Babe Phelps

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD us

Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD

Buried: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Odenton, MD

Debut: September 17, 1931 (Age 23-154d, 7,271st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CIN 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Ernest Gordon Phelps

Nicknames: Blimp

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

2117

657

.310

239

RBI

345

OBP

.362

SLG

.472

OPS

.835

OPS+

125

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BRO		NYG	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 21	BRO	@	PHI	T,2-2	CG	44	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 22	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 24	BRO		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	BRO		PHI	W,5-0	GS	7	1.2	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12 (3)	May 4	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	13	May 5	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	14	May 6	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	15	May 7	BRO		STL	W,2-1	GF	21	5.0	4	0	1	5	0
13	17 (1)	May 9	BRO		STL	L,1-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	18	May 10	BRO		CIN	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
15	19	May 11	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
16	20	May 12	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	21	May 13	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
18	22	May 14	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	23	May 16	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-2	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	25 (1)	May 18	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	26	May 20	BRO	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	27	May 21	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	30 (2)	May 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
24	31	May 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	32	May 27	BRO		BSN	W,4-2	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
27	37 (1)	May 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38	Jun 1	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	13	2	0	15	0
29	40 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	41	Jun 4 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,14-1	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
31	42	Jun 5	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	43	Jun 6	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	44	Jun 7	BRO		STL	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	45	Jun 9	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	47 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	48	Jun 11 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,9-8	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	50 (1)	Jun 15	BRO	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	51	Jun 16	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	52	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	53	Jun 18 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	54	Jun 18 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	55	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	T,3-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	56	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	58 (1)	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	59	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
46	60	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	61	Jun 27	BRO	@	BSN	T,2-2	GS	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	62	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	63	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	64	Jul 2 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	65	Jul 2 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GF	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	67 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
53	68	Jul 5	BRO		PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	70 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,3-8	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	71	Jul 8 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	72	Jul 9	BRO		NYG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	73	Jul 12	BRO		PIT	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
58	74	Jul 14	BRO		PIT	W,14-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
59	75	Jul 15	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	76	Jul 16 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	77	Jul 16 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
62	79 (1)	Jul 18	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	80	Jul 19	BRO		CIN	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
64	81	Jul 21 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	84 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	BRO		STL	L,0-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	86 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	87	Jul 25 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
68	88	Jul 26	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	89	Jul 27	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
70	90	Jul 28	BRO	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	91	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	93 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	94	Aug 1	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	95	Aug 2	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-6	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	98 (2)	Aug 5	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	99	Aug 6 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
77	100	Aug 6 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	19	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	101	Aug 7	BRO		BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	102	Aug 8	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	103	Aug 10 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS	15	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	105 (1)	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	W,10-3	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	106	Aug 13 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	108 (1)	Aug 15	BRO		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	110 (1)	Aug 17	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	111	Aug 18	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	19	4.1	2	0	0	2	0
86	112	Aug 19	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	114 (1)	Aug 22	BRO		STL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	115	Aug 23	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	117 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
90	118	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-1	GS	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	122 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
92	123	Sep 2 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-10	GS	25	5.1	4	0	0	4	0
							92gm		743.0	361	40	8	409	9