Al Nipper
1983–1990 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians
22G
.087AVG
.087OBP
.130SLG
More career statistics
2H
0HR
0RBI
0SB
46–50W–L
797.2IP
381K
4.52ERA
124GS
1SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 22 | 144 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 797.7 | 144 | 124 | 21 | 46 | 50 | 1 | 846 | 452 | 401 | 97 | 303 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 4.52 | 1.440 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1988-05-08 to 1988-05-08
1longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1988-04-30 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1984-09-25 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1984-09-15 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  Boston Red Sox | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 182 | 84 |
| 1985 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 162 | 85 |
| 1986 | Boston Red Sox | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 159 | 79 |
| 1987 | Boston Red Sox | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 174 | 89 |
| 1988 |  Chicago Cubs | 22 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 80 | 27 |
| 1990 |  Cleveland Guardians | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 12 |