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Lipman Emanuel "Lip" Pike (May 25, 1845 – October 10, 1893) the "Iron Batter", was an American star of 19th-century baseball in the United States. His brother, Israel Pike, played briefly for the Hartford Dark Blues during the 1877 season.
Pike was one of professional baseball's first great sluggers, leading early professional professional leagues in home runs four times. Pike possessed "great speed, a powerful, if erratic, throwing arm, and enormous power."Pike was also the first Jewish baseball star and manager in America.