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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	7	2	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	GS	27	5.0	5	2	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	11 (3)	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16 (3)	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	20 (1)	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	22 (1)	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS	54	13.0	6	1	0	7	1
16	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
17	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
18	26	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	11	2.1	3	0	0	3	0
20	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox
21	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-17	GS	26	3.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	35 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	36	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	37	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
27	38	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-13	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	40 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	42 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
30	43	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
31	44	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	45	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	46	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	48 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	49	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
36	51 (1)	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
37	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	GF	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	53	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	54	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	55	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	1
41	57 (1)	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
42	58	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
43	63 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	65 (1)	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	66	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	67	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-8	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	68	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
48	69	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
49	72 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	73	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	74	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	76 (1)	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
54	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
56	80	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
60	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	86	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	88 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
63	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	58	14.0	9	0	0	9	0
64	90	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
67	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
68	95 (1)	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
69	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	GS	36	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	99 (1)	Aug 2	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
74	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	104 (1)	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	106 (1)	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
77	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	109 (1)	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
80	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS	36	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	114 (1)	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	116 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
84	117	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	119 (1)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	121 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	122	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	123	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	124	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	125	Aug 29	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	131 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	133 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	134	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	135	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	136	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	137	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	141 (3)	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	142	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	143	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	144	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
101	145	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
102	146	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
104	148	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	GF	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	149	Sep 18	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	150	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	GS	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	153 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	155 (1)	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	157 (1)	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							109gm		841.0	427	65	10	502	10