Don Heffner

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Full Name: Donald Henry Heffner	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/155	First Game: April 17, 1934
Birthdate: February 8, 1911	Final Game: April 29, 1944
Birthplace: Rouzerville, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: August 1, 1989
Deathplace: Pasadena, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Don Heffner (Donald Henry Heffner) was born on February 8, 1911 in Rouzerville, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934 for the New York Yankees. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Heffner played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Don Heffner's best season was 1938, when he knocked in 69 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1934	NY	A	72	241	29	63	0	25	.261	.331	.320	8	3	25	18	0	4	1	0	0
1935	NY	A	10	36	3	11	0	8	.306	.375	.444	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
1936	NY	A	19	48	7	11	0	6	.229	.315	.313	2	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	0
1937	NY	A	60	201	23	50	0	21	.249	.314	.328	6	5	19	19	0	1	1	0	0
1938	STL	A	141	473	47	116	2	69	.245	.341	.319	23	3	65	53	4	12	1	0	0
1939	STL	A	110	375	45	100	1	35	.267	.350	.312	10	2	48	39	0	11	1	0	11
1940	STL	A	126	487	52	115	3	53	.236	.295	.310	23	2	39	37	2	2	5	0	9
1941	STL	A	110	399	48	93	0	17	.233	.303	.278	14	2	38	27	2	7	5	0	3
1942	STL	A	19	36	2	6	0	3	.167	.189	.222	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	2
1943	STL	A	18	33	2	4	0	2	.121	.171	.152	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1
1943	PHI	A	52	178	17	37	0	8	.208	.284	.242	6	0	18	12	1	1	3	0	4
1943	TOT	A	70	211	19	41	0	10	.194	.267	.227	7	0	20	14	1	3	3	0	5
1944	DET	A	6	19	0	4	0	1	.211	.375	.263	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			743	2526	275	610	6	248	.241	.317	.303	99	19	270	218	9	41	18	0	30

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1934	NY	A	2B	68	0	0	158	179	10	46	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1935	NY	A	2B	10	0	0	20	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1936	NY	A	2B	5	0	0	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	NY	A	SS	3	0	0	5	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1936	NY	A	3B	8	0	0	11	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1937	NY	A	SS	13	0	0	16	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1937	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	NY	A	3B	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	NY	A	2B	38	0	0	107	94	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1937	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1938	STL	A	2B	141	0	0	365	363	22	103	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1939	STL	A	2B	32	0	0	84	97	8	21	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1939	STL	A	SS	73	0	0	138	218	21	33	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1940	STL	A	2B	125	0	0	311	426	17	102	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1941	STL	A	2B	105	0	0	224	307	14	52	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1942	STL	A	2B	6	0	0	13	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.906
1942	STL	A	1B	4	0	0	21	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	STL	A	2B	13	0	0	21	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1943	STL	A	1B	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	PHI	A	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	PHI	A	2B	47	0	0	98	127	5	27	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1943	TOT	A	1B	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	TOT	A	2B	60	0	0	119	144	6	31	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1944	DET	A	2B	5	0	0	12	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.962
Total			2B	595	0	0	1416	1678	86	395	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			SS	89	0	0	159	256	24	38	0	0	0	0	0	.945
Total			3B	11	0	0	14	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			1B	7	0	0	29	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees with $10000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bill Knickerbocker (February 15, 1938).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics (June 14, 1943).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Bob Swift to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Rip Radcliff (October 11, 1943).

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