Career
A 6 ft (18 m), 175 lb (79 kg) right-handed pitcher, he appeared in 25 Major League games, 22 in relief, for the 1948–1949 New York Giants. The Washington, District of Columbia, native served in the United States Coast Guard during World World War World War II He signed his first pro baseball contract with the Giants" organization and made his debut in 1946. Called up to the Giants in September 1948, he got into five games, including his only three starting pitcher assignments in the Majors.
He began 1949 in the Giants" bullpen, but was plagued by a sore arm and spent part of the season with the Triple-A Jersey City Giants.
During the 1949–1950 offseason, he was to prove valuable to the Giants one final time when he was included in a blockbuster trade with the Braves on December 14. In that transaction, he accompanied Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr and Willard Marshall to Boston in exchange for Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky.
Webb, meanwhile, never appeared in a Boston Braves" uniform and pitched in only one game for the Triple-A Milwaukee Brewers in 1950 before retiring due to arm trouble.