8
May 41 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5
June 32 26 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .269 .500 1.3
July 24 37 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .162 .184 .162 .346 0.0
August 50 35 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .086 .086 .086 .171 -1.6
Sep/Oct 29 31 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .129 .125 .129 .254 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1957 25 DET AL P 47 0 66.7 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.76    
1961 29 DET AL P 16 16 124.7 11 21 0 3 1.000 2.31    
1962 30 DET AL P 45 16 153.7 10 15 0 3 1.000 1.46    
1963 31 DET AL P 52 22 185.0 12 27 0 3 1.000 1.90    
1964 32 DET AL P 60 0 77.3 4 10 1 0 .933 1.63    
1965 33 DET AL P 51 0 76.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1966 34 DET AL P 93 0 109.0 5 16 1 1 .955 1.73    
Career Totals   364 54 793.0 50 110 2 11 .988 1.82    
Career Highs   93 22 185.0 12 27 1 3 1.000 2.31    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 30 DET AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 3 3 0 0 1 81.82 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
1963 31 DET AL 0 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 9 7 1 4 1 11.13 .391 .481 .609 1.090
1964 32 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 1 1 2 3 2.46 .154 .267 .385 .651
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 14 11 2 6 5 10.26 .350 .435 .575 1.010
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
1964 32 DET AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1966-2-93
 Walks per 9IP
1963-3-1.6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Rick Jones (959)
  2. Jack Spring (951)
  3. Bill Monbouquette (949)
  4. Larry Gura (948)
  5. Johnny Podres (947)
  6. Alex Kellner (947)
  7. Greg Swindell (946)
  8. Wayne Lamaster (946)
  9. Teddy Higuera (945)
  10. Clyde Shoun (944)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 65th overall pick, by Detroit in 1957
Earned first career win on 6/28/1957
Injured on 4/23/1958 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/19/1958 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 7/11/1961, off Dick Donovan (BSN)
Injured on 7/28/1963 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration
 
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