Robert Wayne Kipper (born July 8,1964) is an American professional baseballcoach and a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He has also spent two terms (all of the 2002 season,and part of the 2015 season) as bullpen coach of MLB's Boston Red Sox.[1]
Kipper was sent from the Angels to the Pirates on August 16,1985 to complete a trade from two weeks prior on August 2 that also had Pat Clements and Mike Brown coming to Pittsburgh for John Candelaria,George Hendrick and Al Holland.[2][3] He would pitch in 247 games for the Pirates over all or parts of seven seasons (1985–91)—initially as a starter,but then as a relief specialist—before finishing his MLB career for the Minnesota Twins in 1992.
Following his playing retirement,Kipper has worked as a pitching coach in independent league baseball and in the minor leagues. He also spent a full season as major league bullpen coach of the 2002 Boston Red Sox.[4] Thirteen years later,on August 16,2015,he was named Boston's interim bullpen coach,part of a chain reaction of moves driven by manager John Farrell's medical leave of absence for treatment of lymphoma. In Farrell's absence,bench coach Torey Lovullo became acting manager and bullpen coach Dana LeVangie became acting bench coach.[1]
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