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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-02-18 · Played 1948–1954 · Career WAR 5.2 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=tiptojo01, LAHMAN=tiptojo01, MLBAM=123359, RETROSHEET=tiptj101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1948	CLE	AL	47	90	11	26	3	0	1	13	0	0	4	10	.289	.333	.356	.689	0.3
1949	CHA	AL	67	191	20	39	5	3	3	19	1	1	27	17	.204	.306	.309	.615	0.0
1950	PHA	AL	64	184	15	49	5	1	6	20	0	0	19	16	.266	.335	.402	.737	0.5
1951	PHA	AL	72	213	23	51	9	0	3	20	1	1	51	25	.239	.389	.324	.713	1.7
1952	PHA	AL	23	68	6	13	4	0	3	8	0	0	15	10	.191	.337	.382	.719	1.4
1952	CLE	AL	43	105	15	26	2	0	6	22	1	0	21	21	.248	.383	.438	.821
1953	CLE	AL	47	109	17	25	2	0	6	13	0	0	19	13	.229	.359	.413	.772	0.7
1954	WS1	AL	54	157	9	35	6	1	1	10	0	1	30	30	.223	.353	.293	.646	0.6
Total			417	1117	116	264	36	5	29	125	3	3	186	142	.236	.345	.355	.701	5.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1948	CLE	AL	C	40			84	18	3	4
1949	CHA	AL	C	53			203	32	2	4
1950	PHA	AL	C	59			201	24	3	3
1951	PHA	AL	C	72			230	52	9	12
1952	PHA	AL	C	23			80	16	1	1
1952	CLE	AL	C	35			118	18	4	1
1953	CLE	AL	C	46			114	18	0	1
1954	WS1	AL	C	52	51	435.1	220	30	2	6
Total				380	51	435.1	1250	208	24	32

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1949-07-19	Player	Call at 2B
1949-09-18	Player	Bench jockeying
1950-05-16	Player	Balls and strikes
1953-06-16	Player	Balls and strikes

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