Birdie Tebbetts
1936–1952 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
1,162G
.270AVG
.341OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
1,000H
38HR
469RBI
29SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,704 | 3,705 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 261 | 259 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,149 | 4,152 |
| Batting · Walks | 389 | 388 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,162 | 4,149 | 3,704 | 357 | 1,000 | 169 | 22 | 38 | 469 | 389 | 261 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1,327 | .270 | .341 | .358 | .699 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1950-04-23 to 1950-05-13
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1949-09-17 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1940-05-02 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1939-07-17 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 579 | 2088 | 523 | 27 | 273 | 194 | 110 | .281 | .343 | .391 |
| Away | 583 | 2064 | 477 | 11 | 196 | 194 | 149 | .259 | .325 | .325 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 99 | 347 | 80 | 3 | 34 | 31 | 24 | .256 | .320 | .324 |
| May | 228 | 785 | 194 | 10 | 91 | 64 | 46 | .275 | .329 | .377 |
| June | 223 | 805 | 198 | 3 | 87 | 67 | 53 | .270 | .329 | .343 |
| July | 222 | 809 | 181 | 10 | 97 | 96 | 47 | .259 | .342 | .351 |
| August | 188 | 686 | 166 | 8 | 78 | 63 | 35 | .271 | .334 | .368 |
| September | 193 | 687 | 175 | 4 | 78 | 64 | 49 | .285 | .348 | .377 |
| October | 9 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .207 | .273 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 172 | 619 | 140 | 6 | 55 | 59 | 48 | .253 | .321 | .335 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 168 | 576 | 132 | 5 | 52 | 59 | 37 | .259 | .332 | .333 |
| chicago-white-sox | 163 | 579 | 147 | 7 | 74 | 47 | 30 | .279 | .335 | .394 |
| cleveland-guardians | 159 | 581 | 114 | 4 | 58 | 54 | 41 | .220 | .289 | .304 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 156 | 564 | 141 | 2 | 72 | 50 | 33 | .278 | .339 | .354 |
| st-louis-browns | 149 | 547 | 140 | 6 | 76 | 60 | 25 | .294 | .366 | .386 |
| boston-red-sox | 117 | 405 | 102 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 23 | .279 | .321 | .396 |
| detroit-tigers | 78 | 281 | 84 | 2 | 27 | 31 | 22 | .341 | .409 | .398 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Detroit Tigers | 10 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .303 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 50 | 162 | 31 | 2 | 16 | – | .191 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 53 | 143 | 42 | 1 | 25 | 1 | .294 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 106 | 341 | 89 | 4 | 53 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 379 | 112 | 4 | 46 | 4 | .296 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 110 | 359 | 102 | 2 | 47 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 99 | 308 | 76 | 1 | 27 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 87 | 280 | 68 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 110 | 344 | 92 | 1 | 30 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 128 | 446 | 125 | 5 | 68 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 122 | 404 | 109 | 5 | 48 | 8 | .270 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 79 | 268 | 83 | 8 | 45 | 1 | .310 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Cleveland Guardians | 55 | 137 | 36 | 2 | 18 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 101 | 25 | 1 | 8 | – | .248 | – | – |