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Wally Pipp was born February 17, 1893, in Chicago, IL, USA.
Wally Pipp died January 11, 1965, in Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
On June 2, 1925, Lou Gehrig started at first base, replacing Wally Pipp.There were two stories regarding this replacement. One was that Pipp sat out the game due to a headache. The other was that manager Miller Huggins benched him and other veterans in order to shake up a slumping lineup.
Gehrig replaced Wally Pipp, who had been hit in the head with a baseball the previous day.
In 1913, Wally Pipp played in 12 games, all for the Detroit Tigers, and batting in all of them. He had 31 at bats, getting 5 hits, for a .161 batting average, with 5 runs batted in. He was walked 2 times, and was hit by the pitch 1 time. He struck out 6 times. He hit 0 doubles, 3 triples, and 0 home runs.