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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	48	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
5	5	Apr 26	BRO		BSN	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	2	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	28 (22)	May 24	BRO	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	29	May 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
8	30	May 29 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	31	May 29 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	GS	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
10	32	May 30	BRO		BSN	L,4-11	GS	42	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	35 (2)	Jun 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	36	Jun 2	BRO		STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
13	37	Jun 4	BRO		STL	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	38	Jun 5	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
15	39	Jun 6	BRO		CIN	L,2-9	GS	20	4.0	5	0	1	6	0
16	40	Jun 7	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
17	41	Jun 9	BRO		CHC	L,4-8	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	44 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	45	Jun 13 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	46	Jun 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
21	47	Jun 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	48	Jun 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	49	Jun 20 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	50	Jun 20 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	51	Jun 22	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	52	Jun 23	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
27	53	Jun 24	BRO	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	54	Jun 25	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	55	Jun 26	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	56	Jun 27 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	57	Jun 27 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	58	Jun 29	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	45	11.1	3	1	0	4	0
33	59	Jun 30 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	60	Jun 30 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-7	GS	23	4.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	61	Jul 1	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
36	62	Jul 2	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	63	Jul 3	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
38	64	Jul 4	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	65	Jul 5 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
40	66	Jul 5 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	67	Jul 9	BRO		NYG	W,15-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
42	68	Jul 10	BRO		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	69	Jul 11 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	70	Jul 11 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,1-5	GS	15	3.1	5	0	0	5	0
45	71	Jul 13	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	72	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
47	73	Jul 16	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
48	74	Jul 17	BRO		CHC	L,7-8	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	75	Jul 18 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	76	Jul 18 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	77	Jul 19	BRO		CHC	L,0-9	GS	6	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
52	81 (3)	Jul 23	BRO		STL	L,1-4	GS	35	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
53	82	Jul 24	BRO		STL	L,2-20	GS	36	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	83	Jul 25 (1)	BRO		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
55	84	Jul 25 (2)	BRO		STL	T,7-7	GS	45	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	85	Jul 27	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	86	Jul 28	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	87	Jul 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	88	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	89	Aug 1 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	90	Aug 1 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	91	Aug 3 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
63	92	Aug 3 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	93	Aug 4	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	94	Aug 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	96 (1)	Aug 7	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	97	Aug 8 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
68	108 (10)	Aug 19 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	109	Aug 20	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
70	110	Aug 21	BRO		BSN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	111	Aug 22	BRO		BSN	W,5-1	CG	22	6.0	5	0	1	6	0
72	112	Aug 25 (1)	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
73	113	Aug 25 (2)	BRO		STL	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	114	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	7.2	4	1	0	5	1
75	115	Aug 28 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	117 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	118	Aug 29 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	119	Aug 31	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	120	Sep 1	BRO		CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	121	Sep 2	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	122	Sep 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-7	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	123	Sep 4	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	124	Sep 5	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	125	Sep 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
85	126	Sep 6 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
86	127	Sep 7	BRO		BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	128	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	129	Sep 9 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	130	Sep 9 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	131	Sep 11	BRO		PHI	W,12-4	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	132	Sep 12 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	8	2	0	10	1
92	133	Sep 12 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	134	Sep 14 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	136 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	137	Sep 15 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
96	139 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
97	140	Sep 17	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	141	Sep 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	142	Sep 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	143	Sep 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	144	Sep 21 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	145	Sep 21 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-6	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	146	Sep 22	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	147	Sep 23	BRO	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
105	148	Sep 25	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
106	149	Sep 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	151 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	152	Sep 30 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	153	Oct 1	BRO		NYG	W,7-4	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	154	Oct 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	155	Oct 3	BRO		NYG	L,1-4		23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
							111gm		876.0	465	76	16	557	10