Win–loss record 14–16 Earned run average 3.47 Height 2.03 m Earned run average 5.31 Strikeouts 614 Weight 102 kg | Strikeouts 214 Name Dustin Nippert Win-Loss 58-32 Role Baseball player Position Pitcher | |
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Children Aubrey Faith Nippert, Caden Layne Nippert | ||
The INNERview Ep109C01 Soar to the top ace pitcher Dustin Nippert
Dustin David Nippert (born May 6, 1981) is an American professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League and had previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball.
Contents
- The INNERview Ep109C01 Soar to the top ace pitcher Dustin Nippert
- Guess Whos Back Dustin Nippert
- Early life and education
- Major League Baseball
- Korea Baseball Organization
- Personal life
- References

Guess Who's Back? Dustin Nippert
Early life and education

Nippert grew up in the small Ohio town of Beallsville, where he played baseball for Beallsville High School. He attended West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the Mountaineers in 2002.
Major League Baseball

Nippert was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft in the 15th round and made his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 8, 2005 with the same organization that drafted him. On March 28, 2008, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Jose Marte.

On June 29, 2008, Nippert threw a seven-inning no-hitter for Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks against the Omaha Royals.

The 2009 season is best on record for Nippert in his major league career, when he compiled a 5-3 record with an ERA of 3.88 in 69.2 innings for the Rangers. During the next year, he was able to shake off a scary incident on July 19, 2010 when he was hit on the side of the head by a line drive hit by Austin Jackson against the Detroit Tigers. The ball was hit so hard that it ricocheted off of his head and past third base into left field. Nippert walked off the field smiling to a standing ovation in Detroit but was placed on the 15-day DL after the game.
Korea Baseball Organization

On March 3, 2011, Nippert signed with the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization, after an attempt to sign with a Japanese baseball team had failed. Due to his solid performances in a Doosan uniform, the team's fans have christened him "Ninunim" (Korean: 니느님), with the name being a combination of his last name and the Korean word for God "Hanunim" (하느님). In the 2015 KBO Post-season, he pitched 26⅔ scoreless innings during the Bears run to the fourth Korean Series championship in the team's history. On November 14, 2016, he was voted as MVP of the 2016 KBO League season, becoming the fourth foreign player to be awarded in the 34-year history of the league. On January 23, 2017, Nippert re-signed with the Doosan Bears for another year, earning 2.1 million dollars per year, which is the highest annual income ever of a foreign player in the Korean Baseball Organization.
Personal life

Nippert is married to a South Korean woman, who is his second wife. He was previously married to a U.S. woman for 10 years, until 2014.