Darnell
Lipscomb
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 29, 1955 in Houston, TX, USA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 19 OMA JL   1 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1975 20 OMA JL   1 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3
1976 21 OMA JL   2 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1977 22 DM FL   4 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 23 DM FL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
1979 24 DM FL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 25 DM FL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 DM FL $ 585,714   15 15 14 6 6 6 11 11 11 9 10 10 15 15 15
1982 27 DM FL $ 585,714   15 15 14 7 7 7 12 12 12 9 10 10 17 17 17
1983 28 LV FL $ 585,714   15 15 14 8 8 8 12 12 12 9 10 10 17 17 17
1984 29 DM FL $ 960,000   15 15 14 8 8 8 12 12 12 9 10 10 16 16 16
1985 30 DM FL $ 960,000   15 15 14 8 8 8 12 12 12 10 11 10 16 16 16
1986 31 DM FL $ 960,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 10 10 16 16 16
1987 32 DM FL $ 1,250,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 14 14 14
1988 33 DM FL $ 1,250,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 10 10 10 8 9 9 14 14 14
1989 34 DM FL $ 1,250,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 10 10 10 7 8 8 14 14 14
1990 35 DM FL $ 980,000   14 14 13 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 12 12 12
1991 36 DM FL     14 14 13 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings     14 14 13 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 11 10 17 17 17
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 19 A   138 530 64 140 18 4 10 61 29 7 52 126 .264 .330 .370 .700 68.7  
1975 20 A   137 527 75 162 20 1 9 48 39 7 52 120 .307 .370 .400 .770 81.8  
1976 21 AA   2 7 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 1.000 1.429 2.3  
    A   136 553 75 155 20 4 6 54 32 5 52 111 .280 .342 .363 .706 73.3  
1977 22 AAA   92 321 31 73 17 1 2 38 13 1 32 71 .227 .297 .305 .603 31.8  
    AA   46 174 19 46 12 1 0 25 5 2 23 38 .264 .350 .345 .695 22.0  
1978 23 DM FL 63 108 20 33 6 0 1 9 6 3 11 15 .306 .380 .389 .769 16.5 3.1
    AAA   55 228 28 74 20 1 2 31 5 2 21 32 .325 .382 .447 .829 36.4  
1979 24 DM FL 116 274 38 83 14 2 1 34 13 3 17 34 .303 .358 .380 .737 39.2 7.7
1980 25 DM FL 120 369 55 98 12 5 6 47 19 8 16 48 .266 .324 .374 .698 44.6 6.3
1981 26 DM FL 140 402 64 115 21 4 3 51 31 14 28 47 .286 .343 .381 .724 52.9 8.6
1982 27 DM FL 57 166 20 36 4 0 2 17 5 2 15 22 .217 .293 .277 .571 14.3 0.7
    AAA   70 211 43 77 12 2 11 42 13 1 36 19 .365 .457 .597 1.055 54.0  
1983 28 DM FL 14 23 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 .348 .348 .435 .783 3.4 0.8
  LV FL 49 175 22 51 13 2 2 20 12 2 10 19 .291 .340 .423 .763 25.2 4.8
  TOT   63 198 25 59 15 2 2 22 14 2 10 23 .298 .341 .424 .765 28.7 5.6
    AAA   75 278 56 88 11 3 4 55 20 7 37 20 .317 .397 .421 .818 47.5  
1984 29 LV FL 56 165 26 41 5 3 5 17 12 7 17 16 .248 .324 .406 .730 22.7 3.7
  DM FL 55 62 15 16 6 0 2 11 4 3 7 6 .258 .338 .452 .790 9.5 1.4
  TOT   111 227 41 57 11 3 7 28 16 10 24 22 .251 .328 .419 .747 32.2 5.2
    AAA   16 64 14 23 4 1 2 8 4 3 7 4 .359 .423 .547 .969 13.0  
1985 30 DM FL 97 124 24 32 6 3 2 20 9 1 11 13 .258 .319 .403 .722 16.9 2.3
1986 31 DM FL 131 283 55 82 16 0 9 42 18 6 23 38 .290 .354 .442 .795 45.3 7.1
1987 32 DM FL 123 171 23 51 11 2 3 19 7 5 12 22 .298 .366 .439 .805 26.4 3.5
1988 33 DM FL 102 110 16 28 3 1 0 6 7 2 2 20 .255 .293 .300 .593 8.6 0.2
1989 34 DM FL 94 126 20 31 9 0 4 18 6 4 4 13 .246 .278 .413 .691 14.2 1.2
1990 35 DM FL 70 77 13 21 6 0 1 7 7 1 6 14 .273 .341 .390 .731 10.9 1.8
1991 36 DM FL 25 24 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 .250 .269 .250 .519 2.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 1312 2659 420 732 134 22 41 323 159 61 179 336 .275 .335 .388 .723 352.9 53.3
5 Years AAA 308 1102 172 335 64 8 21 174 55 14 133 146 .304 .387 .434 .821 182.6  
2 Years AA 48 181 20 49 13 1 1 26 5 2 23 38 .271 .371 .370 .742 24.2  
3 Years A 411 1610 214 457 58 9 25 163 100 19 156 357 .284 .356 .378 .733 223.9  
10 Years Minors 767 2893 406 841 135 18 47 363 160 35 312 541 .291 .369 .399 .767 430.8  
162 Game Average 328 51 90 16 2 5 39 19 7 22 41 .275 .335 .388 .723 43.6  
Career Highs 140 402 64 115 21 5 9 51 31 14 28 48 .306 .380 .442 .805 52.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1959 314 558 101 18 33 263 126 51 138 251 .285 .346 .405 .751 260.7
vs LH   700 106 174 33 4 8 60 33 10 41 85 .249 .303 .341 .645 70.1
Home 651 1315 212 359 64 13 24 169 74 37 91 169 .273 .335 .396 .732 163.8
Away 661 1344 208 373 70 9 17 154 85 24 88 167 .278 .334 .381 .715 167.1
RISP   707 0 211 34 4 9 271 0 0 50 84 .298 .354 .396 .750 93.0
Pinch Hitting   533 80 158 34 7 7 72 23 8 32 74 .296 .348 .426 .774 73.3
Close/Late   412 106 115 28 5 7 49 0 0 23 61 .279 .333 .422 .755 52.2
Mar/Apr 205 419 65 104 13 5 5 45 16 14 36 53 .248 .329 .339 .668 42.7
May 258 568 76 156 27 3 15 75 30 8 32 78 .275 .330 .412 .742 73.8
June 196 419 77 113 21 4 3 53 24 6 23 51 .270 .320 .360 .680 46.9
July 200 380 61 89 18 1 4 45 20 11 37 49 .234 .311 .318 .630 37.5
August 223 411 76 135 29 3 9 47 36 14 29 47 .328 .386 .479 .866 69.3
Sep/Oct 230 462 65 135 26 6 5 58 33 8 22 58 .292 .333 .407 .740 60.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 23 DM FL LF 17 11 99.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 10 9 76.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 7 64.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 24 DM FL CF 79 53 495.3 142 3 3 1 .980 2.63 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 8 8 67.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 4 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
1980 25 DM FL CF 116 105 912.0 221 3 1 1 .996 2.21 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 DM FL LF 52 51 451.0 76 4 0 1 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 40 37 330.7 93 1 3 1 .969 2.56 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 11 5 55.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 27 DM FL CF 51 50 420.3 106 2 1 1 .991 2.31 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 28 DM FL CF 10 9 38.8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 3.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL CF 33 32 318.9 98 1 1 1 .990 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 4 3 31.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 43 41 357.7 110 1 1 1 .991 2.79   1.0
      RF 5 4 35.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 .77   0.0
1984 29 LV FL CF 26 21 266.3 86 4 1 0 .989 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 4 2 30.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 17.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DM FL CF 25 21 101.7 33 1 1 0 .971 3.01 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 3 2 11.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 6.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 51 42 368.0 119 5 2 0 .984 3.03   1.3
      RF 7 4 42.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.0
      LF 3 3 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 30 DM FL LF 18 12 119.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 12 1 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 1 16.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 31 DM FL LF 43 22 243.7 40 2 1 1 .977 1.55 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 38 22 234.0 57 5 3 1 .954 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 13 7 78.0 18 0 1 0 .947 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 DM FL CF 26 7 102.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 14 9 85.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 10 7 60.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 33 DM FL RF 10 3 48.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 7 3 35.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 3 31.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 3 0 7.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 DM FL LF 13 7 72.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 19 4 65.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.02 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 4 42.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 35 DM FL CF 8 2 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 2 19.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 1 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 36 DM FL CF 1 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 495 374 3441.3 926 21 15 6 .984 2.48 0 0 .000 0 10.6
  LF 179 122 1167.3 233 6 2 2 .992 1.84 0 0 .000 0 5.6
  RF 103 55 566.7 117 1 2 0 .983 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 4 0 9.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2 0 6.0 2 0 1 1 .667 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   790 551 5202.0 1281 29 20 9 .985 2.27 0 0 .000 0 16.4
Career Highs   118 105 916.0 221 7 5 2 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 23 DM FL 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 24 DM FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1980 25 DM FL 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .333 .500 .333 .833
1981 26 DM FL 9 8 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .625 1.125
1989 34 DM FL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1990 35 DM FL 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100
Career Post-Season Batting 25 32 5 9 2 0 0 3 2 2 2 6 .281 .378 .344 .722
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History
Released by Chicago on 7/31/1973
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Omaha in 1974
Traded from Omaha to Des Moines on 6/1/1977 (Going to OMA: P I. Guiterrez, CF D. Whitnall. Going to DM: 1B L. Abdullah, CF D. Lipscomb)
Had first career hit on 6/4/1978, off Gerardo Caputo (CLG)
Hit first career homerun on 8/29/1978, off Filla Zerndillo (SLC)
Injured on 4/2/1979 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 4/5/1980 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks