Jeff Heath

Full Name: John Geoffrey Heath	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/200	First Game: September 13, 1936
Birthdate: April 1, 1915	Final Game: September 8, 1949
Birthplace: Fort William, Ontario (Canada)	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: December 9, 1975
Deathplace: Seattle, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Jeff Heath (John Geoffrey Heath) was born on April 1, 1915 in Fort William, Ontario (Canada). He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1936 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .343 with 21 home runs and 112 RBI. Heath played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Boston Braves over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Jeff Heath's best season was 1941, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .340 average and knocked in 123 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1936	CLE	A	12	41	6	14	1	8	.341	.386	.634	3	3	3	4	0	0	1	0
1937	CLE	A	20	61	8	14	0	8	.230	.230	.377	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	0
1938	CLE	A	126	502	104	172	21	112	.343	.383	.602	31	18	33	55	0	3	3	0
1939	CLE	A	121	431	64	126	14	69	.292	.354	.494	31	7	41	64	0	0	8	7
1940	CLE	A	100	356	55	78	14	50	.219	.298	.399	16	3	40	62	0	0	5	2
1941	CLE	A	151	585	89	199	24	123	.340	.396	.586	32	20	50	69	4	4	18	5
1942	CLE	A	147	568	82	158	10	76	.278	.350	.442	37	13	62	66	1	3	9	10
1943	CLE	A	118	424	58	116	18	79	.274	.369	.481	22	6	63	58	1	0	5	4
1944	CLE	A	60	151	20	50	5	33	.331	.402	.490	5	2	18	12	0	1	0	2
1945	CLE	A	102	370	60	113	15	61	.305	.398	.508	16	7	56	39	1	2	3	6
1946	WAS	A	48	166	23	47	4	27	.283	.411	.464	12	3	36	36	0	1	0	1
1946	STL	A	86	316	46	87	12	57	.275	.353	.478	20	4	37	37	1	1	0	2
1946	TOT	A	134	482	69	134	16	84	.278	.374	.473	32	7	73	73	1	2	0	3
1947	STL	A	141	491	81	123	27	85	.251	.366	.485	20	7	88	87	1	2	2	14
1948	BOS	N	115	364	64	116	20	76	.319	.404	.582	26	5	51	46	1	3	2	4
1949	BOS	N	36	111	17	34	9	23	.306	.389	.613	7	0	15	26	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		151	475	81	150	29	99	.316	.400	.589	33	5	66	72	1	3	2	6
Total	AL		1232	4462	696	1297	165	788	.291	.367	.500	246	97	527	598	9	17	54	53
Total			1383	4937	777	1447	194	887	.293	.370	.509	279	102	593	670	10	20	56	59

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	CLE	A	OF	12	10	1	0	0	1.000
1937	CLE	A	OF	14	27	0	0	0	1.000
1938	CLE	A	OF	122	254	5	7	2	.974
1939	CLE	A	OF	108	263	7	10	2	.964
1940	CLE	A	OF	90	197	6	6	1	.971
1941	CLE	A	OF	151	259	20	15	1	.949
1942	CLE	A	OF	146	326	12	7	3	.980
1943	CLE	A	OF	111	264	4	9	1	.968
1944	CLE	A	OF	37	76	4	4	2	.952
1945	CLE	A	OF	101	214	3	6	1	.973
1946	WAS	A	OF	47	92	3	3	0	.969
1946	STL	A	OF	83	147	5	6	1	.962
1946	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1946	TOT	A	OF	130	239	8	9	1	.965
1947	STL	A	OF	140	297	7	4	4	.987
1948	BOS	N	OF	106	223	6	2	2	.991
1949	BOS	N	OF	31	56	2	1	1	.983
Total			OF	1299	2705	85	80	21	.972

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators in exchange for George Case (December 14, 1945).
Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia (June 15, 1946).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Boston Braves (December 4, 1947).
Released by Boston Braves (October 13, 1949).