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	25-24 / in Starts: 22-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 175 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	115 (57-38-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 175 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	118 (59-37-20)

Most Driven In
M Owen	3
C Laabs	2
G Walker	2
H Greenberg	2
Self	2
G Goslin	1
P Fox	1
R York	1

Most Driven In By
P Fox	4
Self	2
B Rogell	2
B Herman	1
C Gehringer	1
J White	1
B Poffenberger	1
S Rowe	0

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	11	30 (29)	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.86	-0.011	3.17	-0.02%	-0.51	C
2	12	31	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF(13)	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167	8	2.43	0.248	8.38	0.51%	1.04	C
3	13	32	May 28 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	8	.84	0.018	2.48	0.03%	0.11	C
4	14	34 (1)	May 29	DET		SLB	L,9-13	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.400	.571	.971	8	.60	0.037	2.09	0.08%	0.72	C
5	15	36 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	8	1.32	-0.095	4.95	-0.21%	-0.89	C
6	16	37	May 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.667	1.035	8	2.41	0.320	9.13	0.73%	1.00	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
7	17	38	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.391	.727	1.119	8	.99	0.051	3.15	0.10%	0.55	C
8	18	39	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,11-8	CG(11)	6	6	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.414	.786	1.200	8	1.77	0.242	4.78	0.39%	2.38	C
9	19	40	Jun 3	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.364	.688	1.051	7	2.33	-0.279	6.46	-0.46%	-1.95	C
10	20	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.378	.667	1.045	8	.89	-0.031	2.32	-0.05%	0.67	C
11	21	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.341	.600	.941	8	.84	-0.094	2.95	-0.20%	-1.44	C
12	22	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.302	.318	.558	.876	8	1.60	0.067	4.63	0.12%	-0.03	C
13	23	45 (1)	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.292	.511	.802	8	.42	-0.048	1.22	-0.08%	-1.08	C
14	24	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.500	.808	7	1.62	0.138	5.00	0.26%	0.33	C
15	25	48 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.463	.749	7	1.07	-0.116	3.91	-0.26%	-1.39	C
16	26	49	Jun 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	4-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.276	.446	.722	7	.72	-0.039	2.83	-0.09%	-0.26	PR C
17	27	50	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.258	.417	.675	7	1.41	-0.178	5.50	-0.42%	-1.89	C
18	28	51	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG(15)	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.290	.424	.714	7	1.15	0.031	4.22	0.07%	1.23	C
19	29	52	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.284	.400	.684	7	1.49	-0.119	5.54	-0.26%	-0.72	C
20	30	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.278	.387	.665	8	.98	-0.088	3.45	-0.19%	-0.72	C
21	31	54	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.265	.367	.632	8	1.05	-0.111	4.21	-0.27%	-1.49	C
22	32	55	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.261	.357	.619	8	.65	-0.062	2.61	-0.15%	-1.20	C
23	33	56	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.272	.375	.647	8	1.37	-0.020	6.40	-0.06%	0.35	C
24	34	57	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.271	.380	.651	8	.41	-0.023	1.87	-0.06%	-0.53	C
25	35	58	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.273	.379	.652	8	.57	-0.038	2.96	-0.12%	-0.07	C
26	36	59	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.272	.367	.639	8	.61	-0.034	2.97	-0.10%	-0.47	C
27	37	60	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.280	.392	.673	8	.96	0.121	5.29	0.40%	1.66	C
28	38	61	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.275	.385	.660	8	.90	-0.047	3.68	-0.12%	-0.39	C
29	39	62	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.274	.374	.648	8	.60	-0.056	1.97	-0.11%	-0.78	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
30	40	63	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,8-15	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.280	.369	.649	8	.47	-0.025	1.63	-0.05%	0.49	C
31	41	65 (1)	Jul 4	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.281	.363	.644	8	.91	-0.039	2.49	-0.06%	-0.59	C
32	42	67 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.272	.350	.622	8	1.29	-0.140	4.77	-0.31%	-0.95	C
33	43	68	Jul 9	DET		CLE	W,10-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.271	.347	.618	8	.31	-0.014	.95	-0.03%	-0.38	C
34	44	69	Jul 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,12-11	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.230	.276	.357	.633	8	.91	0.146	2.94	0.28%	0.70	C
35	45	70	Jul 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,7-8	2-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.225	.270	.349	.619	8	1.45	-0.119	4.75	-0.23%	-0.99	C
36	46	71	Jul 11	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.264	.341	.605	8	.74	-0.059	1.97	-0.10%	-0.46	C
37	47	72	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.259	.333	.592	8	.38	-0.032	1.65	-0.08%	-0.83	C
38	48	73	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,6-13	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.259	.326	.585	8	.37	-0.025	1.28	-0.05%	-0.52	C
39	49	74	Jul 16	DET		NYY	W,14-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.262	.329	.590	8	.38	0.009	1.10	0.02%	0.16	C
40	50	78 (3)	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,10-9	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.210	.257	.322	.578	8	1.37	0.027	3.13	0.04%	0.27	C
41	51	81 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	DET		PHA	L,4-16	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.260	.319	.579	8	.40	0.024	.70	0.03%	0.16	C
42	52	88 (6)	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.255	.313	.568	8	.49	-0.060	.80	-0.06%	-2.04	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
43	53	89	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.250	.307	.557	8	.86	-0.048	1.35	-0.05%	-0.59	C
44	54	90	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,2-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.307	.557	8						C
45	55	102 (11)	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,16-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.247	.303	.550	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
46	56	103	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,20-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.244	.299	.543	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
47	57	118 (14)	Aug 29	DET		NYY	L,4-7	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.242	.297	.539	9	.82	-0.022	.43	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
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
48	58	135 (16)	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.288	.523	8	.47	-0.078	.02	0.00%	-2.29	C
49	59	142 (6)	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.240	.292	.532	5	.21	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.73	C
50	60	151 (8)	Sep 29	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.238	.290	.528	9	2.59	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PH
							25-24		175	162	15	31	4	3	2	16	10	0	13	0	3		4		0	0	.191	.238	.290	.528		.96	-0.739	3.15	-1.21%	-14.88

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