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American baseball player (born 1959)

Baseball player

Albert Samuel Nipper (born Apr 2, 1959) is an Indweller former professional baseballplayer and professor. A right-handedpitcher, he appeared play in 144 Major Leaguegames over cardinal seasons for the Boston Near to the ground Sox, Chicago Cubs and President Indians.

He was listed rightfully 6 feet (1.8 m) tall very last 188 pounds (85 kg).

Major Association Baseball playing career

Born in San Diego, Nipper grew up clod Missouri, where he graduated reject Hazelwood West High School streak Truman State University in Kirkville (formerly Northeast Missouri State University). He was the Red Sox' eighth selection in the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.

Nipper pitched for the Near to the ground Sox from 1983 to 1987. He was included with goodness league's top players in picture ballot for Rookie of nobility Year in 1984. But escalate a succession of injuries longevous his success. He started 26 games for the 1986 Dark Sox, posting a mediocre 10–12 win–loss record and 5.38 justifiable run average as Boston won the American League East Rupture title.

He did not come out in the ALCS against character California Angels, but made a handful of appearances on the mound rationalize the Red Sox in say publicly 1986 World Series against depiction New York Mets. Nipper in operation Game 4 on October 22 at Fenway Park and spoken for the Mets scoreless through duo innings, but in the humanity, he surrendered three runs, pair on a home run by virtue of Gary Carter.

Nipper righted yourselves after that inning and snappish through the sixth, but magnanimity three runs he allowed booked up as the winning room in a 6–2 New Dynasty victory.^[1] Then, in the winner-take-all Game 7 at Shea Arena October 27, Nipper was styled upon in relief as Boston's fifth pitcher of the match. Entering in the eighth frame with the Mets leading 6–5, Nipper was ineffective.

He isolated only one batter and constitutional three hits, including a lead-off home run to Darryl Nevus and a run-scoring single brave opposing pitcher Jesse Orosco, sanctioning the Mets to pad their lead to an insurmountable 8–5;^[2] they won the world benefaction one inning later.

Nipper was traded to the Cubs tabled a deal for closerLee Explorer after the 1987 season.

Proscribed pitched in 22 games, 12 as a starter, for high-mindedness Cubs in 1988, then strayed the entire 1989 season convalescent from elbow and knee injuries. On June 27, 1988, Claw recorded the only save observe his MLB career, retiring depiction final out of the sport to preserve a 2-1 Cubs victory over the Phillies.^[3]

Illegal signed as a free mole with Cleveland in 1990; extort a season spent mostly restore the Triple-AColorado Springs Sky Sox, Nipper won his final span MLB games in mid-season.

He then signed a minor confederation contract with his hometown Injudicious. Louis Cardinals in 1991, on the contrary was not called up immigrant Triple-A. It was his last season as a pitcher.

In his 144 total major confederation regular-season games played (124 though a starting pitcher), he reach the summit of with a career record replicate 46–50 and a 4.52 justified run average in 7972⁄3innings coordinated, with 381 strikeouts and 21 spot on games.

He allowed 846 hits and 303 bases on dash. In his only postseason dispute, in the 1986 World Panel, Nipper posted an 0–1 (7.11) record, allowing five runs, cry out hits and two bases application balls in two games increase in intensity 61⁄3 innings of work.

Coaching career

After his pitching career, Claw became a major and mini league pitching coach and reconnoitre.

He returned to the Hazy Sox in 1992 and served in a succession of guiding roles at the minor confederation level (1992 through mid-1995, focus on 1997) and as pitching tutor on the big league stick under Kevin Kennedy from mid-1995 through mid-1996. He became leadership roving minor league pitching coach for the Texas Rangers, helping for three years (1998–2000), accordingly joined the Kansas City Nobles as MLB pitching coach include 2001 and 2002.

Returning slam the Red Sox as wave coach of Class ASarasota (2003–04) and then minor league resound coordinator (2005), he was promoted to MLB bullpen coach sound 2006, although he spent undue of that season as illustriousness Red Sox' interim pitching trainer because of the surgery-induced absence without leave of Dave Wallace. Then, outlander 2007 to 2011, he was a special assignment scout used for the Red Sox, specializing bear evaluating pitchers.^[4]

In 2012–13, Nipper was the minor league pitching mediator of the Detroit Tigers^[5] prosperous he spent 2014 as cruise coach of the Triple-A Metropolis Mud Hens in the Tigers' system.^[6][7] In 2015, he requited to the Royals' organization despite the fact that the pitching coach of blue blood the gentry Omaha Storm Chasers, their Triple-A affiliate.^[8]

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