Birdie Tebbetts was born on Sunday, November 10, 1912, in Burlington, Vermont. Tebbetts was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1936, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Birdie Tebbetts baseball stats page.
"The relief pitcher is the one man on a team who can make the manager look like a genius." - Birdie Tebbetts
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Autograph on a 1965 Topps Baseball Card (#301) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biographical Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Pitching Stats |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Hitting Stats |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1936 | 24 | Tigers | 10 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .395 | .545 |
1937 | 25 | Tigers | 50 | 162 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .191 | .238 | .290 |
1938 | 26 | Tigers | 53 | 143 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .294 | .348 | .385 |
1939 | 27 | Tigers | 106 | 341 | 37 | 89 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .261 | .315 | .372 |
1940 | 28 | Tigers | 111 | 379 | 46 | 112 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .296 | .357 | .412 |
1941 | 29 | Tigers | 110 | 359 | 28 | 102 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .284 | .354 | .376 |
1942 | 30 | Tigers | 99 | 308 | 24 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .247 | .334 | .292 |
1946 | 34 | Tigers | 87 | 280 | 20 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .243 | .312 | .307 |
1947 | 35 | Tigers | 20 | 53 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .094 | .143 | .113 |
1947 | 35 | Red Sox | 90 | 291 | 22 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .299 | .346 | .344 |
1948 | 36 | Red Sox | 128 | 446 | 54 | 125 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 62 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .280 | .371 | .381 |
1949 | 37 | Red Sox | 122 | 403 | 42 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 62 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .270 | .368 | .342 |
1950 | 38 | Red Sox | 79 | 268 | 33 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .310 | .377 | .444 |
1951 | 39 | Indians | 55 | 137 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .306 | .350 |
1952 | 40 | Indians | 42 | 101 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .248 | .339 | .317 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 1,162 | 3,704 | 357 | 1,000 | 169 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 469 | 389 | 48 | 261 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 118 | .270 | .341 | .358 |
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Fielding Stats |
||||||||||||||||
Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1936 Tigers | C | 10 | 10 | 256 | 57 | 5.7 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .982 | 5.91 |
1937 Tigers | C | 48 | 40 | 995 | 187 | 3.9 | 180 | 155 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | .963 | 4.88 |
1938 Tigers | C | 43 | 35 | 856 | 130 | 3.0 | 128 | 108 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | .985 | 4.04 |
1939 Tigers | C | 100 | 94 | 2,160 | 529 | 5.3 | 513 | 449 | 64 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 32 | .970 | 6.41 |
1940 Tigers | C | 107 | 104 | 2,677 | 678 | 6.3 | 661 | 572 | 89 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 40 | .975 | 6.67 |
1941 Tigers | C | 98 | 96 | 2,493 | 557 | 5.7 | 544 | 461 | 83 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 38 | .977 | 5.89 |
1942 Tigers | C | 97 | 92 | 2,294 | 527 | 5.4 | 515 | 446 | 69 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 27 | .977 | 6.06 |
1946 Tigers | C | 87 | 82 | 2,022 | 549 | 6.3 | 539 | 486 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 20 | .982 | 7.20 |
1947 Tigers | C | 20 | 17 | 392 | 110 | 5.5 | 110 | 95 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.58 |
1947 Red Sox | C | 89 | 83 | 2,050 | 392 | 4.4 | 382 | 332 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | .974 | 5.03 |
1948 Red Sox | C | 126 | 124 | 3,264 | 536 | 4.3 | 526 | 470 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 23 | .981 | 4.35 |
1949 Red Sox | C | 119 | 116 | 3,033 | 543 | 4.6 | 532 | 481 | 51 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 19 | .980 | 4.74 |
1950 Red Sox | C | 74 | 74 | 1,884 | 333 | 4.5 | 329 | 285 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 12 | .988 | 4.71 |
1951 Indians | C | 44 | 37 | 924 | 176 | 4.0 | 172 | 145 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | .977 | 5.03 |
1952 Indians | C | 37 | 31 | 783 | 148 | 4.0 | 146 | 131 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .986 | 5.03 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
C Totals | 1,099 | 1,035 | 26,083 | 5,452 | 5.0 | 5,333 | 4,667 | 666 | 119 | 87 | 64 | 304 | 276 | .978 | 5.52 | |
14 Years | 1,099 | 1,035 | 26,083 | 5,452 | 5.0 | 5,333 | 4,667 | 666 | 119 | 87 | 64 | 304 | 276 | .978 | 5.52 |
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Miscellaneous Stats |
||||||||||||
Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1936 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 33.0 | 11.0 | 8.3 | - | - | - |
1937 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | n/a | 81.0 | 12.5 | 10.1 | - | - | - |
1938 Tigers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10 | 0 | n/a | 143.0 | 11.0 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1939 Tigers | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 85.3 | 17.1 | 6.4 | - | - | - |
1940 Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 94.8 | 27.1 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
1941 Tigers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 179.5 | 12.4 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
1942 Tigers | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 308.0 | 18.1 | 11.4 | - | - | - |
1946 Tigers | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 280.0 | 12.2 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
1947 Tigers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.7 | 26.5 | - | - | - |
1947 Red Sox | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 291.0 | 9.7 | 10.4 | - | - | - |
1948 Red Sox | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 89.2 | 13.9 | 6.6 | - | - | - |
1949 Red Sox | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 80.6 | 18.3 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1950 Red Sox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 33.5 | 10.3 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1951 Indians | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 0 | n/a | 68.5 | 19.6 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
1952 Indians | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 101.0 | 11.2 | 12.6 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 29 | 23 | .558 | 67 | 1 | n/a | 97.5 | 14.2 | 7.9 | - | - | - |
Birdie TebbettsBirdie Tebbetts Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
||||
Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1936 Detroit Tigers | - | Undetermined | - | - |
1937 Detroit Tigers | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1938 Detroit Tigers | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1939 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | - | - |
1940 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1941 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1942 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1946 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | - | - |
1947 Detroit Tigers | 1 | Undetermined | - | - |
1947 Boston Red Sox | 8 | Undetermined | - | - |
1948 Boston Red Sox | 8 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1949 Boston Red Sox | 8 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1950 Boston Red Sox | 8 | Undetermined | - | - |
1951 Cleveland Indians | 15 | Undetermined | - | - |
1952 Cleveland Indians | 15 | Undetermined | - | - |
Birdie Tebbetts Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that you can compare Birdie Tebbetts to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1936 American League season?
You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.
If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.