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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	8	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
3	9	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	13 (3)	Apr 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	T,4-4	CG	50	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	15 (1)	Apr 29	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (1)	May 1	PIT		BRO	W,7-6	GF	2	0.2	2	0	0	2	0
7	18	May 2	PIT		BRO	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	20 (1)	May 3 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	21	May 4	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
10	23 (1)	May 7 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	25 (1)	May 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	26	May 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	28 (1)	May 10 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	31 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	32	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
16	35 (2)	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	10.1	5	2	0	7	0
17	37 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
18	38	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS	0		7	2	0	9	0
19	39	May 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	42 (2)	May 27	PIT		STL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
21	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
22	46 (1)	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	23	4.1	5	2	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	54 (7)	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	56 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	2	0	2	4	1
25	58 (1)	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	61 (1)	Jun 19	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-6	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	62	Jun 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	8	2	1	11	0
29	63	Jun 21	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	66 (2)	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	67	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-7	GS	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	69 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	71 (1)	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
34	74 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
35	75	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	76	Jul 9	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	GS	0		6	1	0	7	1
37	79 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
38	80	Jul 14	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	83 (2)	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,2-11	GS	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	85 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	90 (4)	Jul 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	93 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	95 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	98 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	104 (5)	Aug 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
46	105	Aug 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
47	106	Aug 10	PIT		STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	110 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
49	113 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
50	114	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	115	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	117 (1)	Aug 21	PIT	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	120 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	123 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
55	125 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	127 (1)	Aug 31	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	128	Sep 1	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	129	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	130	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	131	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	134 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
62	135	Sep 8	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
63	136	Sep 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	137	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	138	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,2-2	CG	42	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	139	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	140	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	141	Sep 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
69	145 (3)	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	146	Sep 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	147	Sep 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	T,3-3	CG	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	150 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	47	12.0	6	1	0	7	0
							72gm		550.0	244	40	12	296	5