#40 John Lipon

#40 John Lipon

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"His Walk About" - Johnny Lipon appeared in 9 MLB seasons, with a three year gap in the middle lost to military service.  He retired with 690 hits and a .259 career average.  He spent parts of seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers, but also made cameos with the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Browns.

"That's Not a Knife" - But it probably still really annoyed Bob Feller.  In 1951 while facing Bob Feller and Cleveland, Lipon reached base on error, stole 2nd, reached 3rd on an errant pick-off attempt and then scored on a sacrifice fly.  It was the only Detroit run while Feller threw a no-hitter, and the Indians won 2-1.  

"More of a love bite really..." - This card doesn't have the look of one that got around much.  It's very well preserved and in about as good of shape as I can hope for.

"Down Under" - Lipon is card #89 in the 1952 set. I'm not entirely sure that the artist didn't use the photo for both cards, so in a close one, I'm going with the '53. That extends the '53 set's lead to 34-29-7.

"At the Oscars"

5th AL Stolen Bases '50

7th AL Hits '50

10th AL Runs '50