Cotton Pippen
1936–1945 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, PRK, St. Louis Cardinals
38G
.111AVG
.172OBP
.130SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
2RBI
0SB
5–16W–L
175.0IP
55K
6.38ERA
25GS
1SV
2Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · p er | 124 | 126 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 525 | 526 |
| Pitching · p k | 55 | 56 |
| Pitching · p r | 144 | 145 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 61 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .111 | .172 | .130 | .302 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175.0 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 253 | 144 | 124 | 22 | 64 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6.38 | 1.811 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1939-05-30 to 1939-06-04
3longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-06-04 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1939-07-04 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 21 | 8 |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 40 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 132 | 39 |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 9 |