[3] In 1878, he moved to the International Association, playing for the Lynn Live Oaks and the Worcester team.

[2] Reipschlager then played in the Eastern Championship Association in 1881 with the Washington Nationals, Albany club, and the Brooklyn Atlantics.

[3] On May 2, 1883, Reipschlager made his Major League debut for the New York Metropolitans in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Metropolitans finished first in the American Association, but lost to the National League's Providence Grays in the World Series.

The following season, he played for the Jersey City Skeeters of the Central League, before returning to the now-independent Metropolitans in 1889.