Babe Phelps

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD us

Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD

Buried: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Odenton, MD

Debut: September 17, 1931 (Age 23-154d, 7,271st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CIN 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Ernest Gordon Phelps

Nicknames: Blimp

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

2117

657

.310

239

RBI

345

OBP

.362

SLG

.472

OPS

.835

OPS+

125

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-32 / in Starts: 12-12
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 130 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	99 (57-24-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 130 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	87 (44-27-15)

Most Driven In
J Bucher	5
Self	5
S Leslie	4
D Taylor	3
L Koenecke	3
F Bordagaray	1
L Frey	1
T Cuccinello	0

Most Driven In By
Self	5
F Bordagaray	5
L Frey	4
B Boyle	1
J Bucher	1
T Cuccinello	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	51	4 (3)	Apr 19 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.31	0.020	.93	0.04%	0.60	C
2	52	7 (2)	Apr 23	BRO		PHI	W,12-5	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	3.01	-0.089	9.02	-0.16%	-0.77	PH
3	53	9 (1)	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	8	.96	-0.015	3.35	-0.03%	0.14	C
4	54	10	Apr 26	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.500	.962	8	.79	0.055	2.85	0.12%	0.98	C
5	55	11	Apr 27	BRO		BSN	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.467	.500	.967	8	2.19	-0.047	8.11	-0.10%	-0.40	C
6	56	12	Apr 28	BRO		BSN	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.500	.529	.563	1.092	8	1.08	0.073	3.87	0.16%	0.69	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	57	14 (1)	May 1	BRO		NYG	L,3-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.529	.556	.647	1.203	9	.09	0.006	.36	0.01%	0.42	PH
8	58	17 (2)	May 5	BRO		PIT	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.526	.611	1.137	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.17	PH
9	59	19 (1)	May 9	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.524	.565	.619	1.184	8	1.44	0.299	4.45	0.56%	2.67	C
10	60	22 (2)	May 13	BRO		CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.542	.591	1.133	9	2.69	-0.067	10.76	-0.16%	-0.17	PH
11	61	23	May 15 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.462	.500	.654	1.154	8	1.94	-0.037	7.14	-0.08%	0.10	C
12	62	26 (2)	May 17	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.433	.469	.600	1.069	8	.47	-0.023	1.77	-0.05%	-0.75	C
13	63	30 (3)	May 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.452	.485	.613	1.098	9	.45	0.017	1.67	0.04%	0.39	PH
14	64	33 (2)	May 25	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.441	.486	.588	1.075	8	.87	-0.041	3.25	-0.09%	-0.26	C
15	65	34	May 26	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-8	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.556	1.017	9	.64	-0.032	2.17	-0.07%	-0.42	PH C
16	66	35	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-8	2-GF	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.400	.442	.525	.967	8	.31	-0.014	1.11	-0.03%	0.48	C
17	67	36	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.381	.422	.500	.922	9	.19	-0.015	.60	-0.03%	-0.71	PH C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	68	38 (1)	Jun 1 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.396	.467	.863	8	.83	-0.068	1.62	-0.08%	-0.51	C
19	69	39	Jun 2	BRO		PHI	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.400	.511	.911	8	1.11	0.098	1.95	0.10%	0.68	C
20	70	40	Jun 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-0	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.377	.480	.857	8	1.57	-0.135	2.61	-0.13%	-1.55	C
21	71	41	Jun 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.404	.500	.904	8	.57	0.118	1.09	0.14%	1.48	C
22	72	44 (2)	Jun 11	BRO		PIT	L,0-4	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.390	.482	.872	9	.71	-0.037	1.53	-0.05%	-0.68	PH C
23	73	48 (3)	Jun 15	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	7-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.410	.500	.910	8	.10	0.008	.12	0.01%	0.53	C
24	74	50 (1)	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.390	.419	.559	.979	9	.95	0.052	.95	0.03%	1.00	PH
25	75	51	Jun 20 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-6	10-10	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.429	.583	1.012	7	4.73	0.487	3.46	0.21%	1.16	PH
26	76	53 (1)	Jun 21	BRO		CIN	L,0-5	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.556	.965	8	.57	-0.045	.35	-0.02%	-0.85	PH C
27	77	55 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	BRO		STL	L,2-16	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.400	.530	.930	7	.48	-0.066	.27	-0.02%	-0.65	C
28	78	57 (1)	Jun 24	BRO		STL	L,7-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.394	.522	.917	9	.86	-0.025	.43	-0.01%	-0.24	PH C
29	79	58	Jun 25	BRO		STL	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.515	.904	3	3.17	-0.089	1.55	-0.03%	-0.51	PH
30	80	59	Jun 26	BRO		STL	W,7-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.397	.522	.919	9	2.69	0.099	.94	0.02%	0.27	PH
31	81	60	Jun 28	BRO		NYG	L,7-11	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.405	.522	.927	9	.52	0.025	.20	0.01%	0.39	PH
32	82	62 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,4-7	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.361	.403	.514	.916	9	1.97	-0.041	.79	-0.01%	0.31	PH C
33	83	63	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.397	.507	.904	7	2.69	-0.067	.78	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	84	64	Jul 2	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.355	.402	.513	.916	7	.42	0.107	.05	0.01%	0.97	C
35	85	65	Jul 3	BRO		BSN	W,13-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.363	.414	.550	.964	7	.27	-0.002	.04	0.00%	2.28	C
36	86	66	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.409	.543	.952	9	2.49	-0.064	.50	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
37	87	67	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,7-8	GS-8	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.369	.424	.571	.995	7	.91	0.110	.12	0.01%	0.69	C
38	88	69 (1)	Jul 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.371	.423	.596	1.018	7	.43	0.190	.08	0.02%	2.18	C
39	89	70	Jul 7	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.355	.406	.570	.976	7	1.03	-0.089	.26	-0.01%	-1.19	C
40	90	71	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-15	4-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.354	.404	.573	.977	7	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.01	PH C
41	91	72	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.361	.410	.577	.987	8	2.88	0.153	.21	0.01%	0.96	PH
42	92	75 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.422	.580	1.002	6	.77	0.076	.02	0.00%	0.49	C
43	93	76	Jul 16	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.371	.421	.590	1.012	5	.80	0.114	.01	0.00%	1.51	C
44	94	78 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.373	.420	.582	1.002	5	.97	0.082	.03	0.00%	1.11	C
45	95	79	Jul 18	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.403	.557	.960	5	.76	-0.106	.03	0.00%	-1.74	C
46	96	81 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,7-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.353	.398	.546	.945	5	.59	0.006	.04	0.00%	-0.51	C
47	97	83 (1)	Jul 22	BRO	@	CHC	W,14-13	GS-4	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.408	.579	.986	5	1.09	0.111	.04	0.00%	1.62	C
							15-32		130	121	17	44	7	2	5	22	9	1	10	0	0		2	3	0	1	.364	.408	.579	.986		.92	1.092	1.49	0.30%	11.59

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