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Joe
Tipton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 18, 1922 in Usa, GA, MCCAYSVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 7 8
1949 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 7 8
1950 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 9 7 7 7
1951 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 8 8
1952 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1953 31 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 7 7
1954 32 NYA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 7 7
1955 33 BRK NL $ 510,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 8 7 7 7
1956 34 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 7
1957 35 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 36 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 510,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 26 NYA AL 142 445 53 91 13 3 8 53 0 2 84 49 .204 .332 .301 .633 47.8 2.1
1949 27 NYA AL 39 125 12 28 4 0 4 19 0 0 25 15 .224 .349 .352 .701 16.8 1.6
    AAA   52 188 23 39 9 1 5 19 0 0 46 19 .207 .363 .346 .709 28.1  
    AA   54 184 40 58 8 1 10 26 2 0 62 19 .315 .488 .533 1.020 50.0  
1950 28 NYA AL 124 366 46 77 10 4 8 56 0 0 44 48 .210 .292 .325 .617 35.3 0.9
1951 29 NYA AL 30 33 4 7 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 5 .212 .333 .424 .758 4.9 0.6
1952 30 NYA AL 59 128 7 33 8 0 1 23 0 0 14 15 .258 .331 .344 .675 15.0 1.7
1953 31 NYA AL 107 249 22 54 9 0 4 27 0 1 36 28 .217 .317 .301 .618 25.2 1.6
1954 32 NYA AL 101 193 27 49 10 1 5 29 1 1 35 21 .254 .367 .394 .761 29.4 6.4
1955 33 BRK NL 28 51 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 6 .216 .333 .275 .608 3.4 0.0
1956 34 DET AL 98 329 37 47 10 2 7 32 0 1 35 46 .143 .226 .249 .475 16.7 0.0
1957 35 SDP NL 34 91 7 10 2 1 2 8 0 1 9 24 .110 .198 .220 .418 1.6 0.0
1958 36 A   137 472 68 113 17 2 24 64 8 10 94 85 .239 .366 .436 .802 79.6  
10 Years Sim 762 2010 223 407 70 11 41 255 1 6 297 257 .202 .305 .309 .614 196.0 14.8
1 Years AAA 52 188 23 39 9 1 5 19 0 0 46 19 .207 .366 .346 .711 28.1  
1 Years AA 54 184 40 58 8 1 10 26 2 0 62 19 .315 .490 .533 1.023 50.0  
1 Years A 137 472 68 113 17 2 24 64 8 10 94 85 .239 .370 .436 .806 79.6  
3 Years Minors 243 844 131 210 34 4 39 109 10 10 202 123 .249 .397 .437 .834 157.7  
162 Game Average 427 47 86 14 2 8 54 0 1 63 54 .202 .305 .309 .614 41.7  
Career Highs 142 445 53 91 13 4 8 56 1 2 84 49 .258 .367 .424 .761 47.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1285 153 252 46 5 28 169 1 4 181 161 .196 .295 .305 .600 126.4
vs LH   725 70 155 24 6 13 86 0 2 116 96 .214 .322 .317 .639 82.3
Home 382 1014 112 195 38 4 23 126 0 5 156 136 .192 .299 .306 .605 102.5
Away 380 996 111 212 32 7 18 129 1 1 141 121 .213 .311 .313 .624 106.3
RISP   538 0 124 24 3 14 213 0 0 87 61 .230 .333 .364 .698 71.9
Pinch Hitting   183 21 45 11 0 3 26 0 0 32 20 .246 .361 .355 .716 25.4
Close/Late   239 24 60 11 3 4 32 0 0 35 32 .251 .345 .372 .718 32.5
Mar/Apr 102 283 41 57 10 1 11 45 0 1 37 44 .201 .294 .360 .655 32.1
May 127 355 41 81 18 3 4 55 0 1 62 37 .228 .342 .330 .672 44.3
June 128 308 34 65 11 0 4 39 0 0 43 37 .211 .306 .286 .592 30.0
July 122 352 32 69 9 3 7 33 0 2 33 35 .196 .265 .298 .564 28.1
August 152 368 43 68 10 4 6 43 0 1 66 51 .185 .309 .283 .592 37.3
Sep/Oct 131 344 32 67 12 0 9 40 1 1 56 53 .195 .307 .308 .615 36.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 26 NYA AL C 131 124 1100.3 494 61 6 1 .989 4.54 81 25 .309 6 5.7
1949 27 NYA AL C 29 29 258.0 99 6 3 0 .972 3.66 6 1 .167 2 1.1
    1B 5 3 30.0 32 4 0 2 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 28 NYA AL C 96 92 815.7 396 35 3 1 .993 4.76 39 12 .308 2 2.2
    1B 2 1 9.0 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 29 NYA AL C 6 3 28.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 1 12.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 30 NYA AL C 19 19 166.3 91 6 2 0 .980 5.25 5 3 .600 0 0.5
    1B 16 10 90.0 117 7 0 8 1.000 12.40 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 31 NYA AL C 37 36 312.0 146 19 2 1 .988 4.76 12 6 .500 1 2.1
    1B 28 24 201.0 221 19 2 30 .992 10.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 3 1 18.3 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 3 1 1 .833 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 32 NYA AL C 38 37 306.7 146 11 1 0 .994 4.61 11 1 .091 0 1.5
    1B 8 6 60.0 70 8 0 8 1.000 11.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 33 BRK NL C 14 10 90.0 44 6 1 0 .980 5.00 6 1 .167 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 34 DET AL C 96 93 806.0 395 39 3 0 .993 4.85 22 5 .227 2 2.6
1957 35 SDP NL C 20 19 166.7 120 7 0 0 1.000 6.86 3 3 1.000 0 0.8
    1B 9 7 56.0 75 4 0 6 1.000 12.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 486 462 4049.6 1943 190 21 3 .990 4.74 185 57 .308 13 17.0
  1B 72 52 458.3 544 43 2 56 .997 11.53 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  2B 3 1 18.3 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 3 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 1 9.0 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   569 517 4553.3 2491 244 24 62 .991 5.41 185 57 .308 13 18.0
Career Highs   131 124 1100.3 494 61 6 34 1.000 8.33 81 25 1.000 6  
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1948
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1948, off Ellis Kinder (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1948, off Robin Roberts (SDP)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/14/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1956 to a minor league contract
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 4/2/1957 (Going to SDP: LF Don Lenhardt, C Joe Tipton. Going to DET: P Al Sima)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/9/1958 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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