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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

4x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	11	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	18 (5)	May 8 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	20 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
15	21	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
16	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	23	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
18	24	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	25	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
20	26	May 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	27	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	28	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
23	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	30	May 23	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	31	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
26	32	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
27	33	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GS	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
28	34	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	35	May 29	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
30	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	38 (1)	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS	34	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	40	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	43 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GF	13	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	47 (2)	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-11	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	48	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
38	49	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	51 (1)	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
40	52	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	53	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	54	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	56 (1)	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	58 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
45	59	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	60	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	62 (1)	Jun 24	BOS		SLB	W,21-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	63	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	66 (2)	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
52	70 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
54	74 (2)	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	76 (1)	Jul 8	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	77	Jul 9	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	78	Jul 10 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	80 (1)	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
60	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
62	86 (2)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
64	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
65	90 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	93 (2)	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	94	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	95	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	97 (1)	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	CG	49	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	99 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	101 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
72	102	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	103	Aug 5	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	104	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	105	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	106	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	107	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	108	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	109	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	111 (1)	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	47	12.0	5	2	0	7	1
81	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
82	114 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	6	2	0	8	0
83	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
84	116	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	46	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	117	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
86	118	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	119	Aug 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	120	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	122	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	124 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS	13	3.2	3	0	0	3	1
92	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
93	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	128 (1)	Aug 30	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
95	129	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	131	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	132	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
99	133	Sep 4	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	136 (1)	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
102	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
103	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	139	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	141 (1)	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	142	Sep 14	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	143	Sep 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
108	144	Sep 17	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
109	145	Sep 18	BOS		CHW	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	146	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	147	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	148	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
114	150	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
115	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
117	153	Sep 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
118	154	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
119	155	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
							118gm		1011.0	481	51	11	543	13