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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	10 (3)	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	11	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	12	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,19-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (1)	May 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	15	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
8	17	May 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	19	May 7 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	21 (1)	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	22	May 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS	38	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
13	24 (1)	May 12	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	25	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	26	May 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	28 (1)	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
17	29	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	30	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,13-12	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	32 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
20	33	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	35 (1)	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	37 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-12	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	38	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	41 (2)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	43 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
26	44	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	45	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	W,17-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	46	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,12-0	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	48 (1)	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,20-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	50 (1)	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
31	51	Jun 10	BOS		DET	L,8-18	CG	53	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	52	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
33	56 (3)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
34	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	0	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	59 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	60	Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	61	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
39	64 (1)	Jun 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	65	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	67 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	44	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
42	68	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	70 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	73 (2)	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,9-15	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	76 (2)	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	77	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	79 (1)	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	80	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	82 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
50	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	86 (2)	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	88 (1)	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
53	90 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	101 (9)	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	102	Aug 6 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	103	Aug 6 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
58	104	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	105	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	106	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
61	108 (1)	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
62	110 (1)	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	36	7.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	128 (17)	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	130 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	132 (1)	Sep 6	BOS		NYY	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
66	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	135 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	136	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	GS	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
69	141 (4)	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	142	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	144 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	145	Sep 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	149 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
74	153 (3)	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
							74gm		627.1	285	44	4	333	5