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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1933 CHC NL 25 C 2 8 6 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 .988 3.75 1
1934 CHC NL 26 C 18 52 44 7 1 0 .981 2.83 .985 4.09 4
1935 BRO NL 27 C 34 140 118 16 6 4 .957 3.94 .976 4.17 1
1936 BRO NL 28 C 98 392 334 49 9 6 .977 3.91 .979 4.21 6 MVP-18
1936 BRO NL 28 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.20 0-0-1 MVP-18
1937 BRO NL 29 C 111 557 465 76 16 10 .971 4.87 .980 4.62 12
1938 BRO NL 30 C 55 248 218 25 5 5 .980 4.42 .979 4.26 7 AS
1939 BRO NL 31 C 92 409 361 40 8 9 .980 4.36 .982 3.93 4 AS
1940 BRO NL 32 C 99 474 428 35 11 3 .977 4.68 .978 4.05 5 AS
1940 BRO NL 32 1B 1 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 10.10 AS
1941 BRO NL 33 C 11 35 33 1 1 0 .971 3.09 .983 4.06 1
1942 PIT NL 34 C 72 296 244 40 12 5 .959 3.94 .979 4.28 5
10 Seasons C 592 2611 2251 291 69 43 .974 4.29 .980 4.22 46
1 Season 1B 1 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 10.10
1 Season OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.20 0-0-1
11 Seasons TOT 594 2622 2262 291 69 44 .974 4.30 .953 4.23 0-0-1 46

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 (1157th)

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  28.5 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (666), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Harry Danning (886)
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  1. Butch Henline (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Bubbles Hargrave (951)  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 (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bubbles Hargrave (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bubbles Hargrave (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 2, 1935: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin and Jimmy Wasdell to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arky Vaughan.

December 30, 1943: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Babe Dahlgren.

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Name and misspellings: Ernest Babe Blimp Gordon Phelps

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