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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3704

1000

.270

357

RBI

469

OBP

.341

SLG

.358

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-20 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	75 (41-25-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (38-23-11)

Most Driven In
J Fridley	3
D Mitchell	2
R Boone	1
B Kennedy	1
Self	1
A Rosen	0
J Hegan	0

Most Driven In By
B Ãvila	2
G Strickland	1
Self	1
H Simpson	0
S Gromek	0

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1121	7 (6)	Apr 20 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	8	.47	-0.017	1.70	-0.04%	-0.08	C
2	1122	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	8	1.63	-0.174	6.81	-0.44%	-1.81	C
3	1123	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	2.02	-0.147	8.02	-0.35%	-0.80	C
4	1124	12 (2)	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	2.81	-0.070	9.21	-0.14%	-0.22	PH
5	1125	13	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,21-9	5-GF	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.571	.905	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.40	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1126	15 (1)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.500	.833	8	1.32	-0.053	4.41	-0.11%	-0.31	C
7	1127	16	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.500	.850	8	1.12	-0.056	3.38	-0.10%	-0.48	C
8	1128	17	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.318	.450	.768	8	1.20	-0.105	4.19	-0.22%	-0.82	C
9	1129	18	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.429	.733	8	.13	-0.003	.47	-0.01%	-0.24	C
10	1130	19	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.417	.750	8	.93	0.007	3.83	0.02%	0.30	C
11	1131	20	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.355	.407	.762	8	.88	0.126	3.38	0.29%	1.10	C
12	1132	21	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.371	.379	.751	8	.41	0.029	1.65	0.07%	0.19	C
13	1133	22	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.359	.364	.723	8	.73	-0.093	3.02	-0.23%	-0.75	C
14	1134	25 (2)	May 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.361	.718	8	1.14	0.046	5.20	0.13%	0.40	C
15	1135	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.263	.378	.368	.746	8	.85	0.116	3.85	0.32%	1.10	C
16	1136	27	May 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.388	.366	.754	8	.76	-0.016	3.56	-0.04%	-0.04	C
17	1137	30 (2)	May 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.380	.357	.737	9	1.02	-0.024	4.82	-0.07%	-0.14	PH
18	1138	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.239	.352	.326	.678	8	.58	0.038	2.52	0.10%	-0.31	C
19	1139	34 (2)	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.345	.320	.665	8	.94	-0.077	4.47	-0.22%	-0.42	C
20	1140	36 (1)	May 25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.344	.321	.665	8	1.63	-0.098	8.07	-0.29%	-0.72	C
21	1141	37	May 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.355	.352	.707	9	1.73	0.120	8.28	0.35%	0.62	PH
22	1142	38	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.349	.345	.695	9	.55	-0.014	2.45	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1143	43 (4)	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.349	.345	.695	8						C
24	1144	49 (5)	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.359	.357	.717	9	.22	0.023	1.13	0.07%	1.09	PH
25	1145	50	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.350	.703	8	.40	-0.033	2.04	-0.10%	-0.68	C
26	1146	57 (6)	Jun 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.328	.661	8	2.14	-0.217	12.01	-0.73%	-0.95	C
27	1147	59 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.329	.323	.652	8	3.27	-0.080	13.10	-0.19%	-0.21	C
28	1148	62 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.329	.323	.652	8						C
29	1149	63	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.312	.304	.616	8	.35	-0.039	1.23	-0.08%	-0.92	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1150	81 (17)	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.300	.292	.592	8	1.48	-0.009	7.00	-0.03%	-0.20	C
31	1151	86 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-6	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.250	.321	.316	.637	8	.26	0.017	1.73	0.07%	0.13	C
32	1152	92 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.333	.312	.645	7	.98	0.031	4.47	0.09%	0.28	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1153	105 (12)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.322	.300	.622	8	1.15	-0.021	7.14	-0.08%	-0.36	C
34	1154	117 (11)	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.301	.624	8	1.15	0.091	8.31	0.40%	0.62	C
35	1155	121 (3)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.235	.323	.294	.617	8	.64	-0.020	9.16	-0.17%	-0.82	C
36	1156	126 (4)	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.323	.294	.617	7						C
37	1157	128 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.303	.633	7	1.12	0.011	10.13	0.06%	0.13	C
38	1158	131 (2)	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.340	.319	.658	7	1.42	0.013	13.54	0.07%	0.04	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	1159	135 (3)	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.340	.330	.669	7	.64	-0.001	5.04	0.00%	0.05	C
40	1160	138 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.247	.330	.320	.650	7	.38	0.011	3.75	0.06%	0.32	C
41	1161	142 (3)	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.310	.631	7	.77	-0.059	9.13	-0.42%	-0.64	C
42	1162	145 (2)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS-6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.339	.317	.656	7	.78	0.114	19.46	1.71%	1.14	C
							22-20		117	101	4	25	4	0	1	8	12	2	9	2	2		3	5	0	1	.248	.339	.317	.656		.95	-0.633	5.43	-0.31%	-2.06

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