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Eric Tipton

Eric Gordon Tipton (Dukie or Blue Devil)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 20, 1915 in Petersburg, VA
High School: Petersburg HS (Petersburg, VA)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1939
Teams (by GP): Reds/Athletics 1939-1945

Final Game: September 29, 1945
Died: August 29, 2001 in Newport News, VA
Buried: Williamsburg Memorial Park, Williamsburg, VA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 24 PHA AL 47 120 104 12 24 4 2 1 14 2 0 13 7 .231 .316 .337 .653 69 35 4 0 4 O7/9
1940 25 PHA AL 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .375 .597 54 3 0 0 0 /7O
1941 26 PHA AL 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 2 0 0 0 /7O
1942 27 CIN NL 63 241 207 22 46 5 5 4 18 1 25 14 .222 .309 .353 .662 93 73 8 1 7 O78/9
1943 28 CIN NL 140 586 493 82 142 26 7 9 49 1 85 36 .288 .395 .424 .819 137 209 9 2 5 *7O
1944 29 CIN NL 140 547 479 62 144 28 3 3 36 5 59 32 .301 .380 .390 .770 121 187 18 2 7 *7O
1945 30 CIN NL 108 382 331 32 80 17 1 5 34 11 40 37 .242 .327 .344 .671 88 114 5 2 9 7O
7 Yrs 501 1889 1626 212 439 80 19 22 151 20 0 223 127 .270 .360 .383 .744 112 623 44 7 32
162 Game Avg. 162 611 526 69 142 26 6 7 49 6 72 41 .270 .360 .383 .744 112 201 14 2 10
CIN (4 yrs) 451 1756 1510 198 412 76 16 21 137 18 209 119 .273 .364 .386 .750 115 583 40 7 28
PHA (3 yrs) 50 133 116 14 27 4 3 1 14 2 0 14 8 .233 .315 .345 .660 71 40 4 0 4
NL (4 yrs) 451 1756 1510 198 412 76 16 21 137 18 209 119 .273 .364 .386 .750 115 583 40 7 28
AL (3 yrs) 50 133 116 14 27 4 3 1 14 2 0 14 8 .233 .315 .345 .660 71 40 4 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 24 PHA AL 47 120 -5 0 0 -2 -2 -8 -0.7 4 -4 -0.3 .485 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -2 $ O7/9
1940 25 PHA AL 2 9 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .466 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ /7O
1941 26 PHA AL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .539 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /7O
1942 27 CIN NL 63 241 -1 0 0 1 -2 -2 -0.3 7 5 0.4 .496 .498 0.3 -0.1 4 $ O78/9
1943 28 CIN NL 140 586 25 0 0 2 -6 21 2.4 18 39 4.2 .517 .515 4.0 -0.5 37 $ *7O
1944 29 CIN NL 140 547 15 -0 0 8 -6 16 1.7 16 33 3.3 .512 .511 2.5 0.2 25 $ *7O
1945 30 CIN NL 108 382 -5 0 0 0 -4 -8 -0.9 11 3 0.3 .492 .495 0.3 -0.4 3 $ 7O
7 Seasons 501 1889 29 1 0 9 -20 19 2.2 57 76 7.8 .505 .502 6.9 -1.2 67 $
CIN (4 yrs) 451 1756 34 0 0 11 -19 27 2.9 53 80 8.2 .507 .505 7.1 -0.9 69 $
PHA (3 yrs) 50 133 -5 0 0 -2 -2 -8 -0.7 4 -4 -0.4 .485 .498 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1939 24 PHA AL 120 88 11 3.3 111 .240 .231 .283 .316 .357 .337 .418 .653 .775 69 .315 -4.9 -0.5 .595 .250 .106 1.3
1940 25 PHA AL 9 7 1 3.8 108 .143 .125 .276 .222 .348 .375 .418 .597 .766 54 .379 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .375 .250
1941 26 PHA AL 4 2 1 13.4 104 .500 .500 .272 .500 .348 .500 .401 1.000 .749 168 .870 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1942 27 CIN NL 241 176 22 3.4 87 .222 .222 .256 .309 .328 .353 .356 .662 .684 93 .444 -2.3 -0.2 .592 .256 .130 1.6
1943 28 CIN NL 586 365 82 6.1 89 .297 .288 .264 .395 .332 .424 .358 .819 .690 137 .686 27.5 2.9 .825 .310 .136 1.8
1944 29 CIN NL 547 360 71 5.3 91 .318 .301 .263 .380 .330 .390 .370 .770 .699 121 .605 16.0 1.6 .717 .223 .090 3.8
1945 30 CIN NL 382 265 37 3.7 95 .260 .242 .271 .327 .340 .344 .374 .671 .714 88 .439 -4.4 -0.4 .652 .257 .103 6.9
7 Yrs 1889 1263 225 4.8 92 .282 .270 .265 .360 .334 .383 .369 .744 .703 112 .565 31.5 3.4 .709 .263 .113 21.0
162 Game Avg. 611 408 73 4.8 92 .282 .270 .265 .360 .334 .383 .369 .744 .703 112 .565 10 1 .709 .263 .113 7
CIN (4 yrs) 1756 1166 212 4.9 90 .285 .273 .264 .364 .333 .386 .365 .750 .697 115 .582 36.7 3.8 .718 .264 .113 19.4
PHA (3 yrs) 133 97 13 3.6 111 .243 .233 .282 .315 .356 .345 .417 .660 .774 71 .345 -5.2 -0.5 .602 .250 .112 1.3
NL (4 yrs) 1756 1166 212 4.9 90 .285 .273 .264 .364 .333 .386 .365 .750 .697 115 .582 36.7 3.8 .718 .264 .113 19.4
AL (3 yrs) 133 97 13 3.6 111 .243 .233 .282 .315 .356 .345 .417 .660 .774 71 .345 -5.2 -0.5 .602 .250 .112 1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 24 PHA AL 120 0.8% 5.8% 10.8% 5.8% 29% 0.54 14.9 104.0 7.4 80%
1940 25 PHA AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 100% 1.00 8.0 78%
1941 26 PHA AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1942 27 CIN NL 241 1.7% 5.8% 10.4% 5.8% 30% 0.56 14.8 51.8 11.5 78%
1943 28 CIN NL 586 1.5% 6.1% 14.5% 7.2% 30% 0.42 13.7 54.8 10.1 76%
1944 29 CIN NL 547 0.6% 5.9% 10.8% 6.2% 24% 0.54 15.0 159.7 13.3 81%
1945 30 CIN NL 382 1.3% 9.7% 10.5% 6.0% 29% 0.93 8.9 66.2 9.7 76%
7 Yrs 1889 1.2% 6.7% 11.8% 6.4% 28% 0.57 12.8 73.9 10.8 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.8% 6.1% 26% 1.01 10.0 71.2 8.6 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 24 47 120 104 12 24 4 2 1 14 2 0 13 7 .231 .316 .337 .653 69 35 4 0 4
1940 25 49 129 112 14 25 4 3 1 14 2 0 14 8 .223 .310 .339 .649 68 38 4 0 4
1941 26 50 133 116 14 27 4 3 1 14 2 0 14 8 .233 .315 .345 .660 71 40 4 0 4
1942 27 113 374 323 36 73 9 8 5 32 3 0 39 22 .226 .311 .350 .661 85 113 12 1 11
1943 28 253 960 816 118 215 35 15 14 81 4 0 124 58 .263 .363 .395 .757 116 322 21 3 16
1944 29 393 1507 1295 180 359 63 18 17 117 9 0 183 90 .277 .369 .393 .762 118 509 39 5 23
1945 30 501 1889 1626 212 439 80 19 22 151 20 0 223 127 .270 .360 .383 .744 112 623 44 7 32

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 24 49 125 108 11 24 4 2 1 13 2 13 7 .222 .306 .324 .630 11 47
1940 25 2 9 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .375 .597 1 2
1941 26 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 1
1942 27 67 258 222 26 52 6 6 5 21 1 28 15 .234 .323 .383 .706 26 63
1943 28 146 630 527 97 160 29 8 10 58 1 96 38 .304 .413 .446 .859 97 140
1944 29 145 578 505 69 157 31 3 3 40 5 64 33 .311 .391 .402 .793 79 140
1945 30 113 399 346 34 84 18 1 5 36 12 42 39 .243 .328 .344 .672 39 108
7 Yrs 523 2003 1720 240 480 88 21 24 168 21 244 133 .279 .371 .397 .767 254 501
162 Game Avg. 162 620 533 74 149 27 7 7 52 7 76 41 .279 .371 .397 .767 79 501

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1943 NL  4.2 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 NL  4.0 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 NL  .395 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 NL  .424 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 NL  .819 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1943 NL  82 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1943 NL  85 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 NL  137 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 NL  82 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  28 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  2.9 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 NL  .686 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  18 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jerome Walton (964)
  6. Fred Lewis (963)
  7. George Vukovich (963)
  8. Joe Grace (962)
  9. Tracy Jones (961)
  10. Larry Rosenthal (961)
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  2. Buster Mills (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gino Cimoli (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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