Joe Tipton

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Full Name: Joe Hicks Tipton	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: May 2, 1948
Birthdate: February 18, 1922	Final Game: September 26, 1954
Birthplace: McCaysville, Georgia	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: March 1, 1994
Deathplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Joe Tipton (Joe Hicks Tipton) was born on February 18, 1922 in McCaysville, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1948 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .204 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. Tipton played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 7 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	CLE	A	47	90	11	26	1	13	.289	.333	.356	3	0	4	10	2	1	0	0	0
1949	CHI	A	67	191	20	39	3	19	.204	.306	.309	5	3	27	17	1	0	1	0	5
1950	PHI	A	64	184	15	49	6	20	.266	.335	.402	5	1	19	16	0	2	0	0	3
1951	PHI	A	72	213	23	51	3	20	.239	.389	.324	9	0	51	25	1	1	1	0	2
1952	PHI	A	23	68	6	13	3	8	.191	.337	.382	4	0	15	10	0	2	0	0	1
1952	CLE	A	43	105	15	26	6	22	.248	.383	.438	2	0	21	21	2	1	1	0	4
1952	TOT	A	66	173	21	39	9	30	.225	.365	.416	6	0	36	31	2	3	1	0	5
1953	CLE	A	47	109	17	25	6	13	.229	.359	.413	2	0	19	13	3	0	0	0	7
1954	WAS	A	54	157	9	35	1	10	.223	.353	.293	6	1	30	30	2	2	0	0	3
Total			417	1117	116	264	29	125	.236	.351	.355	36	5	186	142	11	9	3	0	25

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CLE	A	C	40	0	0	84	18	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	.971
1949	CHI	A	C	53	0	0	203	32	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	.992
1950	PHI	A	C	59	0	0	201	24	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	.987
1951	PHI	A	C	72	0	0	230	52	9	12	0	1	0	0	0	.969
1952	PHI	A	C	23	0	0	80	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1952	CLE	A	C	35	0	0	118	18	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	.971
1952	TOT	A	C	58	0	0	198	34	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	.979
1953	CLE	A	C	46	0	0	114	18	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.000
1954	WAS	A	C	52	0	0	220	30	2	6	0	5	0	0	0	.992
Total			C	380	0	0	1250	208	24	32	0	20	0	0	0	.984

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1941).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Joe Haynes (November 22, 1948).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Nellie Fox (October 19, 1949).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Philadelphia Athletics (June 23, 1952).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators in exchange for Mickey Grasso (January 20, 1954).
Sold by Washington Senators to New York Giants with Wayne Terwilliger (January 14, 1955).

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