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Bob
Chipman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 11, 1918 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1950   
All-Star Selections 1950   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 22 PIT NL   6 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1942 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1943 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1944 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1945 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7
1946 27 MIN AL $ 4,278,571 6 7 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8
1947 28 MIN AL $ 4,278,571 6 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1948 29 MIN AL $ 4,821,429 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1949 30 MIN AL $ 7,500,000 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1950 31 MIN AL $ 7,500,000 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 7
1951 32 MIN AL $ 7,500,000 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1952 33 MIN AL $ 7,500,000 6 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1953 34 MIN AL $ 3,750,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5
1954 35 MIN AL $ 3,750,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5
1955 36 DET AL $ 3,425,000 6 4 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4
1956 37 DET AL $ 3,425,000 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000 6 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 22 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 27 MIN AL $ 4,278,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 28 MIN AL $ 4,278,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 29 MIN AL $ 4,821,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 30 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 31 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 32 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 33 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 34 MIN AL $ 3,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 35 MIN AL $ 3,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 36 DET AL $ 3,425,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 37 DET AL $ 3,425,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1941 22 AAA   1 4 .200 49 0 0 0 9 48.7 59 24 5 16 28 4.44 .304 .357 .428 .785  
    AA   0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 1 16.7 16 3 0 7 7 1.62 .281 .359 .333 .693  
1942 23 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 0 0 2 2 0.00 .250 .357 .250 .607 0.8
    AAA   4 2 .667 42 0 0 0 3 30.7 34 18 5 15 14 5.28 .291 .371 .470 .841  
1943 24 PIT NL 1 4 .200 29 0 0 0 1 36.7 44 26 5 22 12 6.38 .291 .379 .483 .863 0.0
1944 25 PIT NL 1 2 .333 13 6 0 0 0 17.0 17 7 1 9 8 3.70 .262 .351 .354 .705 1.3
  MIN AL 10 8 .556 29 14 1 0 4 144.0 139 56 12 68 51 3.50 .257 .340 .364 .704 11.8
  TOT   11 10 .524 42 20 1 0 4 161.0 156 63 13 77 59 3.52 .257 .341 .363 .704 13.1
1945 26 MIN AL 14 19 .424 42 42 4 0 0 293.0 269 110 15 105 124 3.38 .242 .306 .349 .655 20.1
1946 27 MIN AL 10 21 .323 36 36 5 1 0 256.3 249 117 16 86 121 4.11 .255 .313 .371 .684 15.2
1947 28 MIN AL 16 21 .432 44 44 10 3 0 321.0 291 127 21 96 143 3.56 .240 .294 .357 .652 26.7
1948 29 MIN AL 19 11 .633 31 30 3 1 0 214.7 198 72 15 53 105 3.02 .245 .290 .349 .639 21.1
1949 30 MIN AL 14 15 .483 44 44 3 0 0 300.3 310 151 29 96 149 4.53 .266 .321 .412 .733 19.8
1950 31 MIN AL 25 9 .735 44 44 11 1 0 334.7 284 106 25 89 153 2.85 .229 .281 .336 .617 35.0
1951 32 MIN AL 17 18 .486 44 44 6 0 0 310.0 292 143 38 94 137 4.15 .245 .299 .392 .691 21.2
1952 33 MIN AL 14 11 .560 34 33 4 1 0 233.0 260 120 26 54 109 4.64 .282 .319 .416 .735 12.7
1953 34 MIN AL 15 9 .625 32 32 3 1 0 235.7 246 108 24 61 105 4.12 .268 .312 .407 .719 12.7
1954 35 MIN AL 11 6 .647 40 8 2 1 0 94.7 82 34 10 34 34 3.23 .236 .301 .365 .666 9.3
1955 36 DET AL 9 9 .500 70 6 1 0 6 113.7 113 69 20 37 33 5.46 .265 .321 .453 .774 5.2
1956 37 DET AL 7 15 .318 31 31 1 0 0 187.7 237 128 26 71 58 6.14 .311 .368 .457 .825 1.2
    A   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 2 5 0.00 .133 .235 .133 .369  
15 Years Sim 184 178 .508 565 414 54 9 11 3095.6 3034 1374 283 977 1344 3.99 .256 .311 .384 .695 214.1
2 Years AAA 5 6 .455 91 0 0 0 12 79.3 93 42 10 31 42 4.77 .299 .363 .444 .806  
1 Years AA 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 1 16.7 16 3 0 7 7 1.62 .281 .359 .333 .693  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 2 5 0.00 .133 .235 .133 .369  
4 Years Minors 5 6 .455 108 1 0 0 13 100.3 111 45 10 40 54 4.04 .290 .357 .415 .772  
Season Average 12 11 .522 37 27 3 0 0 206.4 202 91 18 65 89 3.99 .256 .311 .384 .695  
Career Highs 25 21 1.000 70 44 11 3 6 334.7 310 151 38 105 153 6.38 .311 .379 .483 .863  
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   2089 879 185 627 873   .267 .322 .394 .716
vs LH   945 495 98 350 471   .234 .295 .365 .659
Home 94 82 .534 280 209 23 5 4 1539.6 1494 652 122 490 692 3.81 .255 .312 .374 .686
Away 90 96 .484 285 205 31 4 7 1556.0 1540 722 161 487 652 4.18 .257 .313 .394 .707
Mar/Apr 31 26 .544 87 63 11 2 0 485.6 451 202 46 150 198 3.74 .246 .303 .373 .676
May 41 30 .577 96 71 6 0 4 527.3 557 246 54 147 237 4.20 .270 .319 .402 .721
June 23 32 .418 93 69 7 1 1 506.6 498 232 41 154 224 4.12 .255 .309 .373 .682
July 22 30 .423 93 65 8 2 5 493.0 463 211 46 155 204 3.85 .248 .306 .386 .692
August 30 37 .448 104 72 13 0 0 542.3 555 249 46 189 243 4.13 .266 .327 .391 .719
Sep/Oct 37 23 .617 92 74 9 4 1 540.6 510 234 50 182 238 3.90 .249 .310 .377 .687
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
1943 24 PIT NL 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1944 25 PIT NL 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  MIN AL 29 39 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .154 .175 .205 .380 1.1 0.0
  TOT   42 40 4 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .175 .195 .225 .420 1.6 0.3
1945 26 MIN AL 42 90 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 32 .089 .098 .100 .198 -2.8 0.0
1946 27 MIN AL 36 81 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 32 .074 .085 .074 .159 -3.1 0.0
1947 28 MIN AL 44 101 6 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .158 .167 .168 .335 1.5 0.0
1948 29 MIN AL 31 66 5 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 28 .091 .101 .106 .208 -0.9 0.0
1949 30 MIN AL 44 96 6 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 20 .167 .198 .177 .375 2.9 0.0
1950 31 MIN AL 44 116 4 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 35 .138 .143 .181 .324 1.7 0.0
1951 32 MIN AL 44 106 5 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 31 .142 .165 .151 .316 0.4 0.0
1952 33 MIN AL 34 77 2 9 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 19 .117 .139 .156 .295 0.4 0.0
1953 34 MIN AL 32 80 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 26 .075 .108 .100 .208 -2.4 0.0
1954 35 MIN AL 40 20 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .200 .390 0.6 0.0
1955 36 DET AL 70 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.0 0.0
1956 37 DET AL 31 57 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .088 .103 .088 .191 -1.6 0.0
14 Years Sim 563 950 41 114 12 0 2 59 0 0 18 303 .120 .137 .139 .276 -2.9 0.3
162 Game Average 273 11 32 3 0 0 16 0 0 5 87 .120 .137 .139 .276 -0.8  
Career Highs 70 116 6 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 4 35 .175 .198 .225 .420 2.9  
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   604 29 79 8 0 1 39 0 0 10 188 .131 .147 .149 .296 -4.8
vs LH   346 12 35 4 0 1 20 0 0 8 115 .101 .121 .121 .242 -7.8
Home 279 429 26 52 6 0 1 23 0 0 7 136 .121 .136 .142 .279 -5.6
Away 284 521 15 62 6 0 1 36 0 0 11 167 .119 .138 .136 .274 -7.1
RISP   255 0 31 4 0 0 56 0 0 5 81 .122 .135 .137 .273 -3.4
Close/Late   61 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 20 .180 .194 .230 .423 1.7
Mar/Apr 80 151 8 23 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 44 .152 .168 .172 .340 0.6
May 79 151 7 17 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 58 .113 .140 .146 .286 -1.6
June 69 155 4 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 53 .084 .118 .084 .202 -5.1
July 73 153 7 12 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 51 .078 .084 .098 .182 -6.3
August 98 166 7 27 1 0 1 11 0 0 2 45 .163 .176 .187 .363 2.0
Sep/Oct 75 174 8 22 3 0 0 18 0 0 2 52 .126 .135 .144 .279 -2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1942 23 PIT NL P 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 24 PIT NL P 29 0 36.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1944 25 PIT NL P 13 6 17.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.65    
  MIN AL P 29 14 144.0 5 32 0 2 1.000 2.31    
  TOT   P 42 20 161.0 6 36 0 2 1.000 2.35    
1945 26 MIN AL P 42 42 293.0 14 43 1 2 .983 1.75    
1946 27 MIN AL P 36 36 256.3 13 43 0 0 1.000 1.97    
1947 28 MIN AL P 44 44 321.0 16 45 2 6 .968 1.71    
1948 29 MIN AL P 31 30 214.7 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.68    
1949 30 MIN AL P 44 44 300.3 28 41 0 4 1.000 2.07    
1950 31 MIN AL P 44 44 334.7 18 64 0 5 1.000 2.21    
1951 32 MIN AL P 44 44 310.0 18 49 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1952 33 MIN AL P 34 33 233.0 12 40 3 4 .945 2.01    
1953 34 MIN AL P 32 32 235.7 16 59 1 7 .987 2.86    
1954 35 MIN AL P 40 8 94.7 3 22 0 2 1.000 2.38    
1955 36 DET AL P 70 6 113.7 7 24 0 4 1.000 2.45    
1956 37 DET AL P 31 31 187.7 12 38 1 4 .980 2.40    
Career Totals   565 414 3095.6 177 541 8 41 .989 2.09    
Career Highs   70 44 334.7 28 64 3 7 1.000 2.86    
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
1948 29 MIN AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 1 2 2 7.50 .320 .370 .680 1.050
1954 35 MIN AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 2 1 2 3 3.38 .300 .364 .600 .964
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 1 0 0 0 11.3 14 7 2 4 5 5.56 .311 .367 .644 1.012
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
1948 29 MIN AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .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.
ERA
1945-6-3.38
1947-5-3.56
1948-2-3.02
1950-2-2.85
1951-10-4.15
 Wins
1948-5-19
1950-1-25
1951-8-17
 Losses
1945-4-19
1946-3-21
1947-2-21
1949-9-15
1951-3-18
1956-8-15
 Winning Pct
1948-7-.633
1950-4-.735
1953-8-.625
1954-8-.647
 Saves
1955-9-6
 Games Pitched
1955-8-70
Games Started
1945-4-42
1947-1-44
1949-1-44
1950-2-44
1951-1-44
 Complete Games
1950-8-11
 Shutouts
1946-9-1
1947-3-3
1948-8-1
1950-7-1
1952-10-1
1953-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1945-10-293.0
1947-5-321.0
1950-3-334.7
1951-4-310.0
 Hits Allowed
1951-8-292
 Homeruns Allowed
1949-10-29
1951-5-38
Strikeouts
1946-9-121
1947-8-143
1949-4-149
1950-7-153
 Walks per 9IP
1946-8-3.0
1947-4-2.7
1948-1-2.2
1949-4-2.9
1950-3-2.4
1951-7-2.7
1952-5-2.1
1953-10-2.3
 Hits per 9IP
1945-8-8.3
1946-9-8.7
1947-9-8.2
1948-6-8.3
1950-3-7.6
1951-7-8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1948-10-4.4
1949-8-4.5
 WHiP
1945-7-1.28
1946-6-1.31
1947-3-1.21
1948-1-1.17
1949-6-1.35
1950-1-1.11
1951-2-1.25
 OAVG
1945-7-.242
1946-10-.255
1947-8-.240
1948-6-.245
1949-10-.266
1950-3-.229
1951-6-.245
OOBP
1945-7-.306
1946-7-.313
1947-2-.294
1948-1-.290
1949-5-.321
1950-1-.281
1951-2-.299
 OSLG
1945-6-.349
1947-7-.357
1948-3-.349
1950-1-.336
1951-10-.392
 OOPS
1945-5-.655
1946-7-.684
1947-6-.652
1948-2-.639
1949-10-.733
1950-1-.617
1951-4-.691
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 121    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Preacher Roe (953)
  2. Bobby Shantz (929)
  3. Marius Russo (924)
  4. Dick Ruthven (918)
  5. Gary Peters (916)
  6. Ray Herbert (904)
  7. Hugh Mulcahy (897)
  8. Al Jackson (897)
  9. Frank Tanana (896)
  10. Milt Wilcox (895)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Al Javery (993)
  2. Ken Heintzelman (990)
  3. Preacher Roe (987)
  4. Joe Dobson (987)
  5. Stu Miller (986)
  6. Tommy Hughes (986)
  7. Dave Koslo (983)
  8. Hersh Freeman (983)
  9. Humberto Robinson (981)
  10. Jim Brewer (981)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1941
Earned first career win on 9/7/1942
Had first career hit on 4/24/1944, off Newt Kimball (MON)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 5/1/1944 (Going to MIN: P Bob Chipman. Going to PIT: P Butch Wensloff, C Mickey Owen)
Injured on 6/2/1944 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1947, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,821,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/27/1948 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1948, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1948, going 4-1, 1.32
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1950, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Won Platinum Arm in 1950, going 25-9, 2.85 ERA
7/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 3/27/1954 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/7/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $3,425,000 per year
 
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