Birdie Tebbetts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: November 10, 1912 in Burlington, VT us

Died: March 24, 1999 in Manatee, FL

Buried: St. Bernard Catholic Church Cemetery, Holmes Beach, FL

High School: Nashua HS (Nashua, NH)

Schools: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH), Providence College (Providence, RI)

Debut: September 16, 1936 (Age 23-311d, 8,059th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1952 (Age 39-309d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: George Robert Tebbetts

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3704

1000

.270

357

RBI

469

OBP

.341

SLG

.358

OPS

.700

OPS+

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

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
2	10 (2)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (3)	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	15	May 4	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	16	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	24	4.1	3	0	0	3	0
6	21 (4)	May 13	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	22	May 15	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	25 (2)	May 19	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
9	26	May 20	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	27	May 21	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	28	May 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	29	May 24	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
13	30	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
14	31	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	32	May 27	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	37 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	38	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	40 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68 (27)	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
21	73 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
22	82 (8)	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
23	84 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	85	Jul 24 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	87 (1)	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
26	88	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	89	Jul 28	DET		WSH	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	90	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	92 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	93	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	104 (10)	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	113 (8)	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,13-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	116 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-11	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	145 (28)	Sep 23 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
35	146	Sep 23 (2)	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	147	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
37	148	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	149	Sep 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	150	Sep 27 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-2	CG	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	151	Sep 28	DET		SLB	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	152	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	154 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	155	Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
							53gm		313.0	108	20	2	130	4