Was Alvin Gipson a pitcher?

Yes. Alvin Gipson pitched in the major leagues, recording 7 wins and 167 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Alvin Gipson hit?

Alvin Gipson hit 0 career home runs with 22 hits.

Alvin Gipson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 7–27

ERA 4.53

WHIP 1.37

SO 167

Pitcher PIV 6144.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 168 lb
Born: 5/7/1914 in Shreveport, LA, USA
Died: 3/25/1987 in Shreveport, LA, USA
Awards: All-Star

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
137.0	130.0	6.0	25.0	1.0	0	1.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	.192	.211	.223	.434

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
41	46	90	56	41	3	679.0	591	336	67	17	111	179	0.89	1.03

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	15.0	14.0	2.0	2.0	0	0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0	0	.143	.200	.357	.557
Listed seasons · 1	15	14	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	.143	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1949	4	7	12	7	4	0	82.1	66	36	19	6	15	28	2.08	0.98
Listed seasons · 1	4	7	12	7	4	0	82.1	66	36	19	6	15	28	2.08	0.98

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
7	27	53	36	16	2	2	262.3	275	132	4	84	167	4.53	6144.4

Career ERA 4.53 vs. league average 3.64 across their career seasons — 24.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1941	BBB	NAL	0	6	10	7	1	0	0	48.3	58	33	20	27	6.14	3.94 (-56%)	749.9
1942	BBB	NAL	2	4	13	5	1	0	1	40.7	52	21	15	24	4.65	3.57 (-30%)	436.8
1943	BBB	NAL	2	7	12	10	7	0	0	73.7	70	30	18	62	3.67	3.50 (-5%)	2964.6
1944	BBB	NAL	2	6	11	8	5	1	1	61.7	57	26	19	34	3.79	3.57 (-6%)	1451.1
1945	BBB	NAL	1	2	5	4	1	1	0	29.0	25	12	9	12	3.72	3.67 (-2%)	541.9
1946	BBB	NAL	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	9.0	13	10	3	8	10.00	3.59 (-178%)	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			7	27	53	36	16	2	2	262.1	275	132	84	167	4.53	—	6,144

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
58	114	2	22	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	.193	.193	.202	.395	0

Career AVG .193 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 25.3% below league average.

Career OBP .193 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career SLG .202 vs. league average .357 across their career seasons — 43.4% below league average.

Career OPS .395 vs. league average .684 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1941	BBB	NAL	12	20	1	4	0	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	BBB	NAL	13	17	0	1	0	0	1	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	BBB	NAL	14	34	1	7	1	3	0	.206	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	BBB	NAL	11	26	0	6	0	2	0	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
1945	BBB	NAL	5	11	0	3	0	0	0	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	BBB	NAL	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			58	114	2	22	1	5	1	.193	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1943	NWS	BBB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	3.3	2	0	1	2	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1943	NWS	BBB	0	0	1	0	0	3.3	2	0	1	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	38	26	2	7	1	4	.269
Away	57	54	2	8	0	0	.148

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	37	157.1	151	29	20	31	1.66
Away	54	267.1	225	32	46	69	1.08

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI
1949-09-04	CAG	IN9	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-31	CAG	LCB	W	3	1	1	1	2
1949-08-24	CAG	LCB	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-16	CAG	BIR	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-31	CAG	PH5	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-26	CAG	KCM	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-03	CAG	KCM	W	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-26	CAG	HOE	W	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-12	CAG	BLG	L	2	0	0	0	0
1949-05-26	CAG	IN9	L	2	0	1	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-09-04	CAG	IN9	L	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-31	CAG	LCB	—	5.1	10	8	7	4	2	1
1949-08-24	CAG	LCB	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1949-08-16	CAG	BIR	L	9.0	5	4	0	0	11	0
1949-07-31	CAG	PH5	L	9.0	10	6	0	0	0	0
1949-07-26	CAG	KCM	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1949-07-03	CAG	KCM	W	6.0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1949-06-26	CAG	HOE	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-12	CAG	BLG	L	6.0	8	5	4	4	1	2
1949-05-26	CAG	IN9	—	5.0	7	3	3	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1	1	1	0	0	0
P	53	35	6	53	1	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1941	BBB	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0
1941	BBB	P	10	7	2	10	1	0
1942	BBB	P	13	5	3	5	0	0
1943	BBB	P	12	9	1	15	0	0
1944	BBB	P	11	8	0	13	0	0
1945	BBB	P	5	4	0	8	0	0
1946	BBB	P	2	2	0	2	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	53
Left Field	1