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Birdie Tebbetts
George Robert Tebbetts
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
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
Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: March 24, 1999 in Manatee, FL
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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 92 156 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 69 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 84 138 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 92 527 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1936 DET AL 23 C 10 57 51 5 1 0 .982 5.60 .979 4.22 2
1937 DET AL 24 C 48 187 155 25 7 1 .963 3.75 .980 4.62 4
1938 DET AL 25 C 53 130 108 20 2 4 .985 2.42 .983 4.37 5
1939 DET AL 26 C 100 529 449 64 16 10 .970 5.13 .981 4.44 8
1940 DET AL 27 C 107 678 572 89 17 10 .975 6.18 .982 4.68 6
1941 DET AL 28 C 98 557 461 83 13 11 .977 5.55 .983 4.54 4 AS
1942 DET AL 29 C 97 527 446 69 12 10 .977 5.31 .979 4.28 5 AS
1946 DET AL 33 C 87 549 486 53 10 4 .982 6.20 .982 4.79 10
1947 TOT AL 34 C 109 502 427 65 10 10 .980 4.51 .985 4.30 7
1947 DET AL 34 C 20 110 95 15 0 3 1.000 5.50 .985 4.30 1
1947 BOS AL 34 C 89 392 332 50 10 7 .974 4.29 .985 4.30 6
1948 BOS AL 35 C 126 536 470 56 10 8 .981 4.17 .986 4.08 5 AS,MVP-11
1949 BOS AL 36 C 118 543 481 51 11 13 .980 4.51 .985 4.10 2 AS,MVP-18
1950 BOS AL 37 C 74 333 285 44 4 5 .988 4.45 .985 4.21 5
1951 CLE AL 38 C 44 176 145 27 4 1 .977 3.91 .982 4.40 1
1952 CLE AL 39 C 37 148 131 15 2 0 .986 3.95 .985 4.70 0
14 Seasons C 1108 5452 4667 666 119 87 .978 4.81 .983 4.39 64
14 Seasons TOT 1108 5452 4667 666 119 87 .978 4.81 .961 4.39 64

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 (926th)

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)

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 (879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1934 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

May 20, 1947: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Wagner.

December 13, 1950: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox.

October 14, 1952: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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