Babe Phelps

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD us

Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD

Buried: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Odenton, MD

Debut: September 17, 1931 (Age 23-154d, 7,271st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CIN 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Ernest Gordon Phelps

Nicknames: Blimp

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

2117

657

.310

239

RBI

345

OBP

.362

SLG

.472

OPS

.835

OPS+

125

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 54 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 13 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

3 Tms
BRO	43
PIT	9
CHC	2

Platoon
vs RHP	48
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	21

Outs
0	19
1	17
2	17
Unk	1

8 Opps
CHC	14
PIT	10
BSN	8
NYG	6
STL	6
CIN	5
BRO	3
PHI	2

42 Pitchers
Claude Passeau	3
Tex Carleton	3
Tom Earley	3
Bob Klinger	2
Bill Lohrman	2
Lon Warneke	2
Bill Lee	2
Bob Weiland	2
Bill Swift	2
Bucky Walters	1
Max Butcher	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Larry French	1
Ira Hutchinson	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Bill Posedel	1
Phil Collins	1
Whitey Moore	1
Tot Pressnell	1
Vance Page	1
Mace Brown	1
Hugh Casey	1
Peaches Davis	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Johnny Lanning	1
Bill McGee	1
Johnny Podgajny	1
Cy Blanton	1
Charlie Root	1
Roy Parmelee	1
Red Lucas	1
Harry Gumbert	1
Milt Shoffner	1
Whit Wyatt	1
Lou Fette	1
Ralph Birkofer	1
Jake Mooty	1
Huck Betts	1
Si Johnson	1
Lee Stine	1
Gene Thompson	1
Boom-Boom Beck	1

8 Parks
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	32
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Forbes Fld (PIT)	6
Polo Grounds (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1

Where Hit
9	24
8	4
7	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	10
-2-	6
--3	3
12-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

86 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	28
1 on	19
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	25

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	4
4	4
5	3
6	7
7	9
8	7
9	11

1-3	13
4-6	14
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	12
-1	6
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	8
Unk	1

Ahead	17
Tied	12
Behind	24
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	51
PH	3

OrderPos
5th	22
4th	12
8th	6
6th	6
7th	5
9th	2
Unk	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1934-05-08	CHC		PHI	Phil Collins	behind 5-13	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1934-05-21	CHC	@	BRO	Boom-Boom Beck	behind 7-9	t 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.361	40%		Home Run; B. Jurges Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1935-05-15 (1)	BRO		CHC	Tex Carleton	behind 1-3	b 4	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.200	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Taylor Scores
4	4	2	1	1935-06-17	BRO		CHC	Larry French	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.052	10%		Home Run (CF-RF)
5	5	3	1	1935-07-03	BRO		BSN	Huck Betts	ahead 11-3	b 8	1	1--	2	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Koenecke Scores
6	6	4	1	1935-07-06	BRO	@	NYG	Roy Parmelee	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.183	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Leslie Scores
7	7	5	1	1935-07-22	BRO	@	CHC	Hugh Casey	ahead 5-2	t 3	0	--3	2	5	2	0.055	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Leslie Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1936-05-16	BRO		PIT	Cy Blanton	tied 0-0	b 6	2	-2-	2	4	2	0.265	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Watkins Scores
9	9	2	1	1936-08-01	BRO		CIN	Lee Stine	ahead 8-4	b 7	0	---	1	5	2	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	3	1	1936-08-26	BRO	@	PIT	Bill Swift	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	2	0.112	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1936-08-28 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	Peaches Davis	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	1-3	3	5	2	0.057	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stripp Scores; B. Hassett Scores
12	12	5	1	1936-09-09	BRO		PIT	Ralph Birkofer	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	1	5	2	0.081	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1937-06-04	BRO		STL	Bob Weiland	behind 1-4	b 5	2	1-3	3	5	2	0.324	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stripp Scores; H. Manush Scores
14	14	2	1	1937-06-13 (2)	BRO		PIT	Bill Swift	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	2	0.072	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1937-06-25	BRO	@	CHC	Tex Carleton	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.102	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	4	1	1937-07-25 (1)	BRO		STL	Bob Weiland	tied 1-1	b 8	2	-2-	2	5	2
17	17	5	1	1937-09-06 (2)	BRO		BSN	Lou Fette	behind 2-6	b 9	0	1--	2	5	2	0.053	9%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Wilson Scores
18	18	6	1	1937-09-09 (1)	BRO		NYG	Carl Hubbell	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-23	3	4	2	0.161	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cooney Scores; J. Bucher Scores
19	19	7	1	1937-09-22	BRO	@	STL	Si Johnson	behind 1-3	t 7	1	---	1	4	2	0.114	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1938-05-15	BRO		BSN	Ira Hutchinson	behind 5-7	b 7	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.334	52%		Home Run; D. Camilli Scores
21	21	2	1	1938-05-20	BRO		PIT	Red Lucas	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.179	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Lavagetto Scores
22	22	3	1	1938-06-18	BRO		CHC	Tex Carleton	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---	1	4	2	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	4	1	1938-06-23	BRO		PIT	Mace Brown	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	5	1	1938-08-25 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	Bill Lee	behind 1-3	t 7	1	---	1	5	2	0.114	26%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1939-05-10	BRO		CIN	Whitey Moore	behind 1-2	b 1	2	--3	2	5	2	0.176	61%		Home Run; P. Coscarart Scores
26	26	2	1	1939-06-07	BRO		STL	Bill McGee	behind 2-7	b 9	0	---	1	5	2	0.011	2%		Home Run
27	27	3	1	1939-06-25	BRO	@	PIT	Bob Klinger	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	2	0.135	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1939-07-16 (2)	BRO		CHC	Vance Page	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1	5	2	0.072	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1939-08-12	BRO		BSN	Milt Shoffner	ahead 7-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1939-09-02 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.134	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1940-05-17	BRO		STL	Lon Warneke	behind 0-3	b 4	0	1--	2	4	2	0.170	43%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
32	32	2	1	1940-05-20	BRO		CHC	Bill Lee	behind 0-5	b 6	1	12-	3	4	2	0.143	23%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores; C. Lavagetto Scores
33	33	3	1	1940-06-15	BRO		CIN	Bucky Walters	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	2	0.160	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Medwick Scores
34	34	4	1	1940-06-21	BRO		PIT	Bob Klinger	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	4	2	0.134	88%		Home Run; C. Lavagetto Scores
35	35	5	1	1940-06-25	BRO		CHC	Charlie Root	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.434	64%		Home Run
36	36	6	1	1940-06-29	BRO		BSN	Bill Posedel	tied 4-4	b 7	2	--3	2	5	2	0.293	87%		Home Run; J. Medwick Scores
37	37	7	1	1940-07-04 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	2	0.196	82%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
38	38	8	2	1940-07-04 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 4-1	t 7	2	---	1	5	2	0.053	94%		Home Run
39	39	9	1	1940-08-23	BRO	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	1	7	PH	0.344	50%		Home Run
40	40	10	1	1940-08-25 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	Max Butcher	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	1--	2	4	2	0.005	100%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
41	41	11	1	1940-09-11 (1)	BRO		CHC	Claude Passeau	behind 3-8	b 9	2	1--	2	4	2	0.003	1%		Home Run; P. Reiser Scores
42	42	12	1	1940-09-14 (2)	BRO		PIT	Johnny Lanning	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.109	53%		Home Run
43	43	13	1	1940-09-18	BRO		STL	Lon Warneke	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	4	6	2	0.274	85%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores; D. Camilli Scores; P. Reiser Scores
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1941-05-19	BRO	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	behind 0-12	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run
45	45	2	1	1941-06-09	BRO		CIN	Gene Thompson	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	3	4	2	0.198	86%		Home Run; B. Herman Scores; P. Reiser Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1942-05-03 (2)	PIT		BSN	Tom Earley	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.117	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	2	2	1942-05-03 (2)	PIT		BSN	Tom Earley	behind 1-11	b 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Barrett Scores
48	48	3	1	1942-05-14	PIT	@	BRO	Kirby Higbe	behind 2-3	t 3	1	---	1	4	2	0.125	48%		Home Run
49	49	4	1	1942-05-20	PIT	@	BSN	Tom Earley	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.118	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1942-05-30 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	Jake Mooty		t 8			1		2
51	51	6	1	1942-07-17	PIT		NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 1-11	b 8	2	---	1	5	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1942-07-24	PIT	@	BRO	Whit Wyatt	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.019	3%		Home Run
53	53	8	1	1942-08-15 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	Tot Pressnell	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.058	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	9	1	1942-09-10	PIT	@	PHI	Johnny Podgajny	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.222	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 13 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

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