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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 18)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 2	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-14	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
15	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
16	16	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
19	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	6	0	0	6	0
20	21 (1)	May 11	DET		CHW	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	23 (1)	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	25 (1)	May 20	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	26	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	29 (1)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	30	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
27	32 (1)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
28	34 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	37 (2)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
30	39 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	GS	30	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	40	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	42 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	44	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	46 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	7	2	0	9	0
36	47	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	49 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
38	50	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
39	52 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
41	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
42	55	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
43	57 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	59 (1)	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
45	61 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	67 (5)	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,7-12	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
49	71 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	73 (1)	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	74	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
52	76 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	78 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	79	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	81 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	83	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	86 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
60	88	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
61	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	92 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	94 (1)	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
65	96 (1)	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	12	1	2	15	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	97	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
67	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	100 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	103 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	105 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	7	3	0	10	1
73	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	109 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	21	5.1	4	0	0	4	0
75	111 (1)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
76	112	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	113	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
78	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	5	0	2	7	0
79	116 (1)	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
80	120 (3)	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
81	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
82	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
83	124 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	126 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
86	129 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
87	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	5	0	2	7	0
88	131	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	132	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	135	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	136	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	55	13.0	15	1	1	17	1
94	139 (2)	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	141 (1)	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GF	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,14-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
99	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	146	Sep 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	147	Sep 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
102	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
103	149	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
105	151	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
106	154 (2)	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
107	155	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	47	11.0	11	1	1	13	0
							107gm		922.0	572	89	17	678	10