Birdie Tebbetts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: November 10, 1912 in Burlington, VT us

Died: March 24, 1999 in Manatee, FL

Buried: St. Bernard Catholic Church Cemetery, Holmes Beach, FL

High School: Nashua HS (Nashua, NH)

Schools: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH), Providence College (Providence, RI)

Debut: September 16, 1936 (Age 23-311d, 8,059th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1952 (Age 39-309d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: George Robert Tebbetts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3704

1000

.270

357

RBI

469

OBP

.341

SLG

.358

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-33 / in Starts: 19-17
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 147 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	104 (53-34-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 147 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (50-30-15)

Most Driven In
B Kennedy	4
A Rosen	3
R Boone	2
J Hegan	2
S Chapman	2
L Easter	2
Self	2
H Simpson	1

Most Driven In By
B Ãvila	3
Self	2
D Mitchell	2
M Garcia	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 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	1066	6 (5)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.91	0.010	2.86	0.02%	0.10	C
2	1067	10 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,11-13	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	8	.90	0.087	2.98	0.17%	0.84	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
3	1068	16 (5)	May 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944	8	.41	0.046	1.46	0.10%	0.74	C
4	1069	17	May 7	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	9	1.77	-0.045	6.40	-0.10%	-0.10	PH
5	1070	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	9	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.16	PH
6	1071	19	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	8	.86	-0.064	2.58	-0.12%	-0.97	C
7	1072	20	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.235	.551	8	1.54	-0.072	4.30	-0.12%	-0.40	C
8	1073	22 (1)	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.190	.451	8	.73	-0.074	1.97	-0.12%	-0.61	C
9	1074	25 (2)	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.240	.296	.240	.536	8	1.62	0.143	4.49	0.24%	0.75	C
10	1075	26	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	8	2.21	-0.240	4.59	-0.30%	-1.18	C
11	1076	29 (2)	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	8	1.44	-0.234	1.91	-0.19%	-1.82	C
12	1077	32 (2)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	6-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.242	.500	9	1.64	0.151	3.31	0.18%	2.56	PH
13	1078	35 (2)	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.231	.216	.447	8	1.09	-0.116	1.26	-0.08%	-0.97	C
14	1079	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612	8	1.13	0.469	1.21	0.30%	1.86	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
15	1080	40	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612	4						C
16	1081	43 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.244	.326	.570	8	.89	-0.046	1.83	-0.06%	-0.49	C
17	1082	46 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.245	.304	.549	8	1.48	-0.098	2.47	-0.10%	-1.11	C
18	1083	50 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.260	.319	.579	9	.76	0.038	1.70	0.05%	0.84	PH
19	1084	51	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.320	.584	8	1.10	0.020	2.27	0.03%	0.40	C
20	1085	55 (3)	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.259	.314	.573	9	3.88	-0.093	6.38	-0.09%	-0.30	PH
21	1086	56	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.241	.291	.532	8	.38	-0.041	.57	-0.04%	-0.68	C
22	1087	58 (1)	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.237	.286	.523	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.33	PH
23	1088	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-8	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.300	.554	8	.71	0.103	.96	0.08%	2.28	C
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
24	1089	69 (9)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.258	.290	.548	8	.88	-0.014	1.58	-0.02%	-0.20	C
25	1090	73 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-10	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.212	.268	.303	.571	8	1.66	0.017	3.43	0.02%	0.28	C
26	1091	75 (1)	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.264	.299	.562	8	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.17	C
27	1092	77 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.263	.296	.559	8	.27	0.011	.74	0.02%	-0.81	C
28	1093	81 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.263	.293	.556	8	.93	-0.090	2.92	-0.17%	-0.89	C
29	1094	87 (5)	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.250	.278	.528	8	1.68	-0.169	6.48	-0.39%	-0.97	C
30	1095	90 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.264	.284	.548	8	1.73	0.096	8.34	0.28%	0.94	C
31	1096	92 (1)	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.301	.590	8	.78	0.057	5.13	0.23%	0.66	C
32	1097	95 (2)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.297	.310	.606	9	2.93	0.190	20.19	0.79%	0.85	PH
33	1098	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.309	.356	.665	8	1.44	0.198	9.31	0.77%	1.28	C
Aug		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	1099	98 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.296	.341	.637	8	1.43	-0.199	7.49	-0.63%	-1.65	C
35	1100	101 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.287	.330	.617	8	1.24	-0.091	7.15	-0.32%	-0.78	C
36	1101	103 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.245	.295	.347	.642	8	1.21	-0.100	7.69	-0.38%	-1.32	C
37	1102	109 (5)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.303	.363	.665	8	.49	0.033	3.41	0.14%	1.52	C
38	1103	113 (3)	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.295	.352	.647	8	1.22	-0.093	8.42	-0.39%	-1.12	C
39	1104	115 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.284	.339	.624	8	.92	-0.108	6.69	-0.47%	-1.27	C
40	1105	118 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.286	.339	.625	8	2.61	-0.209	19.97	-0.96%	-1.43	C
41	1106	121 (2)	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.281	.333	.614	8	3.06	-0.154	24.69	-0.74%	-0.58	C
42	1107	123 (1)	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.279	.330	.609	9	2.05	-0.049	27.10	-0.39%	-0.29	PH
43	1108	126 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.276	.328	.604	8	.84	-0.024	8.74	-0.15%	-0.22	C
44	1109	128 (1)	Aug 29	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.274	.325	.599	9	.82	-0.023	7.24	-0.12%	-0.22	PH
45	1110	129	Aug 30	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.268	.317	.584	8	.81	-0.077	6.93	-0.40%	-1.35	C
46	1111	130	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.273	.322	.596	7	.42	0.021	3.51	0.11%	0.38	C
Sept		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
47	1112	134 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.275	.323	.597	8	.40	0.082	3.58	0.43%	1.24	C
48	1113	137 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.236	.276	.323	.599	8	.70	0.032	7.29	0.20%	0.29	C
49	1114	141 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.238	.277	.331	.608	8	1.02	0.163	10.75	1.03%	1.38	C
50	1115	142	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.283	.336	.618	9	.91	0.042	10.05	0.28%	0.39	PH
51	1116	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.283	.336	.618	8						C
52	1117	145 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.289	.341	.629	8	1.50	0.029	19.71	0.23%	0.49	C
53	1118	151 (5)	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	6-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.299	.341	.639	8	1.72	0.097	21.21	0.72%	1.39	PH C
54	1119	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.303	.346	.649	8	.01	0.001	.13	0.01%	0.39	C
55	1120	153	Sep 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.308	.350	.659	9	.50	0.024	2.46	0.07%	0.39	PH
							21-33		147	137	8	36	6	0	2	18	8	3	7	1	0		6	4	0	0	.263	.308	.350	.659		1.15	-0.365	5.64	-0.34%	-0.15

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