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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	6	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	7	Apr 25	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
5	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	54	12.1	4	0	1	5	0
7	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
8	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	22 (9)	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
11	24 (1)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	26 (1)	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
13	29 (2)	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	31 (1)	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
16	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
18	38 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	41 (2)	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
20	45 (3)	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
21	47 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
22	48	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	50	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	51	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
27	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	4	1	2	7	0
29	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	61 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
35	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	66 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	68 (1)	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
40	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
42	73 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
43	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
45	77 (1)	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	79 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	84 (2)	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
50	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
51	89 (3)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
52	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
54	93 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
55	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	21	3.2	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS	39	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
60	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	0		4	2	0	6	0
62	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
65	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	4	0	15	1
66	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	GS	41	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
69	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
71	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
72	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
73	113 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
74	114	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	5	0	3	8	0
76	117 (1)	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GF	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
81	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	123	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	124	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
85	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	133 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	135 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	136	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
90	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS	34	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	142 (1)	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	146 (3)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
96	148 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	151 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	153 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	155 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	4	1	0	5	1
							100gm		806.0	449	64	16	529	10