Babe Phelps
Ernest Gordon Phelps (Blimp)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: April 19, 1908 in Odenton, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1931
Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1931 23 WSH AL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0
1933 25 CHC NL 3 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 64 2 0 0 0 /2
1934 26 CHC NL 44 71 70 7 20 5 2 2 12 0 1 8 .286 .296 .500 .796 111 35 1 0 0 2
1935 27 BRO NL 47 130 121 17 44 7 2 5 22 0 9 10 .364 .408 .579 .986 164 70 3 0 0 2
1936 28 BRO NL 115 349 319 36 117 23 2 5 57 1 27 18 .367 .421 .498 .920 146 159 6 3 0 2/O MVP-18
1937 29 BRO NL 121 442 409 42 128 37 3 7 58 2 25 28 .313 .357 .469 .826 121 192 12 3 5 *2
1938 30 BRO NL 66 232 208 33 64 12 2 5 46 2 23 15 .308 .379 .457 .836 127 95 9 1 0 2 AS
1939 31 BRO NL 98 356 323 33 92 21 2 6 42 0 24 24 .285 .336 .418 .754 98 135 12 1 8 2 AS
1940 32 BRO NL 118 404 370 47 109 24 5 13 61 2 30 27 .295 .349 .492 .841 124 182 16 1 3 2/3 AS
1941 33 BRO NL 16 31 30 3 7 3 0 2 4 0 1 2 .233 .258 .533 .791 116 16 0 0 0 2
1942 34 PIT NL 95 281 257 21 73 11 1 9 41 2 20 24 .284 .345 .440 .785 126 113 5 4 0 2
11 Seasons 726 2306 2117 239 657 143 19 54 345 9 0 160 157 .310 .362 .472 .835 125 1000 64 13 16
162 Game Avg. 162 515 472 53 147 32 4 12 77 2 36 35 .310 .362 .472 .835 125 223 3 4
BRO (7 yrs) 581 1944 1780 211 561 127 16 43 290 7 139 124 .315 .368 .477 .845 125 849 58 9 16
CHC (2 yrs) 47 78 77 7 22 5 2 2 14 0 1 9 .286 .295 .481 .775 107 37 1 0 0
WSH (1 yr) 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 95 281 257 21 73 11 1 9 41 2 20 24 .284 .345 .440 .785 126 113 5 4 0
NL (10 yrs) 723 2303 2114 239 656 143 19 54 345 9 160 157 .310 .362 .473 .835 125 999 64 13 16
AL (1 yr) 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1931 23 WSH AL 3 2 0 0.0 109 .333 .333 .288 .333 .355 .333 .411 .667 .766 75 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1933 25 CHC NL 7 5 1 5.3 91 .333 .286 .274 .286 .327 .286 .375 .571 .702 64 .623 -0.4 0.0 .400 .000 .000
1934 26 CHC NL 71 51 10 5.2 103 .300 .286 .285 .296 .340 .500 .405 .796 .744 111 .545 0.5 0.1 .706 .229 .214 .0
1935 27 BRO NL 130 80 29 9.7 102 .368 .364 .283 .408 .338 .579 .403 .986 .741 164 .791 10.6 1.0 .988 .289 .215 .0
1936 28 BRO NL 349 208 66 8.5 104 .378 .367 .287 .421 .346 .498 .402 .920 .748 146 .749 21.8 2.1 .913 .219 .132 1.7
1937 29 BRO NL 442 298 68 6.1 103 .324 .313 .282 .357 .344 .469 .400 .826 .745 121 .634 12.0 1.2 .758 .222 .156 3.1
1938 30 BRO NL 232 153 36 6.3 100 .314 .308 .277 .379 .341 .457 .394 .836 .736 127 .659 8.2 0.8 .791 .269 .149 2.9
1939 31 BRO NL 356 251 45 4.8 107 .294 .285 .285 .336 .351 .418 .407 .754 .759 98 .522 -1.3 -0.1 .658 .207 .133 .0
1940 32 BRO NL 404 280 63 6.1 103 .291 .295 .279 .349 .344 .492 .401 .841 .745 124 .646 11.3 1.1 .776 .284 .197 3.5
1941 33 BRO NL 31 23 4 4.7 97 .192 .233 .270 .258 .341 .533 .381 .791 .723 116 .553 0.3 0.0 .739 .333 .300 .0
1942 34 PIT NL 281 189 38 5.4 89 .286 .284 .259 .345 .332 .440 .360 .785 .692 126 .656 7.8 0.8 .735 .241 .156 3.3
11 Seasons 2306 1540 360 6.3 102 .316 .310 .279 .362 .343 .472 .396 .835 .740 125 .653 70.8 7.0 .776 .242 .162 15.4
162 Game Avg. 515 344 80 6.3 102 .316 .310 .279 .362 .343 .472 .396 .835 .740 125 .653 16 2 .776 .242 .162 3
BRO (7 yrs) 1944 1293 311 6.4 103 .321 .315 .282 .368 .345 .477 .401 .845 .746 125 .657 62.9 6.1 .786 .244 .162 12.0
CHC (2 yrs) 78 56 11 5.2 102 .303 .286 .284 .295 .338 .481 .402 .775 .740 107 .551 0.2 0.1 .679 .208 .195 .0
WSH (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 109 .333 .333 .288 .333 .355 .333 .411 .667 .766 75 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000
PIT (1 yr) 281 189 38 5.4 89 .286 .284 .259 .345 .332 .440 .360 .785 .692 126 .656 7.8 0.8 .735 .241 .156 3.3
NL (10 yrs) 2303 1538 360 6.3 102 .316 .310 .279 .362 .343 .473 .396 .835 .740 125 .654 70.9 7.0 .776 .242 .162 15.4
AL (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 109 .333 .333 .288 .333 .355 .333 .411 .667 .766 75 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 BRO NL 30 DNP
1939 BRO NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 BRO NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1931 23 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0
1932 24 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0
1933 25 6 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 67 3 0 0 0
1934 26 50 81 80 7 23 5 2 2 14 0 0 1 9 .288 .296 .475 .771 105 38 1 0 0
1935 27 97 211 201 24 67 12 4 7 36 0 0 10 19 .333 .365 .537 .902 141 108 4 0 0
1936 28 212 560 520 60 184 35 6 12 93 1 0 37 37 .354 .400 .513 .913 144 267 10 3 0
1937 29 333 1002 929 102 312 72 9 19 151 3 0 62 65 .336 .381 .494 .875 134 459 22 6 5
1938 30 399 1234 1137 135 376 84 11 24 197 5 0 85 80 .331 .381 .487 .868 133 554 31 7 5
1939 31 497 1590 1460 168 468 105 13 30 239 5 0 109 104 .321 .371 .472 .843 125 689 43 8 13
1940 32 615 1994 1830 215 577 129 18 43 300 7 0 139 131 .315 .367 .476 .842 125 871 59 9 16
1941 33 631 2025 1860 218 584 132 18 45 304 7 0 140 133 .314 .365 .477 .842 125 887 59 9 16
1942 34 726 2306 2117 239 657 143 19 54 345 9 0 160 157 .310 .362 .472 .835 125 1000 64 13 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1931 23 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1933 25 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
1934 26 47 75 74 7 21 5 2 2 12 0 1 9 .284 .293 .486 .780 11 44
1935 27 49 135 126 17 45 7 2 5 22 0 9 11 .357 .400 .563 .963 28 47
1936 28 120 358 328 35 117 23 2 5 56 1 27 19 .357 .411 .485 .895 65 115
1937 29 127 456 427 42 131 38 3 7 59 2 26 29 .307 .351 .459 .810 68 121
1938 30 70 244 219 34 67 13 2 5 48 2 24 16 .306 .377 .452 .829 37 66
1939 31 103 363 337 33 94 21 2 6 42 0 25 25 .279 .331 .407 .737 45 98
1940 32 124 418 386 47 111 24 5 13 61 2 31 28 .288 .342 .477 .819 63 118
1941 33 17 32 31 3 7 3 0 2 4 0 1 2 .226 .250 .516 .766 4 16
1942 34 101 303 277 25 82 12 1 10 48 2 22 25 .296 .356 .455 .811 44 95
11 Seasons 764 2394 2215 243 675 146 19 55 356 9 166 165 .305 .357 .462 .819 366 726
162 Game Avg. 162 508 470 52 143 31 4 12 75 2 35 35 .305 .357 .462 .819 78 726

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1938
1939 *
1940 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1936-NL-18-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1936 NL--.367--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 NL--.421--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1936 NL--.498--8th
1937 NL--.469--10th
1940 NL--.492--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 NL--.920--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1937 NL--37--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1936 NL--146--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1936 NL--.749--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 NL--16--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1940 NL--28.462--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (658), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Brian McCann (920)
  7. Butch Henline (918)
  8. Aaron Hill (911)
  9. Robinson Cano (907)
  10. Joe Mauer (904)
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  2. Bill Kenworthy (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bubbles Hargrave (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bubbles Hargrave (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bubbles Hargrave (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bubbles Hargrave (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bubbles Hargrave (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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