Mike Tipton  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Tipton's follow-through leaves him in a vulnerable position, so he has trouble with comebackers. His move to first base is slow and ineffective. Tipton is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Tipton has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Tipton as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
One has to wonder what Mike Tipton is doing in AA. In all honesty, he could use a lot of work on the fundamentals in the low minors. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Tipton.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 GUE 61 84 39 31 52 50 49 50 53 60 0 49 50 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand AA/AAA 2 3 41 31 183
2004 GUE 61 86 48 34 52 50 49 50 53 60 0 49 56 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 8 36 203
2005 GUE 62 87 57 37 52 50 49 50 53 61 0 49 60 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 39 222
2006 GUE 66 87 67 40 52 50 49 50 53 61 0 49 63 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 43 243
2007 CHA 66 87 70 41 52 50 49 50 53 61 0 49 63 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 245
2008 CHA 65 87 70 43 52 50 49 50 53 61 0 52 65 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 249
2009 CHA 65 87 70 45 52 50 49 50 53 62 0 54 66 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 253
2010 CHA 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 55 66 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 248
2011 CRE 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 55 66 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 247
2012 CRE 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 56 66 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 247
2013 CRE 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 57 66 0 0 0 31 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 246
2014 CRE 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 57 66 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 245
2015 STP 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 57 66 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 244
2016 COB 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 57 66 0 0 0 34 9 Overhand DL 0 0 0 54 243
2017 COB 66 87 70 46 45 50 49 50 53 62 0 57 66 0 0 0 35 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 241
Ratings Delta                                 +1               -2

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2004 22 PDAW 11 15 0 0 35 35 14 4 210 6.0 205 32 110 136 0 0 5.83 1.24 1.50 .252 .416 .242 .258 4.80
2005 23 PDAW 11 18 0 0 38 38 23 5 243.1 6.1 215 27 130 161 0 0 5.96 1.24 1.42 .235 .382 .239 .232 4.03
2006 24 PDAW 14 18 0 0 39 39 20 5 272.2 7.0 270 39 72 138 0 0 4.56 1.92 1.26 .255 .422 .291 .224 4.16
2007 25 PMIT 12 17 0 0 38 38 17 6 256.2 6.2 283 39 69 146 0 0 5.13 2.12 1.37 .272 .438 .291 .256 4.52
2008 26 PMIT 18 14 0 0 37 37 18 5 255 7.0 244 44 71 152 0 0 5.36 2.14 1.24 .249 .422 .248 .249 4.13
2009 27 PMIT 13 17 0 0 37 37 15 5 248 6.2 248 54 74 128 0 0 4.65 1.73 1.30 .253 .475 .276 .234 4.83
2010 28 PMIT 15 13 0 0 35 35 19 1 223 6.1 224 33 64 112 0 0 4.52 1.75 1.29 .257 .434 .261 .254 4.36
2011 29 PMIT 16 11 0 0 38 38 20 4 255.2 6.2 236 43 68 138 0 0 4.87 2.03 1.19 .243 .433 .239 .247 3.70
2013 31 PNAN 7 24 0 0 38 38 19 4 248.1 6.2 302 55 69 126 0 0 4.57 1.83 1.50 .297 .527 .296 .298 5.07
Totals     117 147 0 0 335 335 165 39 2212.2 6.2 2227 366 727 1237 0 0 5.03 1.70 1.34 .258 .440 .273 .250 4.39

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2007 25 CHA 1 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 18 6.0 18 3 9 6 0 0 3.00 0.67 1.50 .269 .478 .190 .304 4.50
2008 26 CHA 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 23.2 3.1 43 9 10 4 8 5 1.55 0.40 2.28 .398 .759 .365 .429 8.75
2011 29 CRE 3 4 0 0 10 8 2 0 41.1 4.0 51 12 14 16 0 0 3.50 1.14 1.58 .302 .574 .326 .273 6.75
2012 30 CRE 4 6 4 1 44 8 1 1 111.1 2.2 136 30 32 33 22 11 2.67 1.03 1.51 .296 .569 .258 .325 7.28
2013 31 CRE 3 8 0 0 14 14 4 1 67.2 5.0 89 18 17 21 0 0 2.81 1.24 1.58 .309 .556 .319 .301 7.05
2014 32 CRE 3 14 1 0 23 18 5 3 126.2 5.2 155 33 29 46 2 0 3.28 1.59 1.46 .298 .575 .312 .285 5.61
2016 34 COB 5 10 3 0 27 13 5 0 105.1 4.0 120 23 39 37 6 2 3.17 0.95 1.51 .285 .485 .314 .263 5.64
2017 35 COB 3 4 10 2 41 0 0 0 60 1.1 47 2 23 18 20 8 2.70 0.78 1.17 .213 .303 .195 .222 2.55
Totals     22 48 18 3 169 64 19 5 554 3.1 659 130 173 181 58 26 2.94 1.05 1.50 .292 .534 .289 .278 5.98

Transfer History for Mike Tipton
Date Transferred with Tipton To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
July 4 2007 Richard Miller
Charlottetown Blues Buddy Corcoran
Ace Galimore
Slats Stoff
Guelph Storm
July 26 2011 Amos Hiser
Seth Ontiveros
Joe Fitzgerald
3rd Rd 2012 (77th pick)
Creston Kokanee Kobe Troedson
Bryson Tes
Charlottetown Blues
May 8 2015 Lupe Rios-Rosario
1st Rd 2015 - Yellowknife's - 16th pick
St Paul Pride 1st Rd 2015 - 8th pick
Creston Kokanee
July 14 2016 Released to Free Agents by St Paul Pride
July 22 2016 Free Agent signing by Cobourg Stampeders

Mike Tipton's Career Highlights
Year Details
2003 2nd round - 29th overall selection by Guelph Storm in the 2003 Amateur Draft

Mike Tipton's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
August 11, 2011 16 Inflamed biceps 100%  
August 17, 2012 4 Pulled biceps 16%  
September 4, 2016 119+ Inflamed bicep tendon 100% Disabled List

Mike Tipton's Comparable Players
Player Names
Demarion Balenti 94.2% Leopold Moryl 93.2% Jaques Dejarnette 92.9% Akhileshwa Harvard 92.0% Johnny Knudson 90.6%

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