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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,12-5	GS	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	10 (4)	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	11	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	13 (1)	May 1 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
9	14	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	GS	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
10	15	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	16	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS	36	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
12	29 (12)	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	14	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	30	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
14	31	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	32	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	33	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	35 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	3	1	0	4	0
18	36	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	37	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	5	3	0	8	0
20	38	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40 (1)	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
22	42 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
23	43	Jun 4	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	46	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	47	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
28	49 (1)	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-15	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	53 (2)	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	54	Jun 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	56	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
34	58 (1)	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
36	61 (1)	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	62	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	63	Jun 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	72 (7)	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	75 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
43	76	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
44	77	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	80 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	83 (2)	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	85 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	87 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	90 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	93 (2)	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	114 (20)	Aug 18	CHW		DET	L,0-2		0	7.1	1	0	0	1	0
52	117 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	150 (32)	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
							53gm		433.0	203	32	2	237	4