Perry Hamilton Lipe was a long-time minor league baseball player and manager.

He played from 1898 to 1916, though a statistical record from 1901 to 1916 is all that is available. In that time, the third basemen perennially hit near the Mendoza Line

Mendoza Line

The Mendoza Line is an expression in baseball in the United States, deriving from the name of shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of incompetent hitting...

, hitting below .200 at least three times. His highest-known season batting average was .249, which he accomplished with the Macon Brigands in 1905. He held the distinction of holding the record for most consecutive games in professional baseball at 1,127, until Everett Scott

Everett Scott

Lewis Everett Scott , nicknamed "Deacon", was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for 12 seasons with the Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds . Scott batted and threw right-handed...

 broke the record on September 14, 1923. The streak was accumulated over seven years, 1903 to 1909, with three different teams. Lipe missed only a single inning

Inning

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 - the ninth inning of a game on June 10, 1909 - during the streak.

He managed the Brigands (1906-1907), Richmond Colts

Richmond Colts

The Richmond Colts were a minor league baseball team based in Richmond, Virginia that existed on-and-off from 1894 to 1953. They played in the Virginia League in 1894, and in another Virginia League in 1900, and another Virginia League from 1906–1914 and from 1918-1928...

 (1908-1909), Macon Peaches

Macon Peaches

The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise representing Macon, Georgia, during the 20th century....

 (1910-1911), Savannah Indians

Savannah Indians

The Savannah Indians was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise that represented Savannah, Georgia, during the 20th century. While Savannah's minor league teams sported at least ten nicknames during the century, the Indians moniker was used for 27 seasons...

 (1912), Savannah Colts

Savannah Colts

The Savannah Colts were a South Atlantic League baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia, USA that played from 1913 to 1915. Mainly under manager Perry Lipe, they won their league's championship in their first two years of existence....

 (1913 to 1915) and Albany Babies

Albany Babies

The Albany Babies were a Class C league minor league baseball team located in Albany, Georgia. The team played in the South Atlantic League from to .-Year-by-year record:...

(1916). He led the Richmond Colts (1908) and Savannah Colts (1914) to league championships.