Kipp played semi-pro and professional baseball from 1950 to 1964 and signed on with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953. That year, he pitched for the Ashville Tourists in the Tri-State League and lead the league with a 2.24 ERA. After military service from 1953–55, he pitched for the Goodland Tigers and the Mobile Bears. He pitched exhibition games for the Dodgers during spring training in 1956 and spent the season with the Montreal Royals where he won Rookie of the Year with a 20 win season and was an All-Star. He joined the Dodgers on September 1 for the pennant race. He pitched batting practice in the 1956 World Series and joined the Boys of Summer on the 1956 Dodger Goodwill Tour of Japan. \n', '

In 1957, Kipp pitched his first game with the Bums against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on September 10. After playing winter ball for the Escogido Leones in the Dominican Republic over the 1957/58 winter, he pitched for the new Los Angeles Dodgers for the whole season of 1958. He pitched in 40 games as a starter and reliever and ended the season with a 6-6 record. He faced 443 batters that year and struck 58 out.\n', '

In 1959, he pitched for the St. Paul Saints and threw 5 shutouts and made the All-Star team. He pitched two games for the Dodgers during the pennant race at the end of the season. In 1960, he was traded to the New York Yankees and pitched four games before he was sent to the Richmond Virginians. Kipp was the ace reliever for the Virginians and pitched in 150 games over the next three years. He retired from professional baseball in 1962 to raise a family of six.\n', '

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