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Babe
Phelps		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 245
 
Born: April 19, 1908 in Usa, MD, ODENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1936    1939    1940    1941   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 4 3 8 9 9
1934 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 3 4 3 8 9 9
1935 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1936 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 5 4 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1937 29 SDP NL $ 3,592,857   9 9 8 4 5 4 8 9 9 3 4 3 8 9 9
1938 30 SDP NL $ 3,592,857   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1939 31 SDP NL $ 3,592,857   9 9 8 5 6 5 8 9 8 3 4 3 9 9 9
1940 32 SDP NL $ 5,200,000   9 9 8 4 5 4 8 9 8 3 4 3 8 9 8
1941 33 SDP NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 4 3 8 8 8
1942 34 SDP NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 3 8 8 8
1943 35 SDP NL $ 5,200,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 7 8 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1944 36 DET AL $ 1,250,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 8 7
1945 37 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,200,000   9 9 9 5 6 5 8 9 9 3 4 4 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
1933 25 SDP NL 57 163 18 36 3 1 2 22 0 0 20 12 .221 .306 .288 .594 14.5 1.0
    AAA   65 296 36 96 20 1 6 42 2 3 19 22 .324 .365 .459 .825 45.2  
1934 26 SDP NL 140 475 59 148 32 6 8 87 1 0 30 30 .312 .351 .455 .806 66.3 11.6
1935 27 SDP NL 128 455 50 130 31 2 4 50 0 1 28 32 .286 .325 .389 .714 52.0 6.8
1936 28 SDP NL 143 530 75 189 33 6 8 88 0 0 36 21 .357 .396 .487 .883 91.3 18.9
1937 29 SDP NL 123 429 54 152 24 3 6 61 0 0 30 21 .354 .398 .466 .864 70.1 13.6
1938 30 SDP NL 141 507 53 161 31 2 10 57 0 0 39 48 .318 .366 .446 .812 74.9 13.0
1939 31 SDP NL 143 527 68 184 35 1 19 109 0 0 30 27 .349 .382 .528 .910 89.0 20.5
1940 32 SDP NL 146 559 64 147 35 6 11 75 0 0 27 49 .263 .296 .406 .703 58.0 8.3
1941 33 SDP NL 130 477 64 167 43 2 8 83 0 0 27 39 .350 .385 .499 .884 76.7 17.9
1942 34 SDP NL 132 488 52 143 18 5 12 95 0 1 23 39 .293 .326 .424 .750 62.2 8.4
1943 35 SDP NL 113 395 52 114 22 0 7 58 0 0 20 38 .289 .320 .397 .717 45.2 5.9
1944 36 DET AL 68 200 21 59 5 0 4 28 0 0 20 27 .295 .360 .380 .740 25.3 3.5
1945 37 MIN AL 112 420 54 103 12 1 6 48 0 0 38 70 .245 .309 .321 .631 38.7 2.7
13 Years Sim 1576 5625 684 1733 324 35 105 861 1 2 368 453 .308 .350 .434 .784 764.0 132.2
1 Years AAA 65 296 36 96 20 1 6 42 2 3 19 22 .324 .371 .459 .831 45.2  
162 Game Average 578 70 178 33 3 10 88 0 0 37 46 .308 .350 .434 .784 78.5  
Career Highs 146 559 75 189 43 6 19 109 1 1 39 70 .357 .398 .528 .910 91.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4380 550 1366 255 27 84 700 1 2 293 326 .312 .354 .440 .794 642.5
vs LH   1245 134 367 69 8 21 161 0 0 75 127 .295 .336 .414 .750 164.0
Home 771 2714 343 834 142 14 49 409 1 0 182 228 .307 .351 .424 .775 383.4
Away 805 2911 341 899 182 21 56 452 0 2 186 225 .309 .350 .443 .793 423.0
RISP   1579 0 496 93 14 25 707 0 0 135 110 .314 .362 .438 .800 241.5
Pinch Hitting   188 17 51 5 1 3 41 0 0 12 13 .271 .306 .356 .662 20.9
Close/Late   678 80 233 42 7 19 133 0 0 65 53 .344 .398 .510 .909 126.8
Mar/Apr 260 966 134 314 57 6 22 141 0 0 60 75 .325 .364 .465 .829 151.3
May 284 1045 116 306 65 0 14 160 1 0 61 74 .293 .332 .395 .727 130.4
June 264 944 100 277 41 6 18 137 0 0 58 87 .293 .333 .407 .740 123.4
July 258 931 120 303 59 9 19 144 0 2 61 74 .325 .367 .469 .836 147.0
August 296 1028 124 288 56 8 15 143 0 0 76 92 .280 .330 .394 .724 129.5
Sep/Oct 214 711 90 245 46 6 17 136 0 0 52 51 .345 .387 .498 .884 124.8
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
1933 25 SDP NL 1B 44 39 341.7 457 38 2 49 .996 13.04 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 5 1 16.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 26 SDP NL 1B 91 88 755.7 980 77 5 95 .995 12.59 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    C 40 30 285.3 97 9 2 0 .981 3.34 9 1 .111 0 0.6
1935 27 SDP NL C 113 105 942.3 321 36 3 0 .992 3.41 28 9 .321 5 4.6
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 28 SDP NL C 125 118 1072.0 438 31 2 0 .996 3.94 24 8 .333 2 6.3
    1B 10 6 60.3 90 16 1 6 .991 15.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1937 29 SDP NL C 103 103 900.3 282 40 8 0 .976 3.22 26 8 .308 5 2.5
    1B 13 0 26.7 40 4 0 3 1.000 14.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1938 30 SDP NL C 123 120 1079.3 310 45 5 0 .986 2.96 40 11 .275 5 5.0
    1B 10 0 23.3 35 4 0 3 1.000 15.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1939 31 SDP NL C 126 122 1114.3 464 42 3 2 .994 4.09 48 14 .292 3 7.2
    1B 9 0 21.0 29 1 0 4 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 SDP NL C 138 133 1190.7 470 49 2 0 .996 3.92 64 18 .281 8 5.9
1941 33 SDP NL C 124 117 1052.0 430 34 7 1 .985 3.97 31 9 .290 3 2.6
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 34 SDP NL C 124 117 1055.3 487 49 3 1 .994 4.57 50 14 .280 4 7.1
    1B 4 0 6.0 9 1 1 0 .909 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 35 SDP NL C 101 96 864.3 300 36 2 0 .994 3.50 34 11 .324 2 5.7
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 36 DET AL C 60 49 448.3 207 19 4 0 .983 4.54 19 6 .316 1 3.1
1945 37 MIN AL C 110 107 937.7 353 38 6 1 .985 3.75 37 12 .324 3 3.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1292 1218 10958.0 4167 428 47 5 .990 3.77 410 121 .295 41 54.0
  1B 189 133 1247.6 1660 142 9 161 .995 13.00 0 0 .000 0 3.8
Career Totals   1481 1351 12205.6 5827 570 56 166 .991 4.72 410 121 .295 41 57.8
Career Highs   138 133 1190.7 1077 86 8 95 .996 12.66 64 18 .333 8  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 26 SDP NL 5 19 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .263 .300 .421 .721
1939 31 SDP NL 5 20 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .250 .318 .300 .618
1940 32 SDP NL 10 39 7 10 3 1 1 9 0 0 3 6 .256 .302 .462 .764
1941 33 SDP NL 10 40 8 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .400 .415 .550 .965
1942 34 SDP NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 32 120 20 36 7 1 3 22 0 0 7 13 .300 .336 .450 .786
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1936-3-.357
1937-4-.328*
1938-9-.318
1939-1-.349
1941-2-.350
CAR-49-.308
 On-Base Pct
1936-5-.396
1939-8-.382
 Slugging Pct
1936-10-.487
1939-3-.528
1941-4-.499
 OPS
1936-9-.883
1939-4-.910
1941-4-.884
 XR
1939-7-89.0
 Hits
1936-9-189
1939-5-184
1941-10-167
Total Bases
1939-4-278
1941-9-238
 Singles
1936-6-142
1937-9-119
1939-7-129
 Doubles
1939-7-35
1940-5-35
1941-2-43
 Homeruns
1939-6-19
 RBIs
1939-2-109
1942-8-95
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by San Diego in 1933
Injured on 5/29/1933 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/4/1933 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 6/16/1933, off George Pipgras (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/21/1933, off Van Mungo (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1934, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against New York (G) on 9/19/1936
Drove in 6 runs against New York (G) on 9/19/1936
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/5/1937 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1939, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1939, hitting .382 with 6 HR, 27 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Minnesota on 6/12/1939
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1939, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1939, hitting .708 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
7/31/1939: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1939, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1940, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Injured on 6/16/1941 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/21/1942
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/27/1942
Injured on 4/10/1943 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
10/22/1943: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,250,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1944 (Going to SDP: P Stu Flythe, P Freddy Schmidt, P Bill Lohrman, CF Ernie Sulik. Going to DET: LF Roy Cullenbine, C Babe Phelps, LF Goody Rosen)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to MIN: LF Dave Philley, 2B Irv Hall, C Babe Phelps, CF Bob Seeds. Going to DET: C Don Padgett)
 
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