Eric Tipton
1939–1945 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics
501G
.270AVG
.360OBP
.383SLG
More career statistics
439H
22HR
151RBI
20SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,626 | 1,624 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 22 |
| Batting · Hits | 439 | 438 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 127 | 128 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,888 | 1,889 |
| Batting · RBI | 151 | 152 |
| Batting · Walks | 223 | 225 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 1,888 | 1,626 | 212 | 439 | 80 | 19 | 22 | 151 | 223 | 127 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 623 | .270 | .360 | .383 | .743 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1943-06-27 to 1943-07-15
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1943-08-22 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1942-08-28 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1943-08-08 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 245 | 896 | 205 | 7 | 66 | 110 | 55 | .267 | .352 | .374 |
| Away | 256 | 993 | 233 | 15 | 86 | 115 | 73 | .272 | .350 | .391 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 121 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | .269 | .322 | .370 |
| May | 68 | 265 | 66 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 14 | .293 | .392 | .382 |
| June | 76 | 283 | 62 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 27 | .252 | .322 | .346 |
| July | 108 | 427 | 108 | 3 | 36 | 42 | 22 | .287 | .351 | .399 |
| August | 121 | 448 | 97 | 12 | 44 | 62 | 30 | .257 | .355 | .424 |
| September | 97 | 337 | 72 | 2 | 19 | 44 | 25 | .254 | .344 | .338 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .625 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 71 | 264 | 56 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 26 | .248 | .333 | .319 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 67 | 256 | 53 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 16 | .235 | .301 | .327 |
| new-york-giants | 66 | 263 | 67 | 2 | 16 | 40 | 14 | .307 | .407 | .422 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 63 | 255 | 67 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 14 | .307 | .384 | .463 |
| boston-braves | 63 | 246 | 53 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 12 | .247 | .317 | .381 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 237 | 56 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 20 | .269 | .354 | .380 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 60 | 235 | 59 | 2 | 21 | 31 | 18 | .298 | .383 | .414 |
| cleveland-guardians | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .435 | .444 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 47 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .233 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Cincinnati Reds | 63 | 207 | 46 | 4 | 18 | 1 | .222 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cincinnati Reds | 140 | 492 | 142 | 9 | 49 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cincinnati Reds | 140 | 479 | 143 | 3 | 36 | 5 | .299 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 331 | 80 | 5 | 35 | 11 | .242 | – | – |