John Tipton  
Right Fielder | Free Agents

Hitting
He thrives late in games. One of the nice things about John is that he's a real clutch hitter. If it's late in the game, and there are men on base, you want this guy at the plate. The book on Tipton is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Let's face facts: Tipton hits a lot of ground balls... and in my book, if you're slow of foot and put the ball on the ground, you're bound to get tied up in the double play. He hits righthanders and lefthanders with equal consistency. He struggles away from home.

Baserunning & Defense
When you play Tipton you're not putting him in for his glove. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par. His speed is below average and he's not a threat to steal.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Tipton to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 ATL RF 21 12 40 57 56 51 60 57 58 23 0 Low Minors 32 31 . 129
1999 ATL RF 23 13 41 57 56 51 60 57 58 24 0 Low Minors 37 32 . 134
2000 FA RF 26 15 43 57 56 51 60 57 58 25 0 Free Agent 41 33 . 143
2001 FA RF 29 16 43 57 56 51 60 57 58 26 0 Free Agent 45 33 . 148
2002 FA RF 32 17 43 57 56 51 60 57 58 27 0 Free Agent 48 34 . 153
2003 FA RF 35 19 43 57 56 51 60 57 58 28 0 Free Agent 50 33 . 160
2004 FA RF 36 22 41 57 56 51 60 57 58 29 0 Free Agent 53 33 . 163
2005 FA RF 37 24 40 57 56 51 60 57 58 30 0 Free Agent 54 33 . 166
2006 FA RF 37 26 38 57 56 51 60 57 58 31 0 Free Agent 56 33 . 165
2007 FA RF 36 27 37 57 56 51 60 57 58 32 0 Free Agent 56 33 . 162
2008 FA RF 36 28 36 57 56 51 60 57 58 33 0 Free Agent 55 33 . 161
2009 FA RF 36 27 34 57 56 51 60 57 58 34 0 Free Agent 55 33 . 155
2010 FA RF 36 26 31 57 56 51 60 57 58 34 0 Free Agent 55 32 . 151
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Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.