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Wally Pipp
  • Birth Name:
    Walter Clement Pipp
  • Nickname:
    Wally
  • Date of Birth:
    February 17, 1893
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Chicago, Illinois
  • Place of Death:
    Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Date of Death:
    January 11, 1965
  • Height:
    6' 1
  • Weight:
    180 lb
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
      Catholic University of America

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Wally Pipp

    Career

    Wally Pipp
    • Profession:
      Sportsman
    • Debut:
      June 29, 1913 for the Detroit Tigers

    Trivia

    Wally Pipp
    • He played 372 games for them over the next three seasons before retiring.
    • On June 2, 1925, was removed from the Yankees' starting lineup and replaced with Gehrig.
    • His 226 sacrifices as a Yankee is still a team record.
    • He was later hired by Sports Illustrated as one of the magazine's first writers.
    • Was the first Yankee to win a Home Run title.
    • He did lead the American League with 12 home runs in 1916, and again with 9 in 1917.
    • He joined the New York Yankees for the 1915 season, and would play 136 or more games for them every season until 1925 (except 1918 which was curtailed by injury), hitting .282 with a little power, even after the end of the "dead ball" era.
    • Was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig's streak of 2,130 consecutive games.

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