Brad Tippitt's manager called him the story of the game. In that July 1992 game, the Frederick Key hurler Tippitt went six innings for the win in an emergency start, The Newport News Daily Press wrote.
"It's hard to get ready for a start that fast," Tippitt told The Daily Press. "I just tried to stick to the same routine I always go through when I'm not starting. I did everything normally."
Tippitt made that start in his third pro season. That season also proved his last. He topped out at high-A.
Tippitt's career began in 1990, signed by the Orioles as an undrafted free agent out of Northwest Missouri State.
At Northwest Missouri, Tippitt played as both a pitcher and as a catcher. But he signed early that July in 1990 as a pitcher. Tippitt's name was also incorrectly spelled Brad Tippett.
Tippett started with the Orioles at rookie Bluefield. He picked up a relief win in a July game, one of three he picked up on the year to three losses.
That August, he seemingly threw the right pitch to a batter struggling against that type of pitch, but it didn't matter, The Roanoke Times wrote. The result was a three-run home run.
"(Tippitt) started me off with a changeup, a good pitch, for a strike," hitter George Virgilio told The Times. "Then he threw me another one and I stayed back and got it."
Overall, he saw 15 games, two starts and had a 3.65 ERA.
Tippitt moved to single-A Kane County for 1991. He went 4-6 there, with a 3.35 ERA in 18 games, 12 starts.
For 1991, he arrived at high-A Frederick. He went 6-2 there, with a 4.66 ERA in 27 outings, five starts to end his career.
- Roanoke Times, Aug. 31, 1990: Williams, Virgilio pace Pulaski 5-3
- Newport News Daily Press, July 8, 1992: Emergency starter sinks Pilots
Made the Majors:1,423-32.0
Never Made Majors:3,020-68.0%-X
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