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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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3704

1000

.270

357

RBI

469

OBP

.341

SLG

.358

OPS

.700

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	5	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	6	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	8	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
7	9	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
8	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
9	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13 (1)	May 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	15	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	18 (2)	May 5 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	20 (1)	May 7	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
15	22 (1)	May 9	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	24 (1)	May 12	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	25	May 13	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GF	13	3.1	5	0	0	5	0
18	26	May 14	DET		WSH	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	27	May 15	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS	34	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	29 (1)	May 18	DET		PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
21	30	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	33 (2)	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	36 (2)	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
24	38 (1)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	42 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	44 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	49 (4)	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
31	53 (1)	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	54	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	7.0	4	1	1	6	0
34	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
35	58 (1)	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
36	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
37	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	GS	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
38	62 (1)	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	63	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
40	66 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	68 (1)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,7-8	GF	0	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
44	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	73 (1)	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
46	75 (1)	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	76	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	77	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	79 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
50	81 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
51	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	84 (1)	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
53	85	Jul 20	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
54	86	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
55	88 (1)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
56	90 (1)	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	92 (1)	Jul 27	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	93	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GS	32	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
59	95 (1)	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	97 (1)	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	99 (1)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
62	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
64	103 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
65	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
66	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	108 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS	29	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
68	114 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
69	116 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	117	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
71	119 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	121 (1)	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	123 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS	58	12.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	127 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
76	130 (2)	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
77	132 (1)	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	135 (2)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
79	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	139 (1)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
82	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	142 (1)	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	GS	13	2.2	2	0	1	3	0
84	144 (1)	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
86	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	6	2	0	8	0
87	149 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
							87gm		705.0	486	53	10	549	4