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Babe Phelps Essentials

Positions: Catcher
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Height: 6′-2″ Weight: 225
Born: Thursday, April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD USA
Died: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD USA
Debut: September 17, 1931
Last Game: September 27, 1942
Full Name: Ernest Gordon Phelps

Notable Events and Chronology for Babe Phelps Career

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May 31, 1937

Carl Hubbell’s consecutive-game winning streak, compiled over two seasons, ends at 24 when the Dodgers defeat the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 10-3

August 26, 1939

At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS

February 14, 1941

Babe Phelps, a reluctant traveler and still unsigned, will not fly with Dodgers

December 12, 1941

Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan is traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for 4 players

December 30, 1943

Happy New Year to a couple of Babes that swap places

Biography

The future all-star was born on April 19, 1908, in what was then a very rural Odenton, Maryland. One of ten children, Phelps and his siblings would play baseball in the abundant space of open fields that dominated the Maryland countryside.

the lefthanded batter hit .367 in 1936, the record for a catcher qualifying for the batting title. Hypochondria and a refusal to fly (The Grounded Blimp) limited Phelps’ career.

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