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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	6	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	7	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
7	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
8	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	11	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	12	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	13	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
13	14	Apr 26 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	15	Apr 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
15	16	Apr 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	17	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
17	18	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	20	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	21	May 3 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	22	May 3 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	24	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	25	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	26	May 9	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	27	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	29 (1)	May 11	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.2	2	0	1	3	1
28	30	May 13	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	31	May 16 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
30	32	May 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	33	May 17	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	6	3	0	9	0
32	34	May 18	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	35	May 19	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	36	May 20	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
35	37	May 21	DET		PHA	L,3-11	GS	31	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	39 (1)	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	40	May 24 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,14-0	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
38	41	May 25	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	42	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	GS	21	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
40	44 (1)	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
41	45	May 29	DET		CLE	W,14-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
42	46	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
43	48 (1)	May 31	DET		CHW	L,4-9	GS	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	49	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	50	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
46	52 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	53	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	55 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	57 (1)	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	58	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	43	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	8.1	9	2	0	11	0
52	60	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	61	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	62	Jun 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
55	63	Jun 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	64	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	65	Jun 18	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	66	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	67	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
60	68	Jun 21 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
61	70 (1)	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	72 (1)	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
63	73	Jun 26	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
64	74	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	9	1	0	10	0
65	75	Jun 28 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	77 (1)	Jul 1	DET		SLB	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	78	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
69	80	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	81	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,3-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	82	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
72	84 (1)	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	6	1	0	7	0
73	85	Jul 10	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
74	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	87	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	55	12.1	6	1	0	7	0
76	88	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
77	90 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	0		7	1	0	8	0
78	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
79	92	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
80	93	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
81	94	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	95	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	96	Jul 22	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
84	97	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
85	99 (1)	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	101	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
88	102	Jul 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	103	Jul 30 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	106	Aug 2 (1)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	109 (2)	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
94	111 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
95	112	Aug 8	DET	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
96	113	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	115 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CLE	T,0-0	CG	55	14.0	10	0	0	10	0
							97gm		810.0	446	69	12	527	10