Johnny Lipon
1942–1954 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
758G
.259AVG
.346OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
690H
10HR
266RBI
28SB
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 25 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,089 | 3,086 |
| Batting · Runs | 351 | 350 |
| Batting · Walks | 347 | 344 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 758 | 3,089 | 2,661 | 351 | 690 | 95 | 24 | 10 | 266 | 347 | 152 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 863 | .259 | .346 | .324 | .670 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1950-05-18 to 1950-06-06
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1951-09-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1952-07-30 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1950-05-11 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 371 | 1507 | 332 | 5 | 120 | 171 | 62 | .257 | .334 | .317 |
| Away | 387 | 1579 | 358 | 5 | 146 | 173 | 90 | .262 | .336 | .331 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 164 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 11 | .243 | .335 | .336 |
| May | 125 | 539 | 124 | 0 | 47 | 67 | 24 | .271 | .354 | .330 |
| June | 138 | 578 | 130 | 2 | 51 | 58 | 30 | .258 | .325 | .324 |
| July | 145 | 594 | 138 | 0 | 61 | 69 | 24 | .271 | .348 | .318 |
| August | 145 | 545 | 123 | 5 | 50 | 51 | 28 | .258 | .319 | .353 |
| September | 158 | 646 | 137 | 2 | 48 | 74 | 35 | .245 | .327 | .299 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .312 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 119 | 476 | 91 | 3 | 36 | 47 | 38 | .220 | .290 | .283 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 110 | 439 | 108 | 1 | 35 | 57 | 21 | .294 | .376 | .371 |
| chicago-white-sox | 109 | 453 | 96 | 3 | 40 | 48 | 16 | .242 | .318 | .313 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 106 | 450 | 95 | 0 | 45 | 50 | 24 | .250 | .322 | .337 |
| new-york-yankees | 101 | 412 | 98 | 2 | 32 | 42 | 16 | .268 | .340 | .323 |
| st-louis-browns | 99 | 393 | 91 | 1 | 36 | 50 | 14 | .270 | .359 | .326 |
| boston-red-sox | 93 | 394 | 95 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 16 | .275 | .348 | .325 |
| detroit-tigers | 20 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | .286 | .353 | .321 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Detroit Tigers | 34 | 131 | 25 | – | 9 | 1 | .191 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 20 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 121 | 458 | 133 | 5 | 52 | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 127 | 439 | 110 | 3 | 59 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 601 | 176 | 2 | 63 | 9 | .293 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 129 | 487 | 129 | – | 38 | 7 | .265 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 118 | 370 | 78 | – | 30 | 4 | .211 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 67 | 154 | 33 | – | 14 | 1 | .214 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |