Alvin Gipson
1941–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants
58G
.193AVG
.193OBP
.202SLG
More career statistics
22H
0HR
5RBI
1SB
7–27W–L
262.1IP
167K
4.53ERA
36GS
2SV
1Rare feat
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 | 58 | 96 |
| Batting · At bats | 114 | 90 |
| Batting · Doubles | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Hits | 22 | 18 |
| Batting · Home runs | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 119 | 93 |
| Batting · Runs | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · Games | 53 | 92 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,158 | 927 |
| Pitching · p cg | 16 | 38 |
| Pitching · p er | 132 | 61 |
| Pitching · p gs | 36 | 58 |
| Pitching · p h | 275 | 386 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 12 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 787 | 1,325 |
| Pitching · p k | 167 | 105 |
| Pitching · p r | 155 | 220 |
| Pitching · p w | 84 | 72 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 119 | 114 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .193 | .193 | .202 | .395 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262.3 | 53 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 275 | 155 | 132 | 4 | 84 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 4.53 | 1.368 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1943-08-03 to 1944-06-08
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1949-05-15 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1949-08-16 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1942-07-05 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 12 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | .273 | 39 | 7 |
| 1942 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 13 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 40 | 11 |
| 1943 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 16 | 26 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .231 | 88 | 24 |
| 1944 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 20 | 20 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 107 | 24 |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 29 | 11 |
| 1946 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 15 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 74 | 10 |
| 1949 | CGChicago American Giants | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | .286 | 61 | 18 |