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Birdie Tebbetts

George Robert Tebbetts

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 10, 1912 in Burlington, VT
High School: Nashua (Nashua, NH)
School: Providence College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1936
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Indians 1936-1952

Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: March 24, 1999 in Manatee, FL
Buried: St. Bernard Catholic Church Cemetery, Holmes Beach, FL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1504. Pop Smith… #1505. Joe Hornung… #1506. Ed Kranepool… #1507. BIRDIE TEBBETTS… #1508. Jake Virtue… #1509. Art Howe… #1510. Al Martin… 

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
1936 23 DET AL 10 38 33 7 10 1 2 1 4 0 0 5 3 .303 .395 .545 .940 130 18 0 0 2
1937 24 DET AL 50 175 162 15 31 4 3 2 16 0 0 10 13 .191 .238 .290 .528 31 47 0 3 2
1938 25 DET AL 53 158 143 16 42 6 2 1 25 1 2 12 13 .294 .348 .385 .733 78 55 0 3 2
1939 26 DET AL 106 376 341 37 89 22 2 4 53 2 1 25 20 .261 .315 .372 .688 70 127 8 2 8 2
1940 27 DET AL 111 417 379 46 112 24 4 4 46 4 5 35 14 .296 .357 .412 .768 91 156 9 1 2 *2
1941 28 DET AL 110 400 359 28 102 19 4 2 47 1 2 38 29 .284 .354 .376 .730 86 135 7 1 2 2 AS
1942 29 DET AL 99 352 308 24 76 11 0 1 27 4 0 39 17 .247 .335 .292 .627 72 90 9 2 3 2 AS
1946 33 DET AL 87 312 280 20 68 11 2 1 34 1 3 28 23 .243 .312 .307 .619 68 86 10 0 4 2
1947 34 TOT AL 110 374 344 23 92 11 0 1 30 2 5 24 33 .267 .315 .308 .623 69 106 10 0 6 *2
1947 34 DET AL 20 58 53 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 3 .094 .143 .113 .256 -29 6 2 0 2 2
1947 34 BOS AL 90 316 291 22 87 10 0 1 28 2 4 21 30 .299 .346 .344 .690 87 100 8 0 4 2
1948 35 BOS AL 128 513 446 54 125 26 2 5 68 5 2 62 32 .280 .371 .381 .752 96 170 22 2 3 *2 AS,MVP-11
1949 36 BOS AL 122 472 403 42 109 14 0 5 48 8 1 62 22 .270 .369 .342 .712 83 138 14 1 6 *2 AS,MVP-18
1950 37 BOS AL 79 299 268 33 83 10 1 8 45 1 1 29 26 .310 .377 .444 .821 101 119 13 0 2 2
1951 38 CLE AL 55 146 137 8 36 6 0 2 18 0 0 8 7 .263 .308 .350 .659 82 48 4 1 0 2
1952 39 CLE AL 42 117 101 4 25 4 0 1 8 0 1 12 9 .248 .339 .317 .656 88 32 5 2 2 2
14 Seasons 1162 4149 3704 357 1000 169 22 38 469 29 23 389 261 .270 .341 .358 .700 81 1327 111 12 44
162 Game Avg. 162 578 516 50 139 24 3 5 65 4 3 54 36 .270 .341 .358 .700 81 185 2 6
DET (9 yrs) 646 2286 2058 194 535 99 19 16 254 13 14 195 135 .260 .326 .350 .676 73 720 45 6 27
BOS (4 yrs) 419 1600 1408 151 404 60 3 19 189 16 8 174 110 .287 .367 .374 .741 91 527 57 3 15
CLE (2 yrs) 97 263 238 12 61 10 0 3 26 0 1 20 16 .256 .322 .336 .658 84 80 9 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 23 DET AL 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 2
1937 24 DET AL 175 -19 0 0 0 -2 2 6 -13 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $ 2
1938 25 DET AL 158 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 5 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 2
1939 26 DET AL 376 -16 -1 0 0 -1 3 12 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
1940 27 DET AL 417 -4 -2 0 0 -1 3 11 7 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ *2
1941 28 DET AL 400 -9 -3 0 0 0 3 11 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 2 AS
1942 29 DET AL 352 -11 -1 0 0 1 3 8 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2 AS
1946 33 DET AL 312 -9 -2 0 0 -2 3 8 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 2
1947 34 DET AL 58 -9 -1 0 0 1 1 2 -6 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 2
1947 34 BOS AL 316 -5 -2 0 0 -1 3 8 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 2
1948 35 BOS AL 513 1 -1 0 0 -1 4 14 17 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ *2 AS,MVP-11
1949 36 BOS AL 472 -8 0 0 0 1 4 13 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ *2 AS,MVP-18
1950 37 BOS AL 299 2 -1 0 0 0 2 9 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ 2
1951 38 CLE AL 146 -4 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 2
1952 39 CLE AL 117 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 2
14 Seasons 4149 -94 -17 0 0 -6 35 115 33 3.3 39 3.9 -0.6 $
DET (9 yrs) 2286 -79 -11 0 0 -4 20 64 -10 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $
BOS (4 yrs) 1600 -10 -4 0 0 -1 13 44 42 4.2 43 4.3 -0.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 263 -5 -2 0 0 -1 2 7 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 27 DET AL WS CIN L 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1936 DET AL 23 C 10 57 51 5 1 0 .982 5.60 .979 4.78 2 0 2 100%
1937 DET AL 24 C 48 187 155 25 7 1 .963 3.75 .980 5.04 4 19 11 37%
1938 DET AL 25 C 53 130 108 20 2 4 .985 2.42 .983 4.88 5 6 6 50%
1939 DET AL 26 C 100 529 449 64 16 10 .970 5.13 .981 4.92 8 38 33 46%
1940 DET AL 27 C 107 678 572 89 17 10 .975 6.18 .982 5.27 6 40 41 51%
1941 DET AL 28 C 98 557 461 83 13 11 .977 5.55 .983 5.00 4 40 34 46% AS
1942 DET AL 29 C 97 527 446 69 12 10 .977 5.31 .979 4.93 5 34 31 48% AS
1946 DET AL 33 C 87 549 486 53 10 4 .982 6.20 .982 5.52 10 21 22 51%
1947 TOT AL 34 C 109 100 78 502 427 65 10 10 .980 4.51 .985 5.02 7 28 25 47%
1947 DET AL 34 C 20 17 10 110 95 15 0 3 1.000 5.50 .985 5.02 1 4 6 60%
1947 BOS AL 34 C 89 83 68 392 332 50 10 7 .974 4.29 .985 5.02 6 24 19 44%
1948 BOS AL 35 C 126 536 470 56 10 8 .981 4.17 .986 4.74 5 28 21 43% AS,MVP-11
1949 BOS AL 36 C 118 543 481 51 11 13 .980 4.51 .985 4.76 2 22 21 49% AS,MVP-18
1950 BOS AL 37 C 74 333 285 44 4 5 .988 4.45 .985 4.85 5 18 13 42%
1951 CLE AL 38 C 44 176 145 27 4 1 .977 3.91 .982 5.01 1 20 11 35%
1952 CLE AL 39 C 37 148 131 15 2 0 .986 3.95 .985 5.44 0 14 7 33%
14 Seasons C 1108 100 78 5452 4667 666 119 87 .978 4.81 .983 5.00 64 328 278 46%
14 Seasons TOT 1108 100 78 5452 4667 666 119 87 .978 4.81 .983 5.00 64 328 278 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1941
1942 (C)
1948 *
1949 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (11, 7%)
1949 AL (18, 2%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL  22 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1940 AL  27.1 (4th)
1949 AL  18.3 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1939 AL  100 (5th)
1940 AL  107 (5th)
1942 AL  97 (2nd)
1946 AL  87 (5th)
1947 AL  109 (2nd)
1948 AL  126 (2nd)
1949 AL  118 (2nd)
Career  1,108 (87th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1939 AL  449 (4th)
1940 AL  572 (3rd)
1941 AL  461 (2nd)
1942 AL  446 (1st)
1946 AL  486 (4th)
1947 AL  427 (2nd)
1948 AL  470 (3rd)
1949 AL  481 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1939 AL  64 (1st)
1940 AL  89 (1st)
1941 AL  83 (1st)
1942 AL  69 (2nd)
1946 AL  53 (2nd)
1947 AL  65 (2nd)
1948 AL  56 (2nd)
1949 AL  51 (3rd)
1950 AL  44 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1939 AL  16 (1st)
1940 AL  17 (1st)
1941 AL  13 (2nd)
1942 AL  12 (1st)
1946 AL  10 (5th)
1947 AL  10 (1st)
1948 AL  10 (1st)
1949 AL  11 (1st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  8 (4th)
1946 AL  10 (5th)
1947 AL  7 (2nd)
1950 AL  5 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1940 AL  35 (5th)
1941 AL  42 (3rd)
1942 AL  42 (4th)
1947 AL  33 (2nd)
1948 AL  32 (2nd)
1949 AL  26 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1939 AL  33 (1st)
1940 AL  42 (1st)
1941 AL  33 (2nd)
1942 AL  32 (2nd)
1947 AL  23 (4th)
1948 AL  21 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1939 AL  47.1 (1st)
1940 AL  54.5 (1st)
1941 AL  44.0 (3rd)
Career  45.9 (71st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1939 AL  5.13 (2nd)
1940 AL  6.18 (1st)
1941 AL  5.55 (1st)
1942 AL  5.31 (1st)
1946 AL  6.20 (1st)
1947 AL  4.51 (5th)
1948 AL  4.17 (4th)
1949 AL  4.51 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1912-11-10 (7th)
1951 AL  born 1912-11-10 (5th)
1952 AL  born 1912-11-10 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (904), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (482), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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