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Birdie Tebbetts

Manager

George Robert Tebbetts

1455 Games
748-705 Record
0.515 Win%
11 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R
Throws R
Born 11/10/1912
Burlington, VT, USA
Died 3/24/1999
Manatee, FL, USA
MLB Debut 1936-09-16
Final Game 1952-09-14

📊 Career Record

1455 Games Managed
748 Wins
705 Losses
0.515 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

11 seasons
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Birdie Tebbetts — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1954 CIN NL 154 74 80 0.481 5 N
1955 CIN NL 154 75 79 0.487 5 N
1956 CIN NL 155 91 63 0.591 3 N
1957 CIN NL 154 80 74 0.519 4 N
1958 CIN NL 113 52 61 0.460 4 N
1961 ML1 NL 25 12 13 0.480 4 N
1962 ML1 NL 162 86 76 0.531 5 N
1963 CLE AL 162 79 83 0.488 6 N
1964 CLE AL 91 46 44 0.511 6 N
1965 CLE AL 162 87 75 0.537 5 N
1966 CLE AL 123 66 57 0.537 5 N

Birdie Tebbetts as a manager

Birdie Tebbetts managed 1455 major league games between 1954 and 1966, winning 748 and losing 705 for a .515 percentage. Tebbetts ran the Cincinnati Redlegs (1954-1958), the Milwaukee Braves (1961-1962), and the Cleveland Indians (1963-1966). The best full season was 1956, 91-63 with the Cincinnati Redlegs. At the other end, 1958 finished 52-61. With the Cincinnati Redlegs (1954-1958), the finishes read 5th, 5th, 3rd, 4th, and 4th. With the Milwaukee Braves (1961-1962), the finishes read 4th and 5th. The Rank column for the Cleveland Indians years shows 6th, 6th, 5th, and 5th.

The record opens at 74-80 in 1954 and closes at 66-57 in 1966. The highest finish was 3rd, in 1956. League play for Tebbetts's teams: the National League and American League. In 1961 and 1964, Tebbetts took over a club already in progress that season. The personal information panel gives a birth date of November 10, 1912 in Burlington, VT, USA. Tebbetts died on March 24, 1999. Tebbetts also played in the majors, from 1936 to 1952, as the player page shows.

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