George
Pipgras
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 20, 1899 in Usa, IA, IDA GROVE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930   
All-Star Selections 1931    1932   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 30 HOU NL $ 6,190,000 77 68 75 72 52 58 55 52 57 55
1931 31 HOU NL $ 6,190,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1932 32 CIN NL $ 7,250,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1933 33 CIN NL $ 7,250,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 4
1934 34 CIN NL $ 7,250,000 7 7 8 7 5 6 5 3 4 4
1935 35 SEM AL   6 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000 77 68 75 72 52 58 55 52 57 55
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 30 HOU NL $ 6,190,000   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 39 39 39
1931 31 HOU NL $ 6,190,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1932 32 CIN NL $ 7,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1933 33 CIN NL $ 7,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1934 34 CIN NL $ 7,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1935 35 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 39 39 39
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
1930 30 CAL AL 12 12 .500 25 25 11 1 0 200.0 205 88 11 58 89 3.96 .263 .312 .370 .682 12.3
  HOU NL 9 6 .600 19 19 8 1 0 147.7 165 62 8 37 40 3.78 .280 .320 .390 .710 8.6
  TOT   21 18 .538 44 44 19 2 0 347.7 370 150 19 95 129 3.88 .270 .316 .378 .694 20.9
1931 31 HOU NL 27 13 .675 44 44 22 3 0 350.0 345 134 19 108 145 3.45 .257 .314 .363 .677 28.6
1932 32 CIN NL 15 16 .484 42 42 8 1 0 318.3 326 127 24 92 103 3.59 .262 .313 .378 .691 20.8
1933 33 CIN NL 14 22 .389 42 42 7 0 0 281.3 332 156 21 117 130 4.99 .294 .359 .412 .771 7.6
1934 34 CIN NL 10 14 .417 40 40 6 0 0 287.3 341 160 22 92 98 5.01 .296 .347 .410 .758 11.9
1935 35 SEM AL 8 7 .533 40 11 0 0 3 99.3 116 59 6 62 24 5.35 .294 .387 .416 .804 3.5
6 Years Sim 95 90 .514 252 223 62 6 3 1684.0 1830 786 111 566 629 4.20 .276 .333 .389 .721 93.2
Season Average 15 15 .500 42 37 10 1 0 280.7 305 131 18 94 104 4.20 .276 .333 .389 .721  
Career Highs 27 22 .675 44 44 22 3 3 350.0 370 160 24 117 145 5.35 .296 .387 .416 .804  
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   865 402 53 264 363   .259 .313 .371 .683
vs LH   965 384 58 302 266   .294 .353 .407 .760
Home 46 47 .495 130 116 30 4 0 886.0 950 406 63 297 309 4.12 .274 .331 .388 .719
Away 49 43 .533 122 107 32 2 4 798.0 880 380 48 269 320 4.29 .278 .335 .389 .724
Mar/Apr 14 19 .424 43 34 10 2 2 271.7 313 136 21 94 98 4.51 .290 .347 .415 .762
May 16 15 .516 46 37 12 1 0 280.3 280 137 28 91 122 4.40 .257 .314 .409 .723
June 17 14 .548 41 35 10 0 0 268.0 296 120 19 77 110 4.03 .278 .326 .383 .709
July 17 17 .500 40 35 15 2 1 277.7 292 123 15 81 96 3.99 .269 .319 .371 .690
August 18 14 .563 43 43 6 0 0 303.0 353 155 13 120 108 4.60 .292 .356 .389 .745
Sep/Oct 13 11 .542 39 39 11 2 1 283.3 296 115 15 103 95 3.65 .270 .332 .365 .697
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
1930 30 CAL AL 25 67 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .134 .147 .134 .281 0.0 0.0
  HOU NL 19 54 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .148 .148 .148 .296 0.1 0.0
  TOT   44 121 7 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 22 .140 .148 .140 .288 0.1 0.0
1931 31 HOU NL 44 132 15 23 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 24 .174 .204 .212 .417 4.9 0.0
1932 32 CIN NL 42 110 10 15 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 28 .136 .144 .164 .308 -0.1 0.0
1933 33 CIN NL 42 87 4 13 4 0 0 12 0 0 0 25 .149 .149 .195 .345 1.0 0.0
1934 34 CIN NL 40 93 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .161 .196 .172 .368 2.1 0.0
1935 35 SEM AL 40 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .150 .150 .150 .300 0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 252 563 40 86 11 1 0 46 0 0 11 126 .153 .169 .176 .345 8.2 0.0
162 Game Average 361 25 55 7 0 0 29 0 0 7 81 .153 .169 .176 .345 5.3  
Career Highs 44 132 15 23 5 1 0 15 0 0 5 28 .174 .204 .212 .417 4.9  
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   410 28 53 8 1 0 31 0 0 5 95 .129 .140 .154 .293 -3.8
vs LH   153 12 33 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 31 .216 .245 .235 .481 7.7
Home 130 274 20 43 5 1 0 20 0 0 7 62 .157 .178 .182 .360 3.3
Away 122 289 20 43 6 0 0 26 0 0 4 64 .149 .160 .170 .330 0.6
RISP   172 0 26 9 1 0 45 0 0 6 42 .151 .180 .215 .395 3.5
Close/Late   40 4 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 .225 .225 .325 .550 2.5
Mar/Apr 34 82 3 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 19 .134 .165 .159 .323 0.1
May 37 100 9 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .190 .190 .190 .380 1.7
June 41 89 10 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 18 .157 .167 .180 .346 0.6
July 35 88 7 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 16 .114 .152 .136 .289 -0.7
August 43 108 8 19 2 1 0 10 0 0 2 26 .176 .191 .213 .404 2.6
Sep/Oct 39 96 3 13 3 0 0 11 0 0 1 23 .135 .144 .167 .311 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 30 CAL AL P 25 25 200.0 12 40 2 2 .963 2.34    
  HOU NL P 19 19 147.7 9 29 2 1 .950 2.32    
  TOT   P 44 44 347.7 21 69 4 3 .957 2.33    
1931 31 HOU NL P 44 44 350.0 24 53 5 4 .939 1.98    
1932 32 CIN NL P 42 42 318.3 13 74 2 7 .978 2.46    
1933 33 CIN NL P 42 42 281.3 12 33 0 4 1.000 1.44    
1934 34 CIN NL P 40 40 287.3 21 48 2 1 .972 2.16    
1935 35 SEM AL P 40 11 99.3 2 21 2 2 .920 2.08    
Career Totals   252 223 1684.0 93 298 15 21 .963 2.09    
Career Highs   44 44 350.0 24 74 5 7 1.000 2.46    
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
1930 30 HOU NL 2 1 .667 8 4 0 0 1 31.7 34 13 2 16 10 3.70 .264 .345 .372 .717
1931 31 HOU NL 2 2 .500 5 5 2 1 0 38.3 36 12 1 16 17 2.82 .247 .321 .349 .670
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 3 .571 13 9 2 1 1 70.0 70 25 3 32 27 3.21 .255 .332 .360 .692
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
1930 30 HOU NL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111
1931 31 HOU NL 5 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .286 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 13 22 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .136 .174 .182 .356
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1931-9-3.45
1932-4-3.59
Wins
1931-1-27
Losses
1932-10-16
1933-1-22
Winning Pct
1931-4-.675
Games Started
1931-7-44
1932-1-42
1933-1-42
1934-5-40
Complete Games
1931-8-22
Shutouts
1931-6-3
1932-6-1
Innings Pitched
1931-9-350.0
1932-10-318.3
Hits Allowed
1934-6-341
Homeruns Allowed
1932-3-24
1933-8-21
1934-7-22
Strikeouts
1931-6-145
1933-7-130
Walks Allowed
1931-5-108
1933-5-117
Hits per 9IP
1932-4-9.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
1930-7-4.0
1931-9-3.7
1933-8-4.2
WHiP
1932-8-1.31
OAVG
1932-4-.262
OOBP
1932-6-.313
OSLG
1932-8-.378
OOPS
1932-5-.691
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 45    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/6/1930, off Charley Root (CLE)
Earned first career win on 4/6/1930
Traded from California to Houston on 7/16/1930 (Going to HOU: P George Pipgras. Going to CAL: P Bob Weiland, 3B Spencer Adams)
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
Won Player of the Week award on 4/20/1931, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/9/1932 to a 3-year deal worth $7,250,000 per year
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/7/1935 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Released by Seattle (M) on 10/3/1935