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Babe Phelps
Ernest Gordon Phelps (Blimp)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 225 lb.

Debut September 17, 1931
Final Game September 27, 1942
Born April 19, 1908 in Odenton, MD
Died December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 23 WSH AL   3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   75    1   0           0    
 1933 25 CHC NL   3    7    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   1  .286  .286  .286   64    2   0           0   0
 1934 26 CHC NL  44   70    7   20   5  2   2   12   0      1   8  .286  .296  .500  111   35   0           0   1
 1935 27 BRO NL  47  121   17   44   7  2   5   22   0      9  10  .364  .408  .579  164   70   0           0   3
 1936 28 BRO NL 115  319   36  117  23  2   5   57   1     27  18  .367  .421  .498  146  159   0           3   6 MVP-18
 1937 29 BRO NL 121  409   42  128  37  3   7   58   2     25  28  .313  .357  .469  121  192   5           3  12
 1938 30 BRO NL  66  208   33   64  12  2   5   46   2     23  15  .308  .379  .457  127   95   0           1   9 AS
 1939 31 BRO NL  98  323   33   92  21  2   6   42   0     24  24  .285  .336  .418   98  135   8           1  12 AS
 1940 32 BRO NL 118  370   47  109  24  5  13   61   2     30  27  .295  .349  .492  124  182   3           1  16 AS
 1941 33 BRO NL  16   30    3    7   3  0   2    4   0      1   2  .233  .258  .533  116   16   0           0   0
 1942 34 PIT NL  95  257   21   73  11  1   9   41   2     20  24  .284  .345  .440  126  113   0           4   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     726 2117  239  657 143 19  54  345   9  0 160 157  .310  .362  .472  125 1000  16   0   0  13  64
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        472   53  147  32  4  12   77   2  0  36  35  .310  .362  .472  125  223   4   0   0   3  14
 Career High    121  409   47  128  37  5  13   61   2  0  30  28  .367  .421  .498  146  192   8   0   0   4  16

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 23 WSH AL    3    2    0   0.0   109| .333  .288| .333  .355| .333  .411| .666  .766|  75  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1933 25 CHC NL    7    5    1   5.3    91| .286  .274| .286  .327| .286  .375| .572  .702|  64  .623  -0.4   0.0     
 1934 26 CHC NL   71   51   10   5.2   103| .286  .285| .296  .340| .500  .405| .796  .744| 111  .545   0.5   0.1     
 1935 27 BRO NL  130   80   29   9.7   102| .364  .283| .408  .338| .579  .403| .987  .741| 164  .791  10.6   1.0     
 1936 28 BRO NL  349  208   66   8.5   104| .367  .287| .421  .346| .498  .402| .919  .748| 146  .749  21.8   2.1     
 1937 29 BRO NL  442  298   68   6.1   103| .313  .282| .357  .344| .469  .400| .826  .745| 121  .634  12.0   1.2     
 1938 30 BRO NL  232  153   36   6.3   100| .308  .277| .379  .341| .457  .394| .836  .736| 127  .659   8.2   0.8     
 1939 31 BRO NL  356  251   45   4.8   107| .285  .285| .336  .351| .418  .407| .754  .759|  98  .522  -1.3  -0.1     
 1940 32 BRO NL  404  280   63   6.1   103| .295  .279| .349  .344| .492  .401| .841  .745| 124  .646  11.3   1.1     
 1941 33 BRO NL   31   23    4   4.7    97| .233  .270| .258  .341| .533  .381| .791  .723| 116  .553   0.3   0.0     
 1942 34 PIT NL  281  189   38   5.4    89| .284  .259| .345  .332| .440  .360| .785  .692| 126  .656   7.8   0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2306 1540  360   6.3   102| .310  .279| .362  .343| .472  .396| .834  .740| 125  .653  70.8   7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1933 25 CHC NL   C    2      6    2    0    1 1.000  .988  4.00  3.75               1             
 1934 26 CHC NL   C   18     44    7    1    0  .981  .985  2.83  4.09               4             
 1935 27 BRO NL   C   34    118   16    6    4  .957  .976  3.94  4.17               1             
 1936 28 BRO NL   C   98    334   49    9    6  .977  .979  3.91  4.21               6             
                 OF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.20                                 0    0    1
 1937 29 BRO NL   C  111    465   76   16   10  .971  .980  4.87  4.62              12             
 1938 30 BRO NL   C   55    218   25    5    5  .980  .979  4.42  4.26               7              AS
 1939 31 BRO NL   C   92    361   40    8    9  .980  .982  4.36  3.93               4              AS
 1940 32 BRO NL   C   99    428   35   11    3  .977  .978  4.68  4.05               5              AS
                 1B    1      8    0    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.10                              AS
 1941 33 BRO NL   C   11     33    1    1    0  .971  .983  3.09  4.06               1             
 1942 34 PIT NL   C   72    244   40   12    5  .959  .979  3.94  4.28               5             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1940 32 BRO NL  1B    1      8    0    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.10                             

 1933 25 CHC NL   C    2      6    2    0    1 1.000  .988  4.00  3.75               1             
 1934 26 CHC NL   C   18     44    7    1    0  .981  .985  2.83  4.09               4             
 1935 27 BRO NL   C   34    118   16    6    4  .957  .976  3.94  4.17               1             
 1936 28 BRO NL   C   98    334   49    9    6  .977  .979  3.91  4.21               6             
 1937 29 BRO NL   C  111    465   76   16   10  .971  .980  4.87  4.62              12             
 1938 30 BRO NL   C   55    218   25    5    5  .980  .979  4.42  4.26               7             
 1939 31 BRO NL   C   92    361   40    8    9  .980  .982  4.36  3.93               4             
 1940 32 BRO NL   C   99    428   35   11    3  .977  .978  4.68  4.05               5             
 1941 33 BRO NL   C   11     33    1    1    0  .971  .983  3.09  4.06               1             
 1942 34 PIT NL   C   72    244   40   12    5  .959  .979  3.94  4.28               5             

 1936 28 BRO NL  OF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.20                                 0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Position Total   C  592   2251  291   69   43  .974  .980  4.29  4.22              46             
                 1B    1      8    0    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.10                             
                 OF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.20                                 0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       594   2262  291   69   44  .974  .980  4.30  4.23

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   BRO NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1940   BRO NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938
1939 *
1940 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1936-NL-18-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Batting Average
1936 NL-.367-2

On-base %
1936 NL-.421-5

Slugging %
1936 NL-.498-8
1937 NL-.469-10
1940 NL-.492-7

OPS
1936 NL-.920-7

Doubles
1937 NL-37-4

Adjusted OPS+
1936 NL-146-7

Offensive Win%
1936 NL-.749-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1940 NL-16-5

At Bats per Home Run
1940 NL-28.5-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1155) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (666) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.5 (655) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January 2, 1935: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.
December 12, 1941: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, and Jimmy Wasdell to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arky Vaughan.
December 30, 1943: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Babe Dahlgren.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1938 1939 * 1940 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1936-NL-18-0.04 Car-1135-0.04 shares	Batting Average 1936 NL-.367-2	On-base % 1936 NL-.421-5	Slugging % 1936 NL-.498-8 1937 NL-.469-10 1940 NL-.492-7	OPS 1936 NL-.920-7
Doubles 1937 NL-37-4	Adjusted OPS+ 1936 NL-146-7	Offensive Win% 1936 NL-.749-6	Grounded into Double Plays 1940 NL-16-5	At Bats per Home Run 1940 NL-28.5-10