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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
2	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	9 (2)	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	11 (1)	Apr 29	WSH		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (1)	May 1	WSH		DET	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
7	15 (1)	May 2 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	49	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
8	16	May 4	WSH		CHW	L,6-8	GS	33	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	22 (5)	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	49	10.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
10	27 (4)	May 18	WSH	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	31 (3)	May 23	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
12	32	May 25	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
13	35 (2)	May 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
14	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	40 (2)	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	42 (1)	Jun 2	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	43	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	48 (4)	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	50 (1)	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	53 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	55 (1)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	56	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	59 (2)	Jun 19	WSH	@	BAL	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	61 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	62	Jun 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
26	65 (2)	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	68 (2)	Jun 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	71 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	73 (1)	Jul 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
30	75 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	77 (1)	Jul 9	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	79 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	81 (1)	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
34	84 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
35	87 (2)	Jul 21	WSH		BAL	W,6-5	GS	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	90 (2)	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	95 (4)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	97 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	99 (1)	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	104 (4)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	112 (5)	Aug 13	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	116 (3)	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,8-9	GS	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	119 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	121 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
46	122	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	125 (2)	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
48	126	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
49	128 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,0-5	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	129	Aug 30	WSH		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	144 (14)	Sep 12 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	155 (10)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							52gm		435.1	220	30	2	252	6