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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-0	GS	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19	BRO		NYG	W,12-0	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 24	BRO		BSN	W,8-6	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	10 (5)	May 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-9	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	May 5	BRO	@	STL	W,9-6		19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	12	May 6	BRO	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	13	May 7	BRO	@	STL	L,2-18	CG	47	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	16 (2)	May 11	BRO		PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	17	May 12	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	18	May 13	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	19	May 14	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	21 (1)	May 17	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	22	May 18	BRO		STL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	24 (1)	May 20	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	29 (4)	May 28	BRO		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	31 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,5-12	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	33 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
18	35 (1)	Jun 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
19	36	Jun 4	BRO	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	37	Jun 6	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	38	Jun 7	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	47	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
22	39	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-23	GS	21	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	40	Jun 9 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	42 (1)	Jun 10	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-7	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	43	Jun 12	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
26	44	Jun 14	BRO		CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	45	Jun 15	BRO		CIN	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	46	Jun 16 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
29	47	Jun 16 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	48	Jun 17	BRO		STL	L,1-3	GS	16	4.0	3	1	1	5	0
31	49	Jun 18	BRO		STL	L,5-7	CG	47	11.0	10	1	0	11	0
32	50	Jun 19	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
33	51	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	52	Jun 22	BRO		PIT	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
35	53	Jun 23 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	54	Jun 23 (2)	BRO		PIT	T,4-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	55	Jun 25	BRO		CHC	L,3-8	GF	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	56	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	57	Jun 28	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	58	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	60 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	61	Jul 1	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	62	Jul 2	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	63	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	64	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	65	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	66	Jul 5	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	GS	67	16.0	6	0	1	7	0
48	68 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	69	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
50	70	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	71	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	29	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	72	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	73	Jul 14 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	75 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	77 (1)	Jul 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	78	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	79	Jul 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	80	Jul 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	46	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	81	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	83 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	84	Jul 23 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	85	Jul 23 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	86	Jul 24	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
64	87	Jul 26	BRO		STL	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	88	Jul 27 (1)	BRO		STL	L,2-4	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	90 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	BRO		STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	91	Jul 28 (2)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	92	Jul 29	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	93	Jul 30	BRO		PIT	L,2-8	GF	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	95 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	GS	35	7.0	6	1	1	8	0
71	96	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	1	3	0
72	99 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,7-6	GS	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
73	100	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
74	102 (1)	Aug 8	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	54	12.0	6	2	1	9	0
75	103	Aug 9	BRO	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	104	Aug 10	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	105	Aug 11 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	107 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	109 (1)	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	110	Aug 16	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	111	Aug 18 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	112	Aug 18 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	114 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	115	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	116	Aug 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
86	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	120 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	121	Aug 29	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	123 (1)	Aug 31	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	127 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	129 (1)	Sep 5	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	134 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	135	Sep 9	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	136	Sep 11 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	137	Sep 11 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
96	139 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	142 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
98	143	Sep 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
99	147 (3)	Sep 18	BRO		STL	L,7-14	CG	50	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
100	148	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
							100gm		781.0	436	35	11	482	4