Eric Tipton Stats

Eric Tipton was born on Tuesday, April 20, 1915, in Petersburg, Virginia. Tipton was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 9, 1939, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Eric Tipton baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Eric Gordon Tipton
Nickname:	Blue Devil
Born On:	04-20-1915 (Aries)
Born In:	Petersburg, Virginia
Died On:	08-29-2001 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Newport News, Virginia
Cemetery:	Williamsburg Memorial Park, Williamsburg, Virginia

High School:	Petersburg High School (Petersburg, VA)
College:	Duke University
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	190
First Game:	06-09-1939 (Age 24)
Last Game:	09-29-1945
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Eric Tipton Eric Tipton Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	24	Athletics	47	104	12	24	4	2	1	0	14	13	-	7	4	-	0	4	.231	.316	.337
1940	25	Athletics	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.375
1941	26	Athletics	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
1942	27	Reds	63	207	22	46	5	5	4	0	18	25	-	14	7	-	1	8	.222	.309	.353
1943	28	Reds	140	493	82	142	26	7	9	0	49	85	-	36	5	-	2	9	.288	.395	.424
1944	29	Reds	140	479	62	144	28	3	3	0	36	59	-	32	7	-	2	18	.301	.380	.390
1945	30	Reds	108	331	32	80	17	1	5	0	34	40	-	37	9	-	2	5	.242	.327	.344
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years			501	1,626	212	439	80	19	22	0	151	223	0	127	32	0	7	44	.270	.360	.383

Eric Tipton Eric Tipton Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1939 Athletics	LF	33	22	534	65	2.0	61	61	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	3.08
1939 Athletics	RF	2	2	24	24	12.0	24	24	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	27.00
1940 Athletics	LF	2	2	54	3	1.5	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50
1941 Athletics	LF	1	1	27	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00
1942 Reds	CF	20	19	522	159	8.0	157	156	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	8.12
1942 Reds	LF	38	37	999	73	1.9	72	70	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	1.95
1942 Reds	RF	1	0	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1943 Reds	LF	139	139	408	311	2.2	306	298	8	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	20.25
1944 Reds	LF	139	136	15,336	343	2.5	337	329	8	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	0.59
1945 Reds	LF	83	82	2,148	200	2.4	194	192	2	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.44
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
LF Totals		435	419	19,506	997	2.3	975	955	20	22	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	1.35
CF Totals		20	19	522	159	8.0	157	156	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	8.12
RF Totals		3	2	24	24	8.0	24	24	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	27.00
7 Years		458	440	20,052	1,180	2.6	1,156	1,135	21	24	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	1.56

Eric Tipton Eric Tipton Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1939 Athletics	2	0	1.000	12	1	n/a	104.0	14.9	7.4	-	-	-
1940 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	8.0	0.0	-	-	-
1941 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1942 Reds	1	-	-	5	0	n/a	51.8	14.8	11.5	-	-	-
1943 Reds	1	-	-	0	1	n/a	54.8	13.7	10.1	-	-	-
1944 Reds	5	-	-	1	0	n/a	159.7	15.0	13.3	-	-	-
1945 Reds	11	-	-	25	0	n/a	66.2	8.9	9.7	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	20	0	1.000	43	2	n/a	73.9	12.8	10.8	-	-	-

Eric Tipton Eric Tipton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1939 Philadelphia Athletics	18	Undetermined	-	-
1940 Philadelphia Athletics	40	Undetermined	-	-
1941 Philadelphia Athletics	38	Undetermined	-	-
1942 Cincinnati Reds	23	Undetermined	-	-
1943 Cincinnati Reds	23	Undetermined	-	-
1944 Cincinnati Reds	23	Undetermined	-	-
1945 Cincinnati Reds	23	Undetermined	n/a	-
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