Birdie
Tebbetts
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 10, 1912 in Usa, VT, BURLINGTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 23 ATL NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1937 24 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1938 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1939 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1940 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1941 28 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1942 29 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1943 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1944 31 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1945 32 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1946 33 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1947 34 SDP NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 23 AAA   8 9 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .667 .700 .778 1.478 3.3  
    AA   104 349 38 86 16 4 3 49 6 4 59 26 .246 .355 .341 .696 46.1  
1937 24 AAA   121 426 46 116 12 3 2 34 7 7 52 35 .272 .351 .329 .680 51.1  
1938 25 BSN NL 47 118 18 39 6 0 1 15 0 0 11 10 .331 .385 .407 .791 16.9 3.3
1939 26 BSN NL 83 220 27 65 8 0 3 27 3 0 23 7 .295 .359 .373 .732 29.1 5.6
1940 27 BSN NL 78 223 24 39 11 0 1 19 5 1 12 14 .175 .219 .238 .457 8.3 0.0
1941 28 BSN NL 30 79 6 23 2 0 0 14 1 0 4 3 .291 .321 .316 .638 7.3 0.8
1942 29 BSN NL 29 57 2 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .193 .220 .263 .483 1.5 0.0
1943 30 BSN NL 69 198 25 49 5 2 3 26 0 0 17 11 .247 .306 .338 .644 20.4 2.2
    AAA   2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .375 .000 .375 0.5  
1944 31 BSN NL 20 38 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 .105 .209 .184 .394 1.0 0.0
    AAA   1 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 1.9  
1945 32 BRK NL 51 151 29 43 5 1 1 20 0 0 11 12 .285 .335 .351 .686 16.9 2.7
1946 33 BRK NL 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.0 0.3
    AAA   83 289 28 65 16 2 2 36 5 3 38 42 .225 .315 .315 .630 30.3  
1947 34 SDP NL 19 65 8 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .169 .206 .215 .421 1.6 0.0
    AAA   50 144 10 15 4 0 0 12 3 2 21 32 .104 .218 .132 .350 3.0  
10 Years Sim 427 1150 142 285 43 6 9 125 9 1 88 71 .248 .301 .319 .620 104.1 14.9
6 Years AAA 265 877 89 205 33 6 4 83 15 12 115 112 .234 .322 .299 .621 90.2  
1 Years AA 104 349 38 86 16 4 3 49 6 4 59 26 .246 .350 .341 .691 46.1  
7 Years Minors 369 1226 127 291 49 10 7 132 21 16 174 138 .237 .330 .311 .641 136.3  
162 Game Average 436 53 108 16 2 3 47 3 0 33 26 .248 .301 .319 .620 39.5  
Career Highs 83 223 29 65 11 2 3 27 5 1 23 14 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 29.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   578 71 135 13 2 4 55 5 0 39 30 .234 .281 .284 .565 46.8
vs LH   572 71 150 30 4 5 70 4 1 49 41 .262 .321 .355 .675 65.0
Home 230 630 84 162 28 3 4 65 5 1 54 36 .257 .314 .330 .644 66.6
Away 197 520 58 123 15 3 5 60 4 0 34 35 .237 .284 .306 .590 45.3
RISP   290 0 67 10 0 3 114 0 0 23 10 .231 .283 .297 .580 24.9
Pinch Hitting   110 11 34 7 1 0 20 0 0 16 5 .309 .397 .391 .788 17.2
Close/Late   131 16 38 7 0 2 31 0 0 16 7 .290 .362 .389 .752 18.9
Mar/Apr 69 173 18 42 7 2 0 13 3 0 8 8 .243 .275 .306 .581 14.3
May 82 230 32 50 6 1 2 27 1 0 19 19 .217 .279 .278 .557 18.1
June 73 201 27 46 4 1 0 12 1 0 22 13 .229 .302 .259 .561 17.2
July 70 194 23 55 9 0 3 28 0 0 14 10 .284 .330 .376 .706 23.7
August 67 152 20 47 7 1 2 26 2 0 14 11 .309 .369 .408 .777 22.5
Sep/Oct 66 200 22 45 10 1 2 19 2 1 11 10 .225 .264 .315 .579 16.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1938 25 BSN NL C 30 30 243.0 108 3 0 0 1.000 4.11 4 1 .250 0 1.3
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 26 BSN NL C 59 56 460.0 218 20 3 0 .988 4.66 18 7 .389 0 2.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 27 BSN NL C 62 56 493.3 286 21 2 0 .994 5.60 19 9 .474 1 5.1
1941 28 BSN NL C 21 19 164.0 98 7 0 0 1.000 5.76 4 1 .250 0 1.8
1942 29 BSN NL C 12 11 96.3 51 6 1 0 .983 5.33 3 2 .667 1 0.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 30 BSN NL C 56 52 460.7 192 16 1 1 .995 4.06 13 3 .231 0 3.5
1944 31 BSN NL C 8 8 71.0 26 3 0 0 1.000 3.68 3 1 .333 0 0.4
1945 32 BRK NL C 42 37 339.0 171 12 1 1 .995 4.86 12 2 .167 0 1.3
1947 34 SDP NL C 17 16 133.0 47 9 0 0 1.000 3.79 13 2 .154 1 0.8
  C 307 285 2460.3 1197 97 8 2 .994 4.73 89 28 .315 3 17.2
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   310 285 2464.3 1198 98 8 2 .994 4.73 89 28 .315 3 17.3
Career Highs   62 56 493.3 286 21 3 1 1.000 5.76 19 9 .667 1  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Doc Edwards (984)
  2. Gilly Campbell (983)
  3. Pat Corrales (978)
  4. Marv Foley (974)
  5. Bill Hall (973)
  6. Carl Taylor (969)
  7. Earl Grace (969)
  8. Denny Williams (967)
  9. Hardy Peterson (967)
  10. Jack Shepard (964)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Atlanta in 1936
Injured on 6/11/1936 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/8/1936 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/24/1938, off Bill Lohrman (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1938, off Monty Stratton (OAK)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/31/1944 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/6/1945 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 6/1/1946 (Going to BRK: P Marius Russo. Going to SDP: P Bob Logan, P Eddie Smith, C Birdie Tebbetts)
Released by San Diego on 10/19/1947