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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	3	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	6 (1)	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
6	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
7	10 (1)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	11	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
9	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	13	Apr 30	DET		BOS	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	DET		BOS	L,9-15	GS	29	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
12	18 (3)	May 5	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
13	19	May 6	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	20	May 7	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	22 (1)	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
16	23	May 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
17	24	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	25	May 14	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	26	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	28 (1)	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	29	May 18	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	10	0	1	11	0
22	30	May 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	31	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	32	May 21	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
25	34 (1)	May 23 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	35	May 23 (2)	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	36	May 24	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	37	May 25	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	38	May 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	5	0	12	1
30	39	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	40	May 28	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
32	41	May 29	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	42	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	44 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	46 (1)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	47	Jun 3	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	48	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	10	0	1	11	0
38	49	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	51	Jun 8	DET		WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	52	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
42	56 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
43	57	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	59 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	60	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	61	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
47	62	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	63	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	65 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	66	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	67	Jun 26	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	68	Jun 27	DET		SLB	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
53	70 (1)	Jun 29	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	71	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	72	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	77 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	79 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	80	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	81	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BOS	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	90 (8)	Jul 20	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	77	17.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	91	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
63	93 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
64	94	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
65	95	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	96	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	101 (4)	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	103 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
69	109 (5)	Aug 12 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	110	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	111	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
72	116 (4)	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	118 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	119	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	10	2	0	12	1
75	121 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	126 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
77	127	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	129 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	131 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	132	Sep 1 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
81	135 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
82	136	Sep 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	137	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
84	139 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,2-11	GF	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	140	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	7	1	1	9	1
86	141	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	143 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	144	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
89	145	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	146	Sep 17	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	147	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
92	148	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	149	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,1-1	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
94	150	Sep 22	DET	@	CHW	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	151	Sep 23	DET	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	153 (1)	Sep 26	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	154	Sep 27	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
98	155	Sep 28	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
							98gm		844.0	461	83	13	557	11