Babe Phelps

Ernest Gordon Phelps (Blimp)

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

Born: April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1931
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Cubs/Senators 1931-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD
Buried: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Odenton, MD
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
1933	CHC	NL	25	C	2	1	1	8	6	2	0	1	1.000	4.00	.982	4.35	1	1	1	50%	46%
1934	CHC	NL	26	C	18	7	5	52	44	7	1	0	.981	2.83	.985	4.85	4	3	3	50%	44%
1935	BRO	NL	27	C	34	24	18	140	118	16	6	4	.957	3.94	.976	4.78	1	6	7	54%	44%
1936	BRO	NL	28	C	98	66	45	392	334	49	9	6	.977	3.91	.979	4.96	6	34	23	40%	47%	MVP-18
1936	BRO	NL	28	OF	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.973	2.40						MVP-18
1936	BRO	NL	28	RF	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.967	2.10						MVP-18
1937	BRO	NL	29	C	111	107	80	557	465	76	16	10	.971	4.87	.980	5.25	12	36	33	48%	46%
1938	BRO	NL	30	C	55	52	47	248	218	25	5	5	.980	4.42	.979	4.85	7	17	10	37%	45%	AS
1939	BRO	NL	31	C	92	86	69	409	361	40	8	9	.980	4.36	.982	4.81	4	24	19	44%	46%	AS
1940	BRO	NL	32	C	99	86	65	474	428	35	11	3	.977	4.68	.978	5.00	5	31	15	33%	45%	AS
1940	BRO	NL	32	1B	1	1	1	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.00	.990	10.50						AS
1941	BRO	NL	33	C	11	6	4	35	33	1	1	0	.971	3.09	.983	5.04	1	3	0	0%	46%
1942	PIT	NL	34	C	72	62	49	296	244	40	12	5	.959	3.94	.979	4.95	5	49	19	28%	46%
	10 Seasons			C	592	497	383	2611	2251	291	69	43	.974	4.29	.980	4.97	46	204	130	39%	46%
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.973	2.40
	1 Season			1B	1	1	1	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.00	.990	10.50
	1 Season			RF	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.967	2.10
	11 Seasons			TOT	594	499	385	2622	2262	291	69	44	.974	4.30	.980	4.98	46	204	130	39%	46%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	RF	OF	PH
1931	WSH	AL	23	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
1933	CHC	NL	25	3	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1
1934	CHC	NL	26	44	7	44	18	18	0	0	0	26
1935	BRO	NL	27	47	24	47	34	34	0	0	0	13
1936	BRO	NL	28	115	67	115	99	98	0	1	1	16
1937	BRO	NL	29	121	107	121	111	111	0	0	0	10
1938	BRO	NL	30	66	52	66	56	56	0	0	0	10
1939	BRO	NL	31	98	86	98	92	92	0	0	0	6
1940	BRO	NL	32	118	87	118	100	99	1	0	0	18
1941	BRO	NL	33	16	6	16	11	11	0	0	0	5
1942	PIT	NL	34	95	62	95	72	72	0	0	0	23
	11 Seasons			726	499	726	595	593	1	1	1	131

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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 (1177th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1937 NL 111 (2nd) 1939 NL 92 (5th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1937 NL 465 (2nd) 1939 NL 361 (5th) 1940 NL 428 (2nd)
Assists as C s c a p y 1937 NL 76 (3rd)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1936 NL 9 (5th) 1937 NL 16 (2nd) 1939 NL 8 (4th) 1940 NL 11 (3rd) 1942 NL 12 (2nd)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1936 NL 6 (3rd) 1937 NL 12 (2nd) 1938 NL 7 (3rd) 1940 NL 5 (4th) 1942 NL 5 (4th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1936 NL 34 (3rd) 1937 NL 36 (2nd) 1942 NL 49 (1st)
Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1937 NL 33 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1937 NL 4.87 (4th) 1939 NL 4.36 (4th) 1940 NL 4.68 (2nd)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1936 NL .977 (5th)

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