"Cleveland Indians" Jason Kipnis Hand Signed TOPPS Card CAS Encapsulated

Description: Up for auction the "Cleveland Indians" Jason Kipnis Signed TOPPS Card CAS Encapsulated. ES-9397, ES-2805C, ES-2811C, ES-2813C, ES-2829C, ES-2833C, ES-2834C, ES-2828C, ES-2849C Jason Michael Kipnis (born April 3, 1987; nicknamed "Kip") is an American professional baseball second baseman and center fielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. He attended Glenbrook North High School in the suburbs of Chicago, more specifically Northbrook IL, 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. He was called up from the minor leagues on July 22, 2011. In 2012, he became the starting second baseman for the Indians. Kipnis made his major league debut on July 22, 2011, starting at second base against the Chicago White Sox. His first career hit came in his next game three days later on July 25, 2011 – a game-winning walk-off single with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. On August 3, 2011, Kipnis became the first Indians second baseman to hit a home run in four consecutive games, and the only Indian other than former Indians MVP Al Rosen to do so in his rookie year. It was the first time in major league history that a player had homered in four consecutive games within two weeks of his major league debut. On August 10, Kipnis had a five-hit, four-run game, the first time a rookie had done so since Jim Fridley in 1952. In 2011, he played 36 games in the major leagues and batted .272 with seven home runs and 19 RBIs. Jason Kipnis got the Opening Day starting job at second base for 2012. On May 3, 2012, in a game against the Chicago White Sox, Kipnis had a triple, home run, and a career-high four RBIs in a 7–5 Indians victory. On June 1, Kipnis hit his first major league grand slam off Minnesota Twins' starting pitcher Carl Pavano. Kipnis played 152 games in 2012, batting .257 with 14 home runs and 76 RBIs, and finished tied for 6th in the American League in steals (with 31). In the 2013 season Kipnis continued to improve over his 2012 performance, winning the Player of the Week honor twice in the month of June. Kipnis batted .419 in June, with an OPS of 1.216, in addition to stealing 9 bases in 10 attempts. He was also named the American League Player of the Month for June. Kipnis was later named a member of the 2013 American League All Star team. In 2013, he finished among AL leaders in sacrifice flies (tied for 2nd, with 10), walks (tied for 7th, with 76), and steals (tied for 9th, with 30). Kipnis signed a 6-year, $52.5 million contract with the Indians on April 4, 2014. In May 2015 Kipnis broke the Indians team record for the most hits in a single month with 51 total hits. He also ended the month with 30 runs which made him one of three people ever in the MLB to have 50+ hits and 30+ runs in the month of May. He was only behind Ty Cobb and Al Simmons.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

End Time: 2025-02-04T13:41:44.000Z

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