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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-24 / in Starts: 25-10
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 158 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	122 (59-35-28) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 158 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	108 (55-34-18)

Most Driven In
C Gehringer	5
H Greenberg	5
P Fox	4
C Morgan	3
R Cullenbine	1
B Rogell	1
M Christman	1
C Laabs	1

Most Driven In By
M Christman	4
C Gehringer	2
D Ross	2
B Rogell	1
G Gill	1
R Cullenbine	1
Self	1
J White	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	61	6 (5)	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,4-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.04	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.30	PH
2	62	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						C
3	63	10 (2)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	5	1.37	-0.084	2.66	-0.10%	-0.49	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
4	64	14 (3)	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	5	5.47	-0.368	11.08	-0.45%	-1.72	C
5	65	15	May 4	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	7	1.07	0.069	1.84	0.07%	1.51	C
6	66	16	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	7	1.39	-0.072	3.04	-0.10%	-0.71	C
7	67	21 (4)	May 13	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	6	.75	-0.013	1.19	-0.01%	0.26	C
8	68	22	May 15	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	8						C
9	69	25 (2)	May 19	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	7	.54	-0.095	.75	-0.08%	-2.00	C
10	70	26	May 20	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.286	.536	7	1.21	0.018	1.81	0.02%	0.18	C
11	71	27	May 21	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.313	.594	7	.82	-0.033	1.05	-0.03%	0.62	C
12	72	28	May 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.257	.286	.543	7	.67	-0.068	1.09	-0.07%	-1.39	C
13	73	29	May 24	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.275	.282	.557	7	3.05	0.050	5.62	0.06%	0.43	C
14	74	30	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.256	.273	.279	.552	7	.45	-0.058	.73	-0.06%	-0.46	C
15	75	31	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.250	.255	.505	7	1.54	-0.171	2.52	-0.17%	-1.58	C
16	76	32	May 27	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.220	.235	.240	.475	7	.89	-0.085	1.36	-0.08%	-1.37	C
17	77	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.268	.291	.559	7	.79	0.136	1.63	0.17%	1.24	C
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
18	78	37 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.279	.300	.579	7	.83	0.136	1.98	0.20%	2.22	C
19	79	38	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.266	.286	.551	7	1.01	-0.087	2.67	-0.14%	-0.98	C
20	80	40 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.254	.273	.526	7	1.50	-0.122	3.12	-0.15%	-1.33	C
21	81	41	Jun 4	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.265	.284	.548	9	.21	0.010	.32	0.01%	0.30	PH
22	82	46 (4)	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	L,5-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.261	.279	.540	9	1.01	-0.027	1.72	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
23	83	51 (4)	Jun 15	DET		PHA	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.257	.275	.533	9	2.59	-0.069	5.49	-0.09%	-0.21	PH
24	84	61 (9)	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,12-8	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.268	.286	.553	9	2.33	0.129	5.48	0.18%	1.00	PH
25	85	66 (4)	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.278	.286	.563	9	1.08	0.048	2.17	0.06%	0.62	PH
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
26	86	68 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.278	.286	.563	4						C
27	87	73 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	0-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.278	.286	.563	4						C
28	88	75 (1)	Jul 10	DET		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.274	.282	.556	9	3.12	-0.084	2.55	-0.04%	-0.22	PH
29	89	82 (6)	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.270	.308	.297	.605	7	1.52	0.108	.18	0.01%	0.75	C
30	90	84 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.263	.300	.289	.589	5	1.49	-0.155	.11	-0.01%	-1.50	PR C
31	91	85	Jul 24 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.298	.278	.576	7	.72	-0.016	.03	0.00%	-0.39	C
32	92	87 (1)	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.307	.313	.620	7	.78	0.109	.08	0.01%	1.09	C
33	93	88	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.315	.333	.649	7	.40	0.013	.04	0.00%	0.73	C
34	94	89	Jul 28	DET		WSH	W,12-4	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.320	.359	.678	7	.31	0.134	.03	0.01%	1.92	C
35	95	90	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.271	.307	.344	.651	7	.54	-0.001	.06	0.00%	0.25	C
36	96	92 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.270	.305	.340	.645	7						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
37	97	93	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.303	.330	.633	7	1.39	-0.125	.16	-0.01%	-1.24	C
38	98	104 (10)	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.319	.333	.652	7	.29	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.90	C
39	99	105	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,3-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.274	.325	.340	.664	9						PH
40	100	113 (7)	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,13-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.322	.336	.658	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
41	101	116 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-11	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.319	.333	.652	5	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
Sep/Oct		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
42	102	127 (10)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.266	.316	.330	.647	9						PH
43	103	139 (11)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.314	.327	.641	9	3.10	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
44	104	145 (5)	Sep 23 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.261	.311	.324	.635	5						C
45	105	146	Sep 23 (2)	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG(7)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.301	.313	.614	6	1.50	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.65	C
46	106	147	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1		1	0	0				0	0	.254	.307	.331	.638	7						C
47	107	148	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.254	.305	.328	.633	7						C
48	108	149	Sep 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.304	.325	.629	7	1.19	0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
49	109	150	Sep 27 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-2	CG(7)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.256	.304	.326	.630	7						C
50	110	151	Sep 28	DET		SLB	W,12-0	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.315	.358	.673	7	.34	0.037	.00	0.00%	3.71	C
51	111	152	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.327	.365	.691	7	.62	0.064	.00	0.00%	1.44	C
52	112	154 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.288	.344	.381	.726	5	1.02	0.194	.00	0.00%	1.76	C
53	113	155	Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG(7)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.348	.385	.733	5	.60	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.17	C
							28-24		158	143	16	42	6	2	1	25	12	0	12	0	3		2		1	2	.294	.348	.385	.733		1.04	-0.506	1.17	-0.81%	3.20

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