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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	0
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	8 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	9	Apr 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	10	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
10	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	2
13	14	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	GS	17	3.2	3	0	0	3	0
14	15	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
16	18 (1)	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	19	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	20	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	21	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	22	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
21	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	24	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
23	25	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	48	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	28 (2)	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	30 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
26	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	33 (1)	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	35 (1)	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	36	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	38 (1)	Jun 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	39	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	40	Jun 3	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	41	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	44 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	45	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	46	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	47	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	48	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
41	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	55	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	57 (1)	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	58	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	60 (1)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	62	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	64	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	66 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	68 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
55	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	72	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	73	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	75 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,13-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	77 (1)	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
62	78	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
64	81 (1)	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	82	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	85 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	87 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
69	88	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	89	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
71	90	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	91	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	GS	38	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	93	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	9	2	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	96	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	98 (1)	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
80	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
81	101	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
82	102	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
83	104 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
84	105	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	109 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	111 (1)	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	114 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
90	116	Aug 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	120	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	121	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
96	122	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	124 (1)	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	130 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	52	10.0	7	1	1	9	0
106	134	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	136 (1)	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	137	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	47	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
110	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	140	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	4	0	0	4	0
114	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
118	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
119	148	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
120	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
121	150	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	151	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	153	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
126	155	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							126gm		1080.0	470	56	10	536	8