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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-42 / in Starts: 22-29
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 232 PAs	46
Actual Runners on Base	185 (100-50-35) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 232 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	158 (81-50-26)

Most Driven In
D Camilli	8
Self	5
K Cuyler	5
G Rosen	5
C Lavagetto	5
B Hassett	4
P Coscarart	4
J Hudson	4

Most Driven In By
D Camilli	6
Self	5
E Koy	5
C Lavagetto	5
L Durocher	4
T Pressnell	1
B Hassett	1
H Manush	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	334	15 (14)	May 4	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.34	-0.009	.66	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
2	335	16	May 5	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.44	-0.011	.75	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
3	336	17	May 6	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.09	PH
4	337	19 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	9	.79	0.022	1.12	0.02%	0.13	PH
5	338	20	May 9	BRO	@	STL	L,7-9	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.667	1.267	9	1.51	0.027	1.80	0.02%	0.12	PH
6	339	21	May 10	BRO	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.125	.300	.250	.550	5	.47	-0.052	.50	-0.03%	-1.66	C
7	340	22	May 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	5	.86	0.075	1.16	0.06%	1.35	C
8	341	23	May 12	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.644	5	1.10	-0.153	1.55	-0.13%	-1.99	C
9	342	24	May 14	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.400	.409	.809	6	.53	-0.040	.66	-0.03%	0.23	C
10	343	25	May 15	BRO		BSN	L,7-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.308	.400	.500	.900	6	1.32	0.228	1.65	0.17%	0.90	C
11	344	26	May 16	BRO		BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.567	.978	6	1.33	0.160	1.44	0.10%	0.79	C
12	345	27	May 17	BRO		STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.378	.515	.894	6	1.29	-0.099	1.39	-0.06%	-0.51	C
13	346	28	May 18	BRO		STL	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.366	.472	.838	6	.61	0.002	.55	0.00%	-0.36	C
14	347	29	May 19	BRO		STL	W,8-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.400	.474	.874	6	1.37	0.085	1.01	0.04%	1.19	C
15	348	30	May 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.408	.548	.956	6	.51	0.173	.48	0.10%	1.79	C
16	349	31	May 21	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.412	.535	.947	6	1.01	0.008	1.05	0.01%	0.11	C
17	350	32	May 22	BRO		CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.298	.400	.511	.911	6	1.05	-0.131	.95	-0.07%	-1.17	C
18	351	33	May 23	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.424	.520	.944	5	1.73	0.244	1.30	0.11%	1.91	C
19	352	34	May 24	BRO		CHC	L,4-10	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.422	.500	.922	5	.66	-0.004	.46	0.00%	-0.68	C
20	353	35	May 25	BRO		CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.412	.500	.912	5	1.01	0.049	.56	0.02%	1.13	C
21	354	36	May 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.403	.500	.903	4	.82	0.077	.35	0.02%	0.34	C
22	355	37	May 29	BRO	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.385	.463	.847	4	2.42	-0.226	.99	-0.06%	-1.09	C
23	356	38	May 30 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,5-9	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.398	.457	.855	4	1.72	0.098	.87	0.03%	0.49	C
24	357	39	May 30 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.379	.432	.812	5	1.11	-0.089	.40	-0.02%	-0.53	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	358	40	Jun 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.375	.427	.802	9	1.56	-0.038	.54	-0.01%	-0.16	PH C
26	359	41	Jun 2	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.394	.457	.850	4	.96	0.287	.31	0.06%	3.34	C
27	360	42	Jun 3	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.404	.471	.875	4	2.17	0.169	.84	0.04%	1.09	C
28	361	43	Jun 4	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.315	.413	.472	.885	4	1.33	0.062	.61	0.02%	0.37	C
29	362	44	Jun 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.413	.468	.881	4	.93	0.109	.38	0.03%	1.20	C
30	363	45	Jun 6	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.404	.455	.858	4	.42	0.061	.19	0.02%	-0.32	C
31	364	46	Jun 7	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.330	.420	.466	.886	4	.77	0.112	.40	0.04%	1.33	C
32	365	47	Jun 8	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.425	.471	.896	2	3.94	0.119	2.34	0.04%	1.00	PH C
33	366	48	Jun 12 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.327	.419	.458	.877	4	1.18	-0.112	.98	-0.06%	-1.09	C
34	367	49	Jun 12 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.414	.450	.865	4	.77	0.003	.53	0.00%	-0.41	C
35	368	50	Jun 15	BRO		CIN	L,0-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.439	.848	4	.48	-0.045	.32	-0.02%	-0.38	C
36	369	51	Jun 17 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.406	.435	.841	2	4.30	-0.071	2.68	-0.03%	-0.42	PH C
37	370	52	Jun 17 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,10-12	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.420	.454	.874	4	1.43	0.147	.75	0.05%	1.41	C
38	371	53	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.488	.910	4	1.19	0.440	.47	0.10%	1.72	C
39	372	54	Jun 19 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	3	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.344	.429	.500	.929	4						C
40	373	55	Jun 19 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.341	.424	.492	.916	4						C
41	374	56	Jun 20	BRO		CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.331	.413	.478	.891	4	1.06	-0.109	.47	-0.03%	-0.92	C
42	375	57	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.321	.403	.464	.867	4	1.33	-0.159	.42	-0.03%	-1.78	C
43	376	58	Jun 23	BRO		PIT	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.411	.500	.911	4	1.08	0.254	.28	0.04%	4.01	C
44	377	59	Jun 24	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.331	.407	.493	.900	4	.47	-0.044	.13	-0.01%	0.22	C
45	378	60	Jun 25	BRO		STL	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.405	.490	.895	2	3.94	-0.120	1.18	-0.02%	-0.81	PH
46	379	61	Jun 26	BRO		STL	T,1-1	CG(6)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.331	.409	.490	.899	4	1.09	0.051	.26	0.01%	0.63	C
47	380	62	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.403	.481	.884	4	1.55	-0.149	.35	-0.02%	-1.09	C
48	381	63	Jun 30	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.400	.475	.875	4	.62	0.077	.11	0.01%	0.55	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	382	64	Jul 1	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.398	.472	.870	4	.92	-0.024	.24	0.00%	-0.24	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	383	107 (42)	Aug 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.396	.469	.865	2	3.53	-0.081	.05	0.00%	-0.47	PH
51	384	110 (2)	Aug 20	BRO		BSN	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.393	.466	.860	7	3.49	-0.089	.06	0.00%	-0.24	PH
52	385	112 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.391	.463	.855	8	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
53	386	114 (1)	Aug 24	BRO	@	STL	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.389	.461	.850	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
54	387	115	Aug 25 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.392	.479	.871	5	1.52	0.088	.01	0.00%	1.21	C
55	388	116	Aug 25 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.394	.491	.885	5	1.00	0.127	.00	0.00%	2.24	C
56	389	117	Aug 26	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.391	.486	.877	5	.70	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
57	390	118	Aug 27	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.331	.398	.503	.901	4	.97	0.207	.00	0.00%	2.40	C
58	391	119	Aug 28	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.326	.398	.495	.893	4	1.12	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.91	C
59	392	120	Aug 29	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.395	.489	.885	4	.29	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
60	393	121	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.399	.489	.889	4	.72	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
61	394	123 (1)	Aug 31	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.392	.479	.871	4	.91	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.03	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	395	124	Sep 3	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.313	.385	.470	.854	4	1.42	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
63	396	125	Sep 4 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.387	.468	.854	4	1.29	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
64	397	126	Sep 4 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.385	.465	.850	6	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
65	398	127	Sep 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.383	.461	.844	4	.60	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
66	399	128	Sep 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.308	.379	.457	.836	4	1.23	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
							23-42		232	208	33	64	12	2	5	46	23	5	15	1	0		3	9	2	0	.308	.379	.457	.836		1.10	1.471	.55	0.48%	13.48

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