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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-22 / in Starts: 20-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 131 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	83 (47-24-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 131 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	84 (44-26-13)

Most Driven In
Self	6
A Rosen	3
H Simpson	1
B Glynn	1
W Westlake	1
G Strickland	1
L Doby	0

Most Driven In By
Self	6
A Smith	2
R Boone	2
M Garcia	1
L Doby	1
B Ãvila	1
E Wynn	1
D Mitchell	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	317	6 (5)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.50	-0.054	1.24	-0.08%	-1.70	C
2	318	8 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.24	-0.005	3.55	-0.01%	-0.25	C
3	319	10 (1)	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8	1.72	-0.173	5.93	-0.36%	-0.91	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	320	13 (2)	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8						C
5	321	15 (1)	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133	8	1.04	-0.055	3.07	-0.10%	-0.62	C
6	322	18 (2)	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.176	.263	.294	.557	8	.96	0.084	3.23	0.17%	0.24	C
7	323	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.292	.318	.610	8	1.33	-0.205	4.62	-0.43%	-1.07	C
8	324	22 (2)	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.500	.857	8	.50	0.065	1.99	0.15%	1.02	C
9	325	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.300	.344	.567	.910	8	1.71	-0.101	5.29	-0.19%	-0.57	C
10	326	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.515	.829	8	1.04	-0.079	3.14	-0.14%	-0.58	C
11	327	26 (1)	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.472	.780	8	1.85	-0.028	5.24	-0.05%	-0.46	C
12	328	28 (1)	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.553	.870	8	.35	0.026	.87	0.04%	0.85	C
13	329	35 (6)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.370	.561	.931	8	.63	0.073	2.21	0.16%	1.09	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	330	42 (6)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.367	.545	.913	8	.58	0.007	1.76	0.01%	-0.07	C
15	331	43	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.396	.609	1.005	8	.43	0.181	1.34	0.34%	1.42	C
16	332	52 (8)	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.396	.609	1.005	8						C
17	333	60 (7)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	8	1.40	-0.181	2.27	-0.18%	-1.21	C
18	334	63 (2)	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	8	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.66	PR C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	335	74 (10)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.356	.538	.894	8	1.10	-0.082	3.59	-0.16%	-0.81	C
20	336	79 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.344	.500	.844	6	.94	-0.126	3.95	-0.32%	-0.83	C
21	337	83 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.338	.475	.813	6	1.41	-0.034	3.75	-0.06%	-0.44	C
22	338	86 (2)	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.483	.831	8	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.20	C
23	339	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.338	.468	.806	8	2.14	-0.100	3.02	-0.09%	-0.51	C
24	340	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.347	.453	.800	8	1.19	0.003	1.24	0.00%	-0.13	C
25	341	90 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.367	.500	.867	8	1.00	0.182	1.44	0.16%	2.09	C
26	342	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.370	.500	.870	8	.47	0.008	.91	0.01%	0.00	PH C
27	343	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS-8	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.400	.521	.921	8	1.45	0.224	2.05	0.19%	1.82	C
28	344	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.393	.500	.893	8	1.87	-0.125	2.64	-0.11%	-0.82	C
29	345	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.487	.878	8	.77	-0.025	.87	-0.02%	-0.49	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	346	101 (5)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.381	.469	.851	6	.34	-0.012	.52	-0.01%	-0.64	C
31	347	103 (1)	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.381	.469	.851	8						C
32	348	105 (1)	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.381	.469	.851	6						C
33	349	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.256	.378	.463	.841	8	2.89	-0.141	2.31	-0.07%	-0.80	PH
34	350	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.374	.458	.832	8	1.04	-0.027	.61	-0.01%	-0.11	PH C
35	351	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.375	.489	.864	7	.53	0.083	.16	0.02%	0.92	C
36	352	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.380	.478	.857	8	1.84	0.138	1.04	0.05%	0.66	C
37	353	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.380	.478	.857	9						C
38	354	113 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.376	.473	.849	8	1.25	-0.031	.49	-0.01%	-0.16	PH C
39	355	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.369	.462	.832	6	1.22	-0.062	.28	-0.01%	-0.40	PH C
40	356	119 (4)	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.365	.448	.813	8	1.10	-0.048	.03	0.00%	-0.49	C
41	357	128 (8)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.365	.448	.813	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	358	135 (6)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.365	.448	.813	8						C
43	359	136	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.356	.434	.790	8	.45	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
44	360	139 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	GS-7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.225	.347	.422	.769	8	1.47	-0.023	.07	0.00%	-0.20	C
45	361	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.344	.415	.759	8	.63	-0.053	.03	0.00%	-0.64	C
46	362	145 (3)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.341	.411	.752	8	.51	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
47	363	154 (8)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.229	.359	.413	.772	8	.18	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.21	C
							25-22		131	109	17	25	2	0	6	13	19	2	13	3	0		1	7	0	0	.229	.359	.413	.772		1.02	-0.789	2.07	-1.08%	-4.69

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