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Cotton Pippen Notable

b. April 2, 1911 · St. Louis Cardinals 1936, Philadelphia Athletics 1939, Detroit Tigers 1939–1940

Cotton Pippen played for three clubs across five seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936 and closing with the Detroit Tigers in 1940.

He went 5 and 16 with a 6.38 earned run average, pitching 175 innings in 38 games. He struck out 55. Across 38 games he batted .111, with 6 hits and 1 run. He finished with 1 double.

He was born in Cisco, TX, USA on April 2, 1911, and died on February 15, 1981. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1936 STL 6601 100 0000 .167
1939 DET/PHA 284015 000 2450 .125
1940 DET 4800 000 0020 .000
Career 385416 100 2470 .111

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1936 STL 0263 021.037 18887.71
1939 DET/PHA 4122819 1132.2187 9046386.11
1940 DET 1243 021.129 161096.75
Career 5163825 1175.0253 1246455 6.38

On this day & linked events

1911

Born April 2, 1911

Cisco, TX, USA

1981

Died February 15, 1981