Born: (1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 37) Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 22, 2011, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 2020, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average
.260
Home runs
126
Runs batted in
545
Teams
Cleveland Indians (2011–2019)
Chicago Cubs (2020)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2013, 2015)
Jason Michael Kipnis (born April 3, 1987; nicknamed "Kip")[1] is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. He attended Glenbrook North High School in the suburbs of Chicago where he earned three letters playing baseball for the Glenbrook North Spartans. He attended the University of Kentucky, but transferred to Arizona State University after two years. In college, Kipnis was an All-American and the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year for the Sun Devils.
The Indians selected Kipnis in the second round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. In 2010, he was named the Indians' Minor League Player of the Year, and a Baseball America Minor League All Star. Prior to the 2011 season, Baseball Prospectus ranked him as the top Indians prospect and the 28th-highest prospect in baseball. At mid-season, Baseball America rated him as baseball's 31st-best prospect.[1][2] He was called up from the minor leagues on July 22, 2011. In 2012, he became the starting second baseman for the Indians.
^ ab"Player Bio: Jason Kipnis". Thesundevils.cstv.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
^"Baseball America 2011 Top 100 Prospects". Baseball America. February 23, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.(rating Kipnis #54 in its list of top 100 prospects)
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for the promotion of rookie second baseman JasonKipnis. In August 2011, Valbuena was recalled after Kipnis was put on the disabled list with an oblique...
returned home to face the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs each and JasonKipnis homered to give the Cubs a 6–1 lead. Yu...
with two of their key contributors from 2016 - Lonnie Chisenhall and JasonKipnis - on the disabled list. Chisenhall returned to the Indians on April 13...
straight games in June, a feat unmatched by an Indians rookie until JasonKipnis in 2011. Rosen averaged a league-best homer every 15.0 at bats, and led...
the loss when Francisco Lindor's two-run home run in the sixth after a JasonKipnis walk provided the only runs of the game. Cody Allen pitched a perfect...
All-Star team. This marked the first All-Star selection for both Kipnis and Masterson. Kipnis had an RBI double in the game, as the American League won 3–0...
000th hit in Yankee Stadium off of pitcher Freddy García. On July 21, JasonKipnis was called up to share duties with Cabrera, who had hit .172 in the month...
Player of the Week". Major League Baseball. Retrieved July 7, 2014. "JasonKipnis of the Cleveland Indians named American League Player of the Week". MLB...
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on March 19, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2011. "Alex Gordon injured on JasonKipnis inside-the-park homer". Retrieved May 27, 2019. Cohn, Lowell (April 21...
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