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Joe Tipton

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: February 18, 1922 in McCaysville, GA us

Died: March 1, 1994 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, AL

High School: McCaysville HS (McCaysville, GA)

Debut: May 2, 1948 (Age 26-074d, 10,513th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 32-220d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Joe Hicks Tipton

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

1117

264

.236

116

RBI

125

OBP

.351

SLG

.355

OPS

.706

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-36 / in Starts: 27-24
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	155 (76-51-28) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	135 (71-42-21)

Most Driven In
Self	9
R Boone	4
H Simpson	3
E Valo	3
D Pope	3
L Doby	2
B Hitchcock	1
P Suder	1

Most Driven In By
Self	9
B Ãvila	2
E Joost	1
M Combs	1
H Simpson	1
B Lemon	1
L Easter	1
J Fridley	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	251	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.07	-0.117	2.57	-0.17%	-0.84	C
2	252	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.02	-0.066	2.39	-0.09%	-0.62	C
3	253	3	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.300	.000	.300	8	.76	0.045	1.89	0.07%	0.55	C
4	254	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.500	.929	8	.49	0.061	1.16	0.09%	1.36	C
5	255	6 (1)	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.400	.455	.855	8	1.60	-0.035	2.84	-0.04%	-0.33	C
6	256	8 (1)	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.154	.353	.385	.738	7	1.83	-0.020	2.76	-0.02%	-0.25	C
7	257	9	Apr 29	PHA		CLE	L,9-21	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.318	.294	.612	8	.17	-0.020	.25	-0.02%	-1.31	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	258	29 (19)	May 25 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.346	.263	.609	8	1.19	0.011	1.75	0.01%	-0.01	C
9	259	30	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.130	.333	.261	.594	8	1.78	0.010	2.25	0.01%	0.51	C
10	260	31	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.324	.231	.554	8	.70	-0.044	.74	-0.03%	-0.58	C
11	261	32	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.324	.214	.539	8	.77	0.009	1.03	0.01%	-0.05	C
12	262	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.100	.325	.200	.525	8	.96	-0.060	1.32	-0.05%	-1.10	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	263	35	Jun 2	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.326	.242	.568	8	.51	0.011	.73	0.01%	0.08	C
14	264	38 (2)	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,2-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.319	.222	.541	8	.44	-0.011	.84	-0.01%	-0.31	C
15	265	39	Jun 6	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.340	.333	.673	8	.28	0.029	.58	0.04%	1.90	C
16	266	42 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,11-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.364	.442	.805	8	.45	0.092	.85	0.10%	2.04	C
17	267	43	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	L,4-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.339	.404	.743	8	.33	-0.037	.56	-0.04%	-1.00	C
18	268	44	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.317	.373	.690	8	.95	-0.120	1.41	-0.11%	-1.99	C
19	269	45	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	L,4-10	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.343	.389	.732	8	.76	0.035	1.19	0.03%	0.24	C
20	270	47 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.329	.368	.697	8	1.16	-0.110	1.64	-0.09%	-1.05	C
21	271	50 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.338	.383	.721	8	1.37	0.109	1.48	0.07%	0.88	C
22	272	52 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.346	.381	.727	8	1.78	0.147	2.02	0.10%	1.31	C
23	273	54 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.191	.337	.382	.720	8						C
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians
24	274	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.194	.333	.375	.708	8	.64	-0.047	2.28	-0.10%	-0.24	C
25	275	70 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	CG(10)	5	5	2	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.359	.481	.839	8	1.81	0.386	6.92	0.89%	3.74	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	276	71	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.347	.463	.810	8	1.67	-0.166	5.28	-0.32%	-1.76	C
27	277	72	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS-10	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.364	.482	.846	7	1.13	0.038	3.83	0.08%	0.54	C
28	278	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.385	.523	.908	7	.78	0.286	3.02	0.66%	5.59	C
29	279	75	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.394	.522	.917	7	2.19	0.229	10.79	0.68%	0.70	C
30	280	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.258	.389	.505	.895	7	2.26	-0.154	11.82	-0.48%	-1.18	C
31	281	77	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.386	.500	.886	8	.04	-0.001	.15	0.00%	0.17	PH
32	282	78	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.370	.475	.844	7	.73	-0.118	2.41	-0.24%	-1.64	C
33	283	82 (3)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-15	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.366	.461	.827	8	.28	0.009	1.32	0.02%	0.26	C
34	284	84 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.366	.461	.827	7						C
35	285	85	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.362	.453	.815	7	1.58	-0.059	10.50	-0.24%	-0.63	C
36	286	89 (3)	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.379	.459	.838	5	.78	0.071	3.45	0.19%	0.56	C
37	287	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.383	.459	.842	8	1.79	0.059	8.06	0.16%	0.26	PH
38	288	93 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.387	.455	.842	7	.63	-0.035	2.32	-0.08%	0.06	C
39	289	94	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.397	.482	.880	7	.46	0.128	1.90	0.32%	1.23	C
40	290	96 (1)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.252	.394	.478	.873	7	1.20	-0.063	5.59	-0.18%	0.04	PR C
41	291	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.397	.475	.872	7	.93	0.002	4.27	0.01%	-0.51	C
42	292	100 (2)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.401	.475	.876	8	6.02	-0.003	38.81	-0.01%	0.16	PH
43	293	101	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.404	.496	.900	8	1.90	0.276	11.83	1.03%	1.28	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	294	102	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.406	.488	.894	8	.94	0.006	5.20	0.02%	0.32	C
45	295	103	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.406	.488	.894	8						C
46	296	106 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.396	.472	.869	8	.46	-0.048	2.31	-0.15%	-1.00	C
47	297	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.484	.884	9	.32	0.020	1.74	0.06%	0.62	PH
48	298	110 (2)	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.398	.481	.878	9	1.78	-0.049	10.86	-0.18%	-0.22	PH
49	299	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.394	.470	.864	8	1.18	-0.051	7.93	-0.21%	-0.16	C
50	300	112	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.389	.463	.852	8	1.11	-0.054	6.93	-0.20%	-0.41	C
51	301	114 (1)	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	8-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.387	.459	.846	8	2.18	-0.053	12.45	-0.18%	-0.21	C
52	302	119 (4)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.376	.443	.819	8	1.08	-0.150	8.45	-0.70%	-2.08	C
53	303	122 (2)	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.376	.443	.819	8						C
54	304	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	15-15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.374	.440	.813	9	2.53	-0.128	22.12	-0.67%	-0.65	PH
55	305	124	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.369	.432	.800	7	.60	0.027	5.00	0.14%	-0.40	C
56	306	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.361	.420	.781	7	1.56	-0.162	14.31	-0.90%	-1.39	C
57	307	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.364	.420	.784	9	1.14	0.031	10.49	0.17%	0.21	PH
58	308	129 (2)	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.356	.409	.765	7	.74	-0.075	6.54	-0.40%	-1.00	C
59	309	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.354	.406	.761	7	.23	-0.006	2.26	-0.04%	-0.22	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	310	133 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.356	.404	.760	7	1.57	-0.013	15.44	-0.08%	-0.05	C
61	311	137 (3)	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.354	.400	.754	7	.48	-0.029	4.61	-0.17%	-0.78	C
62	312	141 (3)	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.209	.352	.393	.744	7	.52	-0.020	6.12	-0.14%	-1.36	C
63	313	144 (2)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.348	.388	.736	7	1.06	-0.054	13.42	-0.42%	-0.41	C
64	314	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	3-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.351	.392	.743	9	.69	0.031	17.29	0.47%	0.37	PH
65	315	154 (8)	Sep 27	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.362	.421	.783	7	.24	0.096	.00	0.00%	4.36	C
66	316	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.365	.416	.781	7	.60	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
							29-36		214	173	21	39	6	0	9	30	36	4	31	2	3		1	4	1	0	.225	.365	.416	.781		1.00	0.057	4.40	-1.30%	3.46

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