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Jimmy Ripple
James Albert Ripple

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 20, 1936
Final Game September 12, 1943
Born October 14, 1909 in Export, PA
Died July 16, 1959 in Greensburg, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 26 NYG NL  96  311   42   95  17  2   7   47   1     28  15  .305  .365  .441  117  137   5           1   6
 1937 27 NYG NL 121  426   70  135  23  3   5   66   3     29  20  .317  .362  .420  111  179  10           1  10
 1938 28 NYG NL 134  501   68  131  21  3  10   60   2     49  21  .261  .333  .375   94  188  14           5  19
 1939 29 TOT NL  94  229   28   63  12  4   1   34   0     19  15  .275  .339  .376   90   86   5           3   9
         NYG NL  66  123   10   28   4  0   1   12   0      8   7  .228  .286  .285   53   35   1           2   4
         BRO NL  28  106   18   35   8  4   0   22   0     11   8  .330  .398  .481  131   51   4           1   5
 1940 30 TOT NL  39  114   15   34  10  0   4   20   1     15   7  .298  .389  .491  140   56   3           2   1
         BRO NL   7   13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0      2   2  .231  .333  .231   54    3   0           0   0
         CIN NL  32  101   15   31  10  0   4   20   1     13   5  .307  .397  .525  151   53   3           2   1
 1941 31 CIN NL  38  102   10   22   6  1   1    9   0      9   4  .216  .279  .324   69   33   3           0   0
 1943 33 PHA AL  32  126    8   30   3  1   0   15   0  0   7   7  .238  .284  .278   65   35   4           1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      554 1809  241  510  92 14  28  251   7  0 156  89  .282  .343  .395  101  714  44   0   0  13  46
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        529   70  149  27  4   8   73   2  0  46  26  .282  .343  .395  101  209  13   0   0   4  13
 Career High    134  501   70  135  23  4  10   66   3  0  49  21  .317  .365  .441  117  188  14   0   0   5  19
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 26 NYG NL  345  227   50   5.9   102| .305  .285| .365  .344| .441  .398| .806  .742| 117  .605   7.6   0.7     
 1937 27 NYG NL  466  311   65   5.6   102| .317  .281| .362  .343| .420  .399| .782  .742| 111  .596   6.5   0.6     
 1938 28 NYG NL  569  403   62   4.1   100| .261  .276| .333  .340| .375  .393| .708  .733|  94  .471  -4.1  -0.4     
 1939 29 TOT NL  256  180   30   4.4   105| .275  .283| .339  .349| .376  .405| .715  .754|  90  .488  -3.4  -0.3     
         NYG NL  134  100   10   2.7   104| .228  .281| .286  .347| .285  .402| .571  .750|  53  .273  -8.3  -0.8     
         BRO NL  122   80   20   6.7   107| .330  .285| .398  .351| .481  .407| .879  .759| 131  .667   4.9   0.5     
 1940 30 TOT NL  134   84   21   6.7    99| .298  .274| .389  .338| .491  .394| .880  .732| 140  .688   7.0   0.7     
         BRO NL   15   10    1   2.7   103| .231  .279| .333  .344| .231  .401| .564  .745|  54  .293  -0.8  -0.1     
         CIN NL  119   74   20   7.3    99| .307  .273| .397  .338| .525  .393| .922  .730| 151  .718   7.7   0.8     
 1941 31 CIN NL  114   83    9   2.9    95| .216  .267| .279  .338| .324  .376| .603  .714|  69  .342  -4.4  -0.5     
 1943 33 PHA AL  138  101   10   2.7    86| .238  .255| .284  .329| .278  .352| .562  .681|  65  .349  -5.9  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2022 1389  247   4.8   100| .282  .277| .343  .341| .395  .393| .738  .734| 101  .533   3.1   0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1936 26 NYG NL OF 76 190 5 4 1 .980 .973 2.57 2.25 0 75 1 1937 27 NYG NL OF 111 193 6 4 1 .980 .974 1.79 2.13 0 54 57 1938 28 NYG NL OF 131 236 13 6 2 .976 .976 1.90 2.22 0 17 115 1939 29 TOT NL OF 51 91 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.82 2.17 21 5 25 NYG NL OF 23 36 2 0 0 1.000 .974 1.65 2.17 9 4 10 BRO NL OF 28 55 0 0 0 1.000 .975 1.96 2.17 12 1 15 1940 30 TOT NL OF 33 55 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.67 2.17 28 0 5 BRO NL OF 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 3.33 2.17 1 0 2 CIN NL OF 30 45 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 2.17 27 0 3 1941 31 CIN NL OF 25 36 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.48 2.15 7 0 18 1943 33 PHA AL OF 31 55 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.77 2.39 10 0 21
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 26 NYG NL OF 76 190 5 4 1 .980 .973 2.57 2.25 0 75 1 1937 27 NYG NL OF 111 193 6 4 1 .980 .974 1.79 2.13 0 54 57 1938 28 NYG NL OF 131 236 13 6 2 .976 .976 1.90 2.22 0 17 115 1939 29 TOT NL OF 51 91 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.82 2.17 21 5 25 NYG NL OF 23 36 2 0 0 1.000 .974 1.65 2.17 9 4 10 BRO NL OF 28 55 0 0 0 1.000 .975 1.96 2.17 12 1 15 1940 30 TOT NL OF 33 55 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.67 2.17 28 0 5 BRO NL OF 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 3.33 2.17 1 0 2 CIN NL OF 30 45 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 2.17 27 0 3 1941 31 CIN NL OF 25 36 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.48 2.15 7 0 18 1943 33 PHA AL OF 31 55 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.77 2.39 10 0 21
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 458 856 27 14 5 .984 .975 1.93 2.20 66 151 242 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 458 856 27 14 5 .984 .975 1.93 2.20
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   5  12   2   4  0  0  1   3   3   3  .333  .467  .583   0  1   2   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   5  17   2   5  0  0  0   0   3   1  .294  .400  .294   0  1   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   7  21   3   7  2  0  1   6   4   2  .333  .440  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  17  50   7  16  2  0  2   9  10   6  .320  .433  .480   0  2   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-5-3

Sac. Hits
1938 NL-14-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1938 NL-19-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1937 NL-21.3-9
1938 NL-23.9-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1653) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 22, 1935: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Montreal (International).

August 23, 1939: Traded by the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.

August 23, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 21, 1941: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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