Allen Ripley

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name=Allen Ripley
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1952|10|18
city-state|Norwood|Massachusetts
debutdate=April 10
debutyear=by|1978
debutteam=Boston Red Sox
finaldate=September 14
finalyear=by|1982
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=23-27
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=4.50
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=229
teams=
*Boston Red Sox (1978-1979)
*San Francisco Giants (1980-1981)
*Chicago Cubs (1982)

Allen Stevens Ripley (born October 18, 1952 in Norwood, Massachusetts) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the by|1978 and by|1982 seasons. Listed at 6' 3", 190 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. His father, Walt Ripley, also was a major league pitcher.

Ripley spent five and a half years in the Boston minor league system (1973-1978) and averaged 10 wins per season, including a 15-4 record for Triple-A Pawtucket in 1977. He entered the majors in 1978 with the Red Sox, playing for them in parts of two seasons before joining the San Francisco Giants (1980-1981) and Chicago Cubs (1982). His most productive season came with the 1980 Giants, when he had a 9-10 mark with a 3.54 ERA in a pitching rotation that included Vida Blue (14-10), Ed Whitson (11-13) and Bob Knepper (9-16).

In a five-season career, Ripley posted a 23-27 record with a 4.50 ERA in 101 appearances, including 67 starts, four complete games, one save, 229 strikeouts, 148 walks, and 463 ⅔ innings of work.

Fact

*On April 22, 1978, Cleveland's Andre Thornton hit for the cycle in Fenway Park off four different Red Sox pitchers, with the single coming off Ripley; the triple off Bob Stanley; the home run off Jim Wright, and the double off Tom Burgmeier.

ee also

*List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/allen-ripley.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/thornan01.php The Baseball Page]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripleal01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Pripla101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B04220BOS1978.htm April 22, 1978 box score]