test Babe Phelps Essentials Positions: CatcherBats: Left Throws: RightHeight: 6âČ-2âłÂ Weight: 225Born: Thursday, April 16, 1908 in Odenton, MD USADied: December 10, 1992 in Odenton, MD USADebut: September 17, 1931Last Game: September 27, 1942Full Name: Ernest Gordon Phelps  Notable Events and Chronology for Babe Phelps Career Biography The future all-star was born on April 19,âŠ
1943 â Happy New Year to a couple of Babes that swap places. The Philadelphia Blue Jays (Phillies) send much-traveled first baseman Babe Dahlgren to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for catcher Babe Phelps and cash considerations. A former Yankees first baseman, Dahlgren gained most of his notoriety after replacing Lou Gehrig when the âIron Horseâsâ playing streak ended in 1939.
Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan is traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers
1941 â The entire Brooklyn Dodgers squad leaves New York to train in Havana, Cuba for most of the spring. Babe Phelps, a reluctant traveler and still unsigned, will leave the team in Miami, FL, rather than take a boat, and return to Maryland.
At Brooklynâs Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.
In Game 1 of a Memorial Day doubleheader, Carl Hubbellâs consecutive-game winning streak, compiled over two seasons, ends at 24 when the Dodgers, led by Babe Phelpsâ 5-for-6 performance, defeat the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 10-3. âKing Carlâ is honored between games when the southpaw is presented with the National Leagueâs 1936 MVP Award by Babe Ruth.
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