Eric Tipton

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 20, 1915 in Petersburg, VA us

Died: August 29, 2001 in Newport News, VA

Buried: Williamsburg Memorial Park, Williamsburg, VA

High School: Petersburg HS (Petersburg, VA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: June 9, 1939 (Age 24-050d, 8,675th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1945 (Age 30-162d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Eric Gordon Tipton

Nicknames: Dukie or Blue Devil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

1626

439

.270

212

RBI

151

OBP

.361

SLG

.383

OPS

.744

OPS+

112

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

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	42	10.0	5	1	1	7	1
7	7	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 28	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CIN		STL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 6 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 6 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
14	14	May 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	21 (4)	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	22	May 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	23	May 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	24	May 23	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	25	May 24	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	26	May 25	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	29 (2)	May 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	30	May 28	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	31	May 30 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	32	May 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	34 (1)	Jun 1	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	36 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	38 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	39	Jun 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	43 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	46 (2)	Jun 13	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	47	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	54 (6)	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	55	Jun 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	56	Jun 27 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	57	Jun 28	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
38	58	Jun 29	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	59	Jun 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	60	Jul 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	61	Jul 1 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	33	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
42	62	Jul 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	63	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	64	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	65	Jul 5	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	66	Jul 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	67	Jul 7 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	68	Jul 7 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	69	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	70	Jul 8 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	71	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	72	Jul 12 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,5-11	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	73	Jul 13	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	74	Jul 15 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	75	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	76	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	77	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	78	Jul 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	79	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	80	Jul 22 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	53	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	90 (9)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	91	Aug 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	106 (14)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	107	Aug 15 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-13	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	108	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	109	Aug 16 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	110	Aug 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	111	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	112	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
71	114	Aug 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	115	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	116	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	117	Aug 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	118	Aug 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	119	Aug 26 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	120	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
78	121	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	122	Aug 31	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	123	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	124	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	125	Sep 3 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	126	Sep 3 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							83gm			192	2	6	200	1