# Jim Tipper

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1849–1895)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jim Tipper
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=Jim Tipper.jpg
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{birth date|1849|6|18}}
|birth_place=[Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown%2C_Connecticut)
|death_date={{death date and age|1895|4|21|1849|6|18}}
|death_place=[New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 26
|debutyear=1872
|debutteam=[Middletown Mansfields](/source/Middletown_Mansfields)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 6
|finalyear=1875
|finalteam= [New Haven Elm Citys](/source/New_Haven_Elm_Citys)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=110
|stat2label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat2value=.245
|stat3label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value=114
|teams=
;  National Association of Base Ball Players
: [Middletown Mansfields](/source/Middletown_Mansfields) (1869–1870)
;  National Association of Professional BBP
: [Middletown Mansfields](/source/Middletown_Mansfields) ({{baseball year|1872}})
: [Hartford Dark Blues](/source/Hartford_Dark_Blues) ({{baseball year|1874}})
: [New Haven Elm Citys](/source/New_Haven_Elm_Citys) ({{baseball year|1875}})
}}
'''James Tipper''' (June 18, 1849 &ndash; April 21, 1895) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player who played as an [outfielder](/source/outfielder) during his three-year career in the [National Association](/source/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players).<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptippj101.htm|title=Jim Tipper|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=15 December 2009}}</ref>  He played for three teams during his career, all based in the state of [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut): his hometown [Middletown Mansfields](/source/Middletown_Mansfields) in 1872, the [Hartford Dark Blues](/source/Hartford_Dark_Blues) in 1874, and the [New Haven Elm Citys](/source/New_Haven_Elm_Citys) in 1875.<ref name="retrosheet"/>  He later played in several [minor league](/source/minor_league_baseball) seasons; a Live Oaks team in [Lynn, Massachusetts](/source/Lynn%2C_Massachusetts), a season for the Syracuse Stars in 1876, two seasons for the [Rochester, New York](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York) team of the International Association, and one for the [Manchester, New Hampshire](/source/Manchester%2C_New_Hampshire) team of the National Association.<ref name="minortipper">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=tipper001jim|title=Jim Tipper|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=15 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="tipperobit">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_T/Tipper.Jim.Obit.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012172741/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_T/Tipper.Jim.Obit.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2009|title=The Obit for Jim Tipper|date=April 22, 1895|work=thedeadballera.com|publisher=[The Hartford Times](/source/The_Hartford_Times)|accessdate=15 December 2009}}</ref>  Tipper died in [New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut) at the age of 45 of [consumption](/source/tuberculosis) (tuberculosis).<ref name="retrosheet"/><ref name="tipperobit"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tipper, Jim}}
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Middletown Mansfields players
Category:Hartford Dark Blues players
Category:New Haven Elm Citys players
Category:Baseball players from Middlesex County, Connecticut
Category:1849 births
Category:1895 deaths
Category:Rochester (minor league baseball) players
Category:Manchester (minor league baseball) players
Category:Sportspeople from Middletown, Connecticut
Category:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Category:Tuberculosis deaths in Connecticut

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