Jim Tipper

{{Short description|American baseball player (1849–1895)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Tipper

|position=Outfielder

|image=Jim Tipper.jpg

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{birth date|1849|6|18}}

|birth_place=Middletown, Connecticut

|death_date={{death date and age|1895|4|21|1849|6|18}}

|death_place=New Haven, Connecticut

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 26

|debutyear=1872

|debutteam=Middletown Mansfields

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 6

|finalyear=1875

|finalteam= New Haven Elm Citys

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=110

|stat2label=Batting average

|stat2value=.245

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=114

|teams=

;  National Association of Base Ball Players

: Middletown Mansfields (1869–1870)

;  National Association of Professional BBP

: Middletown Mansfields ({{baseball year|1872}})

: Hartford Dark Blues ({{baseball year|1874}})

: New Haven Elm Citys ({{baseball year|1875}})

}}

James Tipper (June 18, 1849 – April 21, 1895) was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder during his three-year career in the National Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptippj101.htm|title=Jim Tipper|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=15 December 2009}} He played for three teams during his career, all based in the state of Connecticut: his hometown Middletown Mansfields in 1872, the Hartford Dark Blues in 1874, and the New Haven Elm Citys in 1875. He later played in several minor league seasons; a Live Oaks team in Lynn, Massachusetts, a season for the Syracuse Stars in 1876, two seasons for the Rochester, New York team of the International Association, and one for the Manchester, New Hampshire team of the National Association.{{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}}{{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|accessdate=15 December 2009}} Tipper died in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 45 of consumption (tuberculosis).