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Full Name: Harry Edwin Heilmann Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195 First Game: May 16, 1914
Birthdate: August 3, 1894 Final Game: May 31, 1932
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: July 9, 1951
Deathplace: Southfield, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952

Biography[]

Harry Heilmann (Harry Edwin Heilmann) was born on August 3, 1894 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on May 16, 1914 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1914, his rookie year, he hit .225 with 2 home runs and 18 RBI. Heilmann played for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Harry Heilmann's best season was 1921, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .394 average and knocked in 139 runs.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1914 DET A 69 182 25 41 2 18 .225 .316 .313 8 1 22 29 2 12 1 0 0
1916 DET A 136 451 57 127 2 73 .282 .349 .410 30 11 42 40 5 15 9 0 0
1917 DET A 150 556 57 156 5 86 .281 .333 .387 22 11 41 54 3 19 11 0 0
1918 DET A 79 286 34 79 5 39 .276 .359 .406 10 6 35 10 2 8 13 0 0
1919 DET A 140 537 74 172 8 93 .320 .366 .477 30 15 37 41 2 18 7 0 0
1920 DET A 145 543 66 168 9 89 .309 .358 .429 28 5 39 32 2 18 3 0 0
1921 DET A 149 602 114 237 19 139 .394 .444 .606 43 14 53 37 2 15 2 0 0
1922 DET A 118 455 92 162 21 92 .356 .432 .598 27 10 58 28 3 11 8 0 0
1923 DET A 144 524 121 211 18 115 .403 .481 .632 44 11 74 40 5 23 8 0 0
1924 DET A 153 570 107 197 10 114 .346 .428 .533 45 16 78 41 4 26 13 0 0
1925 DET A 150 573 97 225 13 134 .393 .457 .569 40 11 67 27 1 23 6 0 0
1926 DET A 141 502 90 184 9 103 .367 .445 .534 41 8 67 19 4 25 6 0 0
1927 DET A 141 505 106 201 14 120 .398 .475 .616 50 9 72 16 2 17 11 0 0
1928 DET A 151 558 83 183 14 107 .328 .390 .507 38 10 57 45 0 18 7 0 0
1929 DET A 125 453 86 156 15 120 .344 .412 .565 41 7 50 39 2 14 5 0 0
1930 CIN N 142 459 79 153 19 91 .333 .416 .577 43 6 64 50 1 15 2 0 0
1932 CIN N 15 31 3 8 0 6 .258 .258 .323 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 157 490 82 161 19 97 .329 .407 .561 45 6 64 52 1 15 2 0 0
Total AL 1991 7297 1209 2499 164 1442 .342 .410 .518 497 145 792 498 39 262 110 0 0
Total 2148 7787 1291 2660 183 1539 .342 .410 .520 542 151 856 550 40 277 112 0 0

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1914 DET A 2B 6 0 0 9 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1914 DET A OF 31 0 0 35 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .870
1914 DET A 1B 16 0 0 165 12 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1916 DET A 2B 9 0 0 7 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .871
1916 DET A OF 77 0 0 110 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1916 DET A 1B 30 0 0 325 17 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1917 DET A OF 123 0 0 200 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1917 DET A 1B 27 0 0 266 23 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1918 DET A OF 40 0 0 60 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1918 DET A 1B 37 0 0 367 18 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1918 DET A 2B 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 DET A 1B 140 0 0 1402 78 31 61 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1920 DET A 1B 122 0 0 1207 80 19 52 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1920 DET A OF 22 0 0 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 DET A OF 147 0 0 241 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1921 DET A 1B 3 0 0 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1922 DET A OF 115 0 0 175 6 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1922 DET A 1B 5 0 0 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 DET A 1B 12 0 0 101 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1923 DET A OF 130 0 0 272 13 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1924 DET A OF 147 0 0 263 31 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1924 DET A 1B 4 0 0 54 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1925 DET A OF 148 0 0 278 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1926 DET A OF 134 0 0 228 18 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1927 DET A OF 135 0 0 218 11 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1928 DET A OF 125 0 0 215 17 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1928 DET A 1B 25 0 0 234 17 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1929 DET A 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1929 DET A OF 114 0 0 193 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1930 CIN N OF 106 0 0 279 16 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1930 CIN N 1B 19 0 0 178 14 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1932 CIN N 1B 6 0 0 49 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total OF 1594 0 0 2794 183 117 42 0 0 0 0 0 .962
Total 1B 448 0 0 4389 282 77 209 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total 2B 17 0 0 16 38 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .915

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Detroit Tigers from Portland (Northwestern) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 15, 1913).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Cincinnati Reds (October 14, 1929).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 6, 1932).

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