George Pipgras George William Pipgras Bats Right Throws Right Height 6'1.5 Weight 185 Born December 20, 1899 Ida Grove, IA Died October 19, 1986 Gainesville, FL

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1928 28 PAW   7  20  .259   0  32  32   2      217.0            123  118  107      5.10  4.08   80  
 1929    PAW   0   4  .000   0   9   9   0   0   46.0             28   21   23      5.48  3.64   66  
 1929    STL   4   0 1.000   0   6   6   0   0   41.0              8   14   11      1.76  3.64  207  
 1929 29 TOT   4   4  .500   0  15  15   0   0   87.0             36   35   34      3.72  3.64   98  
 1930 30 STL  14   6  .700   0  32  32   2      194.1             69   78   65      3.20  4.27  134  

 1931 31 STL   1   0 1.000   0   6               27.2   28    7    7   10   10      2.28  3.62  159  
 1932 32 STL   8  13  .381   0  32  32   6   2  201.1  187   95   89   66   69      3.98  3.20   80  
 1933 33 NDA   0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0    7.0    7    2    1    4    3      1.29  4.15  323  
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  6 Seasons   38  48  .442   0 133 127  10   2  821.1  222  368  361  346  322      3.96  3.80   96 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  10  12  .442   0  33  32   3   1  205.1   56   92   90   87   81      3.96 
 Career High  14  20  .700   0  32  32   6   2  217.0  187  123  123  118  107      3.20            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 2 Yrs.  PAW   7  24  .226   0  41  41   2   0  263.0       151  151  139  130      5.17  3.98   77  
 4 Yrs.  STL  27  19  .587   0  76  70   8   2  464.1  215  179  173  168  155      3.35  3.72  111  
 1 Yr.   NDA   0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0    7.0    7    2    1    4    3      1.29  4.15  323  
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 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
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 1930 STL HAR   W     1   0 1.000   0   2   2   0   0   8.1    9    6    6    5    2   3  6.48
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               1-0    1   0 1.000   0   2   2   0   0   8.1    9    6    6    5    2   3  6.48
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WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Wins 1930-14-8

Strikeouts 1928-107-4

Losses 1928-20-1

Walks 1928-118-7

Player of the Week, Week 22, 1932.

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 3rd round (22nd overall) by Pawtucket. August 2, 1929: Traded by Pawtucket to St Louis for Grover Alexander. November 30, 1932: Signed as a Free Agent by North Dallas.

Biography Pitcher for '27 Yanks dies in Gainsville George Pipgras played on the same team as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and won three World Series Games INVERNESS - George Pipgras of Inverness, one of three surviving members of the 1927 New York Yankees, a team that included baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, died Sunday at a Gainsville hospital at age 86. A right-hander with a career record of 102 wins and 73 losses, Pipgras pitched for the Yankees from 1923-33 and in 1928 led the American League in victories (24), games started (38) and innings pitched (300.2) During his years with the Yankees, he won all three of his World Series appearances: 1927, 1928 and 1932. He ended his baseball career in 1935 with the Boston Red Sox. In an October 1985 interview with the Tribune, Pipgras recalled a throw to second that caught Ty Cobb, a master base-stealer, 15 feet off base. Embarrassed by the young right-hander's move, Cobb “called me all the bad names he could think of,” Pipgras said. Pipgras decided to get even with Cobb for bombarding him with expletives in full view of teammates and fans. “The next time he came to bat, the first two pitches I threw were at the back of his neck,” Pipgras said. “The next pitch was across the plate and he put down a drag bunt along the first-base line. He knew I would be fielding it. I was near the (first-base) foul line when I picked it up. Cobb jumped into me, feet first. I've still got the scars from his spikes.” Cobb, who finished his 23-year career with a .367 batting mark, managed a paltry .182 against Pipgras, earning only two hits in 11 times at bat against Pipgras, Cobb's Hall of Fame records show. But Pipgras said the toughest batter he ever faced in his career was Bibb Falk, who played for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, and who would later put together a legendary career as head coach of the University of Texas baseball team. “I don't know what it was. He hit everything I threw at him but my glove,” Pipgras said. Pipgras won all three of his World Series games, each in a series sweep by the Yankees. “That's a record that will stand for a while,” Pipgras said in 1985. Pipgras was attracted to Citrus County in 1939 because of hunting and fishing interests, and he moved to Inverness from St. Petersburg 42 years ago. He later worked as a scout for the Boston Red Sox and 11 years as an American League umpire. After retirement, Pipgras occasionally watched televised All-Star and World Series games, but said he preferred football. His health had been failing since 1983, when he was diagnosed as having cancer and subsequently suffered a collapsed lung, according to his wife, Mattie Mae Cooper. She said he was under a doctor's care at their home since December and was hospitalized locally from October 4 until Tuesday, when he was transferred to the Veteran's Administration hospital in Gainsville, where he died. A native of Ida Grove, Iowa, Pipgras was a member of the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame and the New York Yankees Alumni Association. Jim Ogle, director of the association of former Yankees, Monday said Pipgras had been in poor health recently. His death leaves only two surviving members of the 1927 team; shortstop Mark Koenig and infielder Ray Morehart. The '27 team with its famous “Murderers' Row,” is considered by many as the greatest team in baseball history. Pipgras agreed. “That was the greatest team ever put together,” he said in a January 1983 interview with the Tribune. Survivors include Pipgras' wife Mattie Mae Cooper of Inverness; a daughter, Le Morn Simpson of Inverness; and a stepson, Thomas C. Dixson of Jacksonville. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Inverness Chapel of Hooper Funeral Homes. Reprinted From the Tampa Tribune, Monday, October 20, 1986: