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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	8 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	10 (1)	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (2)	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	15 (1)	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	18 (2)	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	22 (2)	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
10	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	26 (1)	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	28 (1)	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	GS	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	35 (6)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (6)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	43	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	52 (8)	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	60 (7)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	63 (2)	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	74 (10)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	C
20	79 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	83 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	86 (2)	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	90 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
27	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	101 (5)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	103 (1)	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	105 (1)	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	107 (1)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
34	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
37	113 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
38	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
39	119 (4)	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	128 (8)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	135 (6)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
42	136	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	139 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	145 (3)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
46	154 (8)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
							46gm		296.0	114	18	0	132	1