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Bob Kipper
Bob Kipper
	Pitcher
	Born: July 8, 1964 (age 60); Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Left
MLB debut
	April 12, 1985, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
	July 27, 1992, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	27–37
Earned run average	4.34
Strikeouts	369
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	California Angels (1985); Pittsburgh Pirates (1985–1991); Minnesota Twins (1992);

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Robert Wayne Kipper (born July 8, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He has also spent two terms (all of the 2002 season, and part of the 2015 season) as bullpen coach of MLB's Boston Red Sox.^[1]

Playing career

A native of Aurora, Illinois, Kipper, a left-hander, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg) during his active career. After graduating from Aurora Central Catholic High School, he was selected by the California Angels with the eighth pick in the first round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft. He had signed to play baseball at Nebraska before his selection. Kipper led the Class A California League in wins (18) and earned run average (2.04) as his league's "pitcher of the year" in 1984. He made his MLB debut with the Angels in April 1985 at age 20, but was ineffective in two games pitched and was returned to the minor leagues.

Kipper was sent from the Angels to the Pirates on August 16, 1985 to complete a trade from two weeks prior on August 2 that also had Pat Clements and Mike Brown coming to Pittsburgh for John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland.^[2]^[3] He would pitch in 247 games for the Pirates over all or parts of seven seasons (1985–91)—initially as a starter, but then as a relief specialist—before finishing his MLB career for the Minnesota Twins in 1992.

In his eight-season MLB career, Kipper posted a 27–37 record with a 4.43 ERA and 11 saves in 271 appearances. He allowed 527 hits and 217 bases on balls, with 369 strikeouts, and 562 innings pitched.

Post-playing career

Following his playing retirement, Kipper has worked as a pitching coach in independent league baseball and in the minor leagues. He also spent a full season as major league bullpen coach of the 2002 Boston Red Sox.^[4] Thirteen years later, on August 16, 2015, he was named Boston's interim bullpen coach, part of a chain reaction of moves driven by manager John Farrell's medical leave of absence for treatment of lymphoma. In Farrell's absence, bench coach Torey Lovullo became acting manager and bullpen coach Dana LeVangie became acting bench coach.^[1]

A member of the Boston Red Sox organization since 1999, Kipper has coached for their Lowell Spinners (1999), Augusta GreenJackets (2000–01), Greenville Drive (2005–06; 2008–09; 2018–present),^[5] Lancaster JetHawks (2007), Portland Sea Dogs (2003–04; 2010–14), and Pawtucket Red Sox (2015–17) affiliates, working with teams from short-season leagues to Triple-A. Since 2018, Kipper has served as pitching coach of the Drive.

References

^ ^a ^b Boston Red Sox official web site
^ "Sports People: Wish Comes True," The New York Times, Saturday, August 3, 1985. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
^ "The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired the contract of left-handed pitcher...," United Press International (UPI), Friday, August 16, 1985. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
^ Red Sox announce 2014 minor league managers, coaching staffs
^ "Red Sox announce personnel moves in player development and Minor League field staffs". mlb.com (Press release). Boston Red Sox. January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or MLB, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
Bob Kipper at SABR Bio Project

Preceded by John Cumberland Dana LeVangie	Boston Red Sox bullpen coach 2002 2015 (August 16–October 4)	Succeeded by Euclides Rojas Dana LeVangie

[homing-1] Boston Red Sox official web site

[2] "Sports People: Wish Comes True," The New York Times, Saturday, August 3, 1985. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

[3] "The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired the contract of left-handed pitcher...," United Press International (UPI), Friday, August 16, 1985. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

[4] Red Sox announce 2014 minor league managers, coaching staffs

[5] "Red Sox announce personnel moves in player development and Minor League field staffs". mlb.com (Press release). Boston Red Sox. January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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-'''Robert Wayne Kipper''' (born July 8, 1964) in [[Aurora, Illinois]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional baseball]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]] and a former [[relief pitcher|middle-relief pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]].  As of {{by|2015}}, he is the pitching coach of the [[Pawtucket Red Sox]] of the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[International League]].<ref>[http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150108&content_id=105929292&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t533&sid=t533 milb,com 2015.01.08]</ref>
+'''Robert Wayne Kipper''' (born July 8, 1964) is an American [[professional baseball]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]] and a former [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) pitcher. He has also spent two terms (all of the 2002 season, and part of the 2015 season) as [[bullpen]] coach of MLB's [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref name="homing">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150818211752/http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/143482562 Boston Red Sox official web site]</ref>
+==Playing career==
-A native of [[Aurora, Illinois]], Kipper, a [[left-handed|left-hander]], stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in} tall and weighed {{convert|200|lb}} during his active career.  After graduating from [[Aurora Central Catholic High School]], he was selected by the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] with the eighth pick in the first round of the [[1982 Major League Baseball Draft]].  He had signed to play baseball at [[Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball|Nebraska]] before his selection. Kipper led the [[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] [[California League]] in [[win-loss record (pitching)|wins]] (18) and [[earned run average]] (2.04) as his league's "pitcher of the year"in 1984.  He made his MLB debut with the Angels in April {{by|1985}} at age 20, but was ineffective in two [[games pitched]] and was returned to the [[minor league baseball|minor leagues]].  Then, on August 16, the contending Angels included Kipper in a six-player trade with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] that netted them veterans [[John Candelaria]], [[George Hendrick]] and [[Al Holland]].  Kipper would pitch in 247 games for the Pirates over all or parts of seven seasons (1985–1991)—initially as a [[starting pitcher|starter]], but then as a relief specialist—before finishing his MLB career for the [[Minnesota Twins]] in {{by|1992}}.
+A native of [[Aurora, Illinois]], Kipper, a [[left-handed|left-hander]], stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|200|lb}} during his active career.  After graduating from [[Aurora Central Catholic High School]], he was selected by the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] with the eighth pick in the first round of the [[1982 Major League Baseball Draft]].  He had signed to play baseball at [[Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball|Nebraska]] before his selection. Kipper led the [[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] [[California League]] in [[win–loss record (pitching)|wins]] (18) and [[earned run average]] (2.04) as his league's "pitcher of the year" in 1984.  He made his MLB debut with the [[1985 California Angels season|Angels]] in April {{baseball year|1985}} at age 20, but was ineffective in two [[games pitched]] and was returned to the [[minor league baseball|minor leagues]].
+Kipper was sent from the Angels to the [[1985 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] on August 16, 1985 to complete a trade from two weeks prior on August 2 that also had [[Pat Clements]] and [[Mike Brown (1980s outfielder)|Mike Brown]] coming to Pittsburgh for [[John Candelaria]], [[George Hendrick]] and [[Al Holland]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/03/sports/sports-people-wish-comes-true.html "Sports People: Wish Comes True," ''The New York Times'', Saturday, August 3, 1985.] Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/16/The-Pittsburgh-Pirates-acquired-the-contract-of-left-handed-pitcher/3230493012800/ "The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired the contract of left-handed pitcher...," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Friday, August 16, 1985.] Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref> He would pitch in 247 games for the Pirates over all or parts of seven seasons (1985–91)—initially as a [[starting pitcher|starter]], but then as a relief specialist—before finishing his MLB career for the [[Minnesota Twins]] in {{baseball year|1992}}.
-In his eight-season MLB career, Kipper posted a 27–37 [[win-loss record (pitching)|record]] with a 4.43 [[earned run average|ERA]] and 11 [[save (sport)|saves]] in 271 appearances. He allowed 527 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] and 217 [[bases on balls]], with 369 [[strikeout]]s, and 562 [[innings pitched]].
+In his eight-season MLB career, Kipper posted a 27–37 [[win–loss record (pitching)|record]] with a 4.43 [[earned run average|ERA]] and 11 [[save (sport)|saves]] in 271 appearances. He allowed 527 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] and 217 [[bases on balls]], with 369 [[strikeout]]s, and 562 [[innings pitched]].
-Following his playing retirement, Kipper has worked as a [[coach (baseball)|pitching coach]] in [[independent league baseball]] and in the minor leagues.  A member of the [[Boston Red Sox]] organization since {{by|1999}}, he has coached for their [[Lowell Spinners]] (1999), [[Augusta GreenJackets]] (2000–2001), [[Greenville Drive]] (2005–2006; 2008–2009), [[Lancaster JetHawks]] (2007) and Portland Sea Dogs (2003–2004; 2010–2014) affiliates, prior to his Pawtucket assignment. He spent the full [[2002 Boston Red Sox season|2002 season]] as [[coach (baseball)|bullpen coach]] of the MLB Red Sox.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/12/red_sox_announce_2014_minor_league_field_staffs.html Red Sox announce 2014 minor league managers, coaching staffs]</ref>
+==Post-playing career==
-==Sources==
+Following his playing retirement, Kipper has worked as a [[coach (baseball)|pitching coach]] in [[independent league baseball]] and in the minor leagues. He also spent a full season as  major league [[coach (baseball)|bullpen coach]] of the [[2002 Boston Red Sox season|2002 Boston Red Sox]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/12/red_sox_announce_2014_minor_league_field_staffs.html Red Sox announce 2014 minor league managers, coaching staffs]</ref> Thirteen years later, on August 16, 2015, he was named Boston's interim bullpen coach, part of a chain reaction of moves driven by manager [[John Farrell (manager)|John Farrell's]] medical leave of absence for treatment of [[lymphoma]].  In Farrell's absence, bench coach [[Torey Lovullo]] became acting manager and bullpen coach [[Dana LeVangie]] became acting bench coach.<ref name="homing"/>
+A member of the Boston Red Sox organization since 1999, Kipper has coached for their [[Lowell Spinners]] (1999), [[Augusta GreenJackets]] (2000–01), Greenville Drive (2005–06; 2008–09; 2018–present),<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-red-sox-announce-personnel-moves-in-player-development-and-minor-l |title=Red Sox announce personnel moves in player development and Minor League field staffs
+ |website=mlb.com |publisher=Boston Red Sox |date=January 16, 2020 |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref> [[Lancaster JetHawks]] (2007), [[Portland Sea Dogs]] (2003–04; 2010–14), and [[Pawtucket Red Sox]] (2015–17) affiliates, working with teams from [[short-season]] leagues to [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]. Since 2018, Kipper has served as pitching coach of the Drive.
+==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+{{Baseballstats|br=k/kippebo01|fangraphs=1006956|retro=K/Pkippb001|brm=kipper001rob}}, or [http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=117107 MLB], or [https://web.archive.org/web/20161023054634/http://www.pelotabinaria.com.ve/lvbp/mostrar.php?id=kippbob001 Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)]
-*{{Baseballstats | mlb= | espn= | br=k/kippebo01 | fangraphs=1006956 | cube=Bob-Kipper|brm=22891}}
+*[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-kipper/ Bob Kipper] at [[Society for American Baseball Research|SABR]] Bio Project
-*[http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=117107 MLB.com] historical statistics
 {{s-start}}
-{{succession box | title=[[Boston Red Sox]] [[coach (baseball)|bullpen coach]] | before=[[John Cumberland]] | years=2002 | after= [[Euclides Rojas]]}}
+{{succession box | title=[[Boston Red Sox]] [[coach (baseball)|bullpen coach]] | before=[[John Cumberland]]<br>[[Dana LeVangie]] | years=2002<br>2015 <small>(August 16–October 4)</small> | after=[[Euclides Rojas]]<br>[[Dana LeVangie]]}}
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