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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	12 (2)	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	13	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,8-12	CG	63	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
13	16	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	23 (6)	May 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	25 (1)	May 15	PHA		SLB	L,8-11	GS	20	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	34 (8)	May 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
17	35	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	39 (1)	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	20	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
20	40	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	42 (1)	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
22	43	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
23	44	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	45	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	46	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	47	Jun 10 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
27	54 (6)	Jun 17 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	56 (1)	Jun 19	PHA		DET	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	74 (17)	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
30	75	Jul 7	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
31	76	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
32	79 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	80	Jul 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	81	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	82	Jul 15 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	84 (1)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	88 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	99 (10)	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	100	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	101	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
41	102	Aug 3	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
42	103	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	104	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	C
44	106 (1)	Aug 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	107	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	109 (1)	Aug 10	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
47	110	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	50	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
48	111	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	113 (1)	Aug 13	PHA		NYY	W,16-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	114	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	115	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
52	116	Aug 16	PHA		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	117	Aug 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
54	118	Aug 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	10	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	128 (9)	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	129	Aug 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	130	Aug 30	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	131	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
59	133 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
61	137 (1)	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
62	138	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	C
63	140 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	142 (1)	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
65	143	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
66	144	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
67	146 (1)	Sep 18	PHA		DET	L,6-8	GS	36	8.0	7	3	1	11	1	C
68	147	Sep 19	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	148	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	151 (1)	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
72	153 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
							72gm		594.2	230	52	9	291	12