Joe Tipton
1948–1954 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
417G
.236AVG
.351OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
264H
29HR
125RBI
3SB
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 · Strikeouts | 142 | 143 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,324 | 1,325 |
| Batting · Walks | 186 | 187 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 417 | 1,324 | 1,117 | 116 | 264 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 125 | 186 | 142 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 397 | .236 | .351 | .355 | .706 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1948-05-06 to 1948-06-12
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1948-06-06 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1952-07-04 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1952-06-29 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 619 | 126 | 12 | 52 | 88 | 62 | .244 | .346 | .350 |
| Away | 221 | 706 | 138 | 17 | 73 | 99 | 81 | .230 | .336 | .360 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 136 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 14 | .155 | .272 | .224 |
| May | 64 | 215 | 47 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 23 | .246 | .298 | .377 |
| June | 75 | 255 | 53 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 30 | .243 | .341 | .431 |
| July | 86 | 266 | 54 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 19 | .251 | .372 | .358 |
| August | 96 | 283 | 54 | 5 | 25 | 44 | 40 | .227 | .346 | .319 |
| September | 54 | 169 | 38 | 2 | 21 | 28 | 17 | .275 | .391 | .377 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 73 | 219 | 46 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 24 | .247 | .342 | .360 |
| boston-red-sox | 72 | 217 | 41 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 18 | .236 | .373 | .425 |
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 149 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 17 | .227 | .315 | .344 |
| chicago-white-sox | 49 | 155 | 36 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 19 | .277 | .374 | .408 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 46 | 156 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 10 | .215 | .333 | .269 |
| detroit-tigers | 45 | 143 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 22 | .195 | .294 | .276 |
| cleveland-guardians | 40 | 155 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 15 | .269 | .355 | .403 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 34 | 108 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | .234 | .315 | .362 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 90 | 26 | 1 | 13 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 67 | 191 | 39 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .204 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 184 | 49 | 6 | 20 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 213 | 51 | 3 | 20 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 173 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 109 | 25 | 6 | 13 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 54 | 157 | 35 | 1 | 10 | – | .223 | – | – |