Al Nipper | Major Leaguer 1983-1990

Full Name: Albert Samuel Nipper
Born: April 2,1959 in San Diego, California
Height: 6-0 Weight: 194 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Hazelwood West (Hazelwood,MO)
College: Truman State University

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Drafted: Selected by Boston Red Sox in 8th Round (206th overall) of 1980 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 8,1987] - Traded by Red Sox with Calvin Schiraldi to Cubs for Lee Smith. [Mar 28,1989] - Released by Cubs. [Feb 20,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Oct 4,1990] - Released by Indians.

Signed by: Donald Lenhardt

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	Winter Hvn	FSL	21	Bos	A+	6	4	2.54	16	11	2	1		1	85.0	82	29	24	1	49	48	6		8.68	0.11	5.19	5.08	1.54	--
1981	Winter Hvn	FSL	22	Bos	A+	14	8	1.70	29	26	15	4	2	1	212.0	191	59	40	3	60	139	15		8.11	0.13	2.55	5.90	1.18	--
1982	Bristol	East	23	Bos	AA	6	7	3.68	19	18	6	1	1	0	115.0	108	50	47	3	45	66	6		8.45	0.23	3.52	5.17	1.33	--
1983	NewBritain	East	24	Bos	AA	4	3	2.82	10	9	3	1	0	0	67.0	46	26	21	3	25	42	1		6.18	0.40	3.36	5.64	1.06	--
	Pawtucket	IL	24	Bos	AAA	9	4	4.45	18	17	4	1	1	0	109.1	108	62	54	11	54	58	1		8.89	0.91	4.45	4.77	1.48	--
	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	1	1	2.25	3	2	1	0	1	0	16.0	17	4	4	0	7	5	0	0	9.56	0.00	3.94	2.81	1.50	52%
1984	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	11	6	3.89	29	24	6	0	3	0	182.2	183	86	79	18	52	84	7	1	9.02	0.89	2.56	4.14	1.29	51%
1985	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	9	12	4.06	25	25	5	0	0	0	162.0	157	83	73	14	82	85	3	1	8.72	0.78	4.56	4.72	1.48	51%
1986	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	10	12	5.38	26	26	3	0	0	0	159.0	186	108	95	24	47	79	1	1	10.53	1.36	2.66	4.47	1.47	47%
1987	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	11	12	5.43	30	30	6	0	0	0	174.0	196	115	105	30	62	89	5	0	10.14	1.55	3.21	4.60	1.48	48%
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	29	Chc	MLB	2	4	3.04	22	12	0	0	3	1	80.0	72	37	27	9	34	27	1	1	8.10	1.01	3.83	3.04	1.33	41%
1990	Colo Spr	PCL	31	Cle	AAA	5	5	4.74	17	16	1	0	1	1	89.1	80	53	47	6	56	47	5		8.06	0.60	5.64	4.74	1.52	--
	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	2	3	6.75	9	5	0	0	1	0	24.0	35	19	18	2	19	12	6	0	13.13	0.75	7.13	4.50	2.25	34%
1991	Louisville	Amer	32	Stl	AAA	0	3	5.72	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	36	18	18	3	9	10	1		11.44	0.95	2.86	3.18	1.59	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						46	50	4.52	144	124	21	0	8	1	797.2	846	452	401	97	303	381	23	4	9.55	1.09	3.42	4.30	1.44	48%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						44	34	3.20	114	102	31	8		3	706.0	651	297	251	30	298	410	35		8.30	0.38	3.80	5.23	1.34	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1983	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	p	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	29	Chc	MLB	p	9	22	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	.087	.087	.130	217	40%
1990	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Louisville	Amer	32	Stl	AAA	p		5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								144	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	.087	.087	.130	217	40%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1986	Boston	AL	27		Ws	0	1	7.11	2		0			0	6.1	10		5		2	2			14.22	---	2.84	2.84	1.90	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	7.11	2		0			0	6.1	10		5		2	2			14.21	---	2.84	2.84	1.89	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1986	Boston	AL	27	Bos	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981	Winter Hvn	FSL	22	Bos	A+	P	29			15	33	1	49	1	-	-	-	.980	--

1982	Bristol	East	23	Bos	AA	P	19			17	31	0	48	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

1983	NewBritain	East	24	Bos	AA	P	10			4	22	0	26	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1983	Pawtucket	IL	24	Bos	AAA	P	18			14	22	1	37	5	-	-	-	.973	--
1983	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	P	3		16	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69

1984	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	P	29		182.2	28	31	1	60	0	-	-	-	.983	2.91

1985	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	P	25		162	24	28	5	57	4	-	-	-	.912	2.89

1986	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	P	26		159	28	28	1	57	4	-	-	-	.982	3.17

1987	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	P	30		174	20	27	2	49	2	-	-	-	.959	2.43

1988	Chi Cubs	NL	29	Chc	MLB	P	22		80	4	7	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	1.24

1990	Colo Spr	PCL	31	Cle	AAA	P	17			5	13	0	18	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	9		24	1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	.75

1991	Louisville	Amer	32	Stl	AAA	P	5			2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1984] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #7)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	165,000		299,108	50
1986	265,000		325,466	44
1987	*60,000		292,853	80
1988	397,000		325,305	31
1990	*100,000		426,358	80

Career:	$987,000	estimate

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Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1992	Major League Baseball [MLB]	Overseas Relation Dept
1993	GCL Red Sox [Gcl]	Pitching Coach
1994	Sarasota [Fsl]	Pitching Coach
1995	Trenton [East]	Pitching Coach
1995-1996	Boston Red Sox [MLB]	Pitching Coach
1996-1997	Trenton [East]	Pitching Coach
1998-2000	Texas Rangers [MLB]	Minor League Pitching Coordinator
2001-2002	Kansas City Royals [MLB]	Pitching Coach
2003-2004	Sarasota [Fsl]	Pitching Coach
2005	Boston Red Sox [MLB]	Minor League Pitching Coordinator
2006	Boston Red Sox [MLB]	Bullpen Coach