George Pipgras
1923–1935 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
276G
.163AVG
.203OBP
.202SLG
More career statistics
88H
2HR
42RBI
0SB
102–73W–L
1,488.1IP
714K
4.09ERA
189GS
12SV
3Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 539 | 537 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 129 | 131 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 593 | 591 |
| Batting · RBI | 42 | 43 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,531 | 6,526 |
| Pitching · p er | 676 | 685 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,529 | 1,530 |
| Pitching · p hr | 66 | 65 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,465 | 4,464 |
| Pitching · p k | 714 | 713 |
| Pitching · p r | 801 | 802 |
| Pitching · p w | 598 | 603 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | 593 | 539 | 37 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | .163 | .203 | .202 | .405 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,488.3 | 276 | 189 | 93 | 102 | 73 | 12 | 1,529 | 801 | 676 | 66 | 598 | 714 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 1.429 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1931-09-19 to 1932-05-23
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1928-07-29 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1929-04-18 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1929-05-18 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 142 | 307 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 65 | .189 | .225 | .228 |
| Away | 134 | 284 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 66 | .137 | .155 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .277 | .300 |
| May | 49 | 112 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 26 | .183 | .205 | .260 |
| June | 49 | 120 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | .157 | .200 | .231 |
| July | 64 | 129 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 30 | .171 | .186 | .171 |
| August | 43 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | .148 | .193 | .173 |
| September | 46 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | .119 | .130 | .131 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | .168 | .155 | .211 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 42 | 97 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | .170 | .237 | .216 |
| cleveland-guardians | 40 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | .274 | .273 | .355 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | .105 | .146 | .128 |
| st-louis-browns | 36 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .113 | .167 | .113 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 34 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | .172 | .179 | .203 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 18 | .176 | .203 | .235 |
| new-york-yankees | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  New York Yankees | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 33 | 12 |
| 1924 | New York Yankees | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 15 | 4 |
| 1927 | New York Yankees | 29 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 6 | – | .239 | 166 | 80 |
| 1928 | New York Yankees | 46 | 114 | 18 | – | 5 | – | .158 | 301 | 138 |
| 1929 | New York Yankees | 39 | 84 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .143 | 225 | 125 |
| 1930 | New York Yankees | 44 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 12 | – | .152 | 220 | 113 |
| 1931 | New York Yankees | 36 | 41 | 1 | – | – | – | .024 | 136 | 58 |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | 32 | 82 | 18 | – | 10 | – | .220 | 219 | 111 |
| 1933 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 26 | 57 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .175 | 161 | 70 |
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | – |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |