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Jeff Heath
John Geoffrey Heath

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 13, 1936
Final Game September 8, 1949
Born April 1, 1915 in Fort William, Ontario, CAN
Died December 9, 1975 in Seattle, WA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 21 CLE AL  12   41    6   14   3  3   1    8   1  0   3   4  .341  .386  .634  145   26   0           0    
 1937 22 CLE AL  20   61    8   14   1  4   0    8   0  1   0   9  .230  .230  .377   51   23   0           0    
 1938 23 CLE AL 126  502  104  172  31 18  21  112   3  1  33  55  .343  .383  .602  145  302   3           0     MVP-11
 1939 24 CLE AL 121  431   64  126  31  7  14   69   8  4  41  64  .292  .354  .494  117  213   0           0   7 MVP-22
 1940 25 CLE AL 100  356   55   78  16  3  14   50   5  3  40  62  .219  .298  .399   81  142   0           0   2
 1941 26 CLE AL 151  585   89  199  32 20  24  123  18 12  50  69  .340  .396  .586  162  343   4           4   5 MVP-8,AS
 1942 27 CLE AL 147  568   82  158  37 13  10   76   9  9  62  66  .278  .350  .442  128  251   3           1  10
 1943 28 CLE AL 118  424   58  116  22  6  18   79   5  8  63  58  .274  .369  .481  154  204   0           1   4 AS
 1944 29 CLE AL  60  151   20   50   5  2   5   33   0  1  18  12  .331  .402  .490  158   74   1           0   2
 1945 30 CLE AL 102  370   60  113  16  7  15   61   3  1  56  39  .305  .398  .508  167  188   2           1   6 MVP-20
 1946 31 TOT AL 134  482   69  134  32  7  16   84   0  6  73  73  .278  .374  .473  134  228   2           1   3
         WSH AL  48  166   23   47  12  3   4   27   0  4  36  36  .283  .411  .464  150   77   1           0   1
         SLB AL  86  316   46   87  20  4  12   57   0  2  37  37  .275  .353  .478  126  151   1           1   2
 1947 32 SLB AL 141  491   81  123  20  7  27   85   2  1  88  87  .251  .366  .485  133  238   2           1  14 MVP-31
 1948 33 BSN NL 115  364   64  116  26  5  20   76   2     51  46  .319  .404  .582  165  212   3           1   4
 1949 34 BSN NL  36  111   17   34   7  0   9   23   0     15  26  .306  .389  .613  170   68   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         4937      1447    102      887     47     670  .293  .370  .509  139       20   0   0  10  59
               1383       777      279    194       56    593                            2512
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   91  169  33 12  23  104   7  6  69  78  .293  .370  .509  139  294   2   0   0   1   7
 Career High    151  585  104  199  37 20  27  123  18 12  88  87  .343  .404  .602  167  343   4   0   0   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 21 CLE AL   44   27   10   9.8   124| .341  .302| .386  .379| .634  .444|1.020  .823| 145  .741   2.4   0.2 100%
 1937 22 CLE AL   61   48    5   2.8   115| .230  .287| .230  .362| .377  .428| .607  .790|  51  .234  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1938 23 CLE AL  538  334  116   9.1   116| .343  .288| .383  .366| .602  .429| .985  .795| 145  .732  30.0   2.7  75%
 1939 24 CLE AL  472  316   75   6.3   111| .292  .283| .354  .357| .494  .418| .848  .775| 117  .597   9.9   0.9  66%
 1940 25 CLE AL  396  283   42   3.9   108| .219  .276| .298  .348| .399  .418| .697  .766|  81  .396 -11.1  -1.1  62%
 1941 26 CLE AL  643  407  132   8.7   102| .340  .269| .396  .345| .586  .397| .982  .742| 162  .752  48.2   4.6  60%
 1942 27 CLE AL  634  432   86   5.3    89| .278  .258| .350  .332| .442  .362| .792  .693| 128  .616  19.8   2.0  50%
 1943 28 CLE AL  488  320   73   6.2    82| .274  .249| .369  .322| .481  .344| .850  .666| 154  .712  28.7   3.1  38%
 1944 29 CLE AL  170  105   29   7.5    88| .331  .263| .402  .329| .490  .359| .892  .689| 158  .755  11.4   1.2   0%
 1945 30 CLE AL  429  266   75   7.6    85| .305  .257| .398  .328| .508  .349| .906  .677| 167  .773  31.5   3.3  75%
 1946 31 TOT AL  558  359   82   6.1    97| .278  .265| .374  .339| .473  .381| .847  .720| 134  .668  23.7   2.4   0%
         WSH AL  203  125   30   6.4    91| .283  .256| .411  .330| .464  .369| .875  .699| 150  .688  13.1   1.3   0%
         SLB AL  355  234   52   5.9   100| .275  .269| .353  .345| .478  .387| .831  .732| 126  .657  10.6   1.1   0%
 1947 32 SLB AL  582  385   87   6.0    98| .251  .265| .366  .345| .485  .381| .851  .726| 133  .663  22.0   2.3  66%
 1948 33 BSN NL  419  255   85   8.8   101| .319  .268| .404  .342| .582  .396| .986  .738| 165  .779  33.4   3.3     
 1949 34 BSN NL  126   79   26   8.8   100| .306  .264| .389  .337| .613  .395|1.002  .733| 170  .768  10.8   1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5560 3616  923   6.8    99| .293  .268| .370  .343| .509  .388| .879  .730| 139  .685 255.4  25.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1936 21 CLE AL  OF   12     10    1    0    0 1.000  .965  0.92  2.29               10    2    0
 1937 22 CLE AL  OF   14     27    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.93  2.28                2    0   12
 1938 23 CLE AL  OF  122    254    5    7    2  .974  .972  2.12  2.28              113    0    9
 1939 24 CLE AL  OF  108    263    7   10    2  .964  .969  2.50  2.35              108    0    0
 1940 25 CLE AL  OF   90    197    6    6    1  .971  .970  2.26  2.32               90    0    0
 1941 26 CLE AL  OF  151    259   20   15    1  .949  .973  1.85  2.33               25    0  126 AS
 1942 27 CLE AL  OF  146    326   12    7    3  .980  .976  2.32  2.31              145    0    2
 1943 28 CLE AL  OF  111    264    4    9    1  .968  .977  2.41  2.39              107    3    4 AS
 1944 29 CLE AL  OF   37     76    4    4    2  .952  .974  2.16  2.35               31    5    1
 1945 30 CLE AL  OF  101    214    3    6    1  .973  .978  2.15  2.27              101    0    0
 1946 31 TOT AL  OF  130    239    8    9    1  .965  .977  1.90  2.24              130    0    0
         WSH AL  OF   47     92    3    3    0  .969  .977  2.02  2.24               47    0    0
         SLB AL  OF   83    147    5    6    1  .962  .977  1.83  2.24               83    0    0
 1947 32 SLB AL  OF  140    297    7    4    4  .987  .979  2.17  2.35              140    0    0
 1948 33 BSN NL  OF  106    223    6    2    2  .991  .978  2.16  2.20               99    7    0
 1949 34 BSN NL  OF   31     56    2    1    1  .983  .976  1.87  2.25               26    0    5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1936 21 CLE AL  OF   12     10    1    0    0 1.000  .965  0.92  2.29               10    2    0
 1937 22 CLE AL  OF   14     27    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.93  2.28                2    0   12
 1938 23 CLE AL  OF  122    254    5    7    2  .974  .972  2.12  2.28              113    0    9
 1939 24 CLE AL  OF  108    263    7   10    2  .964  .969  2.50  2.35              108    0    0
 1940 25 CLE AL  OF   90    197    6    6    1  .971  .970  2.26  2.32               90    0    0
 1941 26 CLE AL  OF  151    259   20   15    1  .949  .973  1.85  2.33               25    0  126
 1942 27 CLE AL  OF  146    326   12    7    3  .980  .976  2.32  2.31              145    0    2
 1943 28 CLE AL  OF  111    264    4    9    1  .968  .977  2.41  2.39              107    3    4
 1944 29 CLE AL  OF   37     76    4    4    2  .952  .974  2.16  2.35               31    5    1
 1945 30 CLE AL  OF  101    214    3    6    1  .973  .978  2.15  2.27              101    0    0
 1946 31 TOT AL  OF  130    239    8    9    1  .965  .977  1.90  2.24              130    0    0
         WSH AL  OF   47     92    3    3    0  .969  .977  2.02  2.24               47    0    0
         SLB AL  OF   83    147    5    6    1  .962  .977  1.83  2.24               83    0    0
 1947 32 SLB AL  OF  140    297    7    4    4  .987  .979  2.17  2.35              140    0    0
 1948 33 BSN NL  OF  106    223    6    2    2  .991  .978  2.16  2.20               99    7    0
 1949 34 BSN NL  OF   31     56    2    1    1  .983  .976  1.87  2.25               26    0    5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1299   2705   85   80   21  .972  .975  2.15  2.30             1127   17  159
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1299   2705   85   80   21  .972  .975  2.15  2.30

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1941   CLE AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1943   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .250  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1941 (RF)
1943 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-AL-11-0.07
1939-AL-22-0.02
1941-AL-8-0.11
1945-AL-20-0.03
1947-AL-31-0.00
Car-666-0.23 shares

Batting Average
1938 AL-.343-2
1941 AL-.340-4

On-base %
1943 AL-.369-7
1946 AL-.374-7

Slugging %
1938 AL-.602-3
1941 AL-.586-3
1942 AL-.442-9
1943 AL-.481-4
1946 AL-.473-8
1947 AL-.485-5
Car-.509-75

OPS
1938 AL-.985-4
1941 AL-.982-4
1943 AL-.850-3
1946 AL-.847-8
1947 AL-.850-4
Car-.879-93

Games
1941 AL-151-9

At Bats
1941 AL-585-8

Hits
1941 AL-199-2

Total Bases
1938 AL-302-5
1941 AL-343-2
1942 AL-251-9
1947 AL-238-8

Doubles
1942 AL-37-3
1946 AL-32-7

Triples
1938 AL-18-1
1941 AL-20-1
1942 AL-13-2
1945 AL-7-8

Home Runs
1941 AL-24-7
1943 AL-18-4
1945 AL-15-5
1946 AL-16-10
1947 AL-27-3
1948 NL-20-9

RBI
1941 AL-123-2
1946 AL-84-9
1947 AL-85-10

Bases on Balls
1946 AL-73-8
1947 AL-88-7

Strikeouts
1939 AL-64-5
1941 AL-69-7
1942 AL-66-5
1946 AL-73-5
1947 AL-87-2

Stolen Bases
1941 AL-18-3

Singles
1941 AL-123-7

Adjusted OPS+
1938 AL-145-3
1941 AL-162-3
1943 AL-154-2
1946 AL-134-8
1947 AL-133-5
Car-139-77

Runs Created
1938 AL-116-10
1941 AL-132-3
1947 AL-87-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1941 AL-48-3
1943 AL-29-5
1945 AL-32-3
1946 AL-24-10
1947 AL-22-9
1948 NL-33-6

Batting Wins
1941 AL-4.6-3
1943 AL-3.1-5
1945 AL-3.3-3
1946 AL-2.4-10
1947 AL-2.3-9
1948 NL-3.3-6

Extra-Base Hits
1938 AL-70-5
1941 AL-76-2
1942 AL-60-3
1943 AL-46-9
1946 AL-55-8
1947 AL-54-5

Times on Base
1941 AL-253-9

Offensive Win%
1938 AL-.732-3
1941 AL-.752-4
1943 AL-.712-5
1946 AL-.668-9
1947 AL-.663-5

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-4-7

Caught Stealing
1941 AL-12-1
1942 AL-9-10
1943 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1941 AL-20.6-1
1942 AL-9.5-6
1943 AL-7.8-8

At Bats per Home Run
1941 AL-24.4-7
1943 AL-23.6-4
1946 AL-30.1-8
1947 AL-18.2-2

Youngest Player
1936 AL-21-7

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 81 (286) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.0 (592) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 14, 1945: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for George Case.
June 15, 1946: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia.
December 4, 1947: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Browns.
October 13, 1949: Released by the Boston Braves.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1941 (RF) 1943 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1938-AL-11-0.07 1939-AL-22-0.02 1941-AL-8-0.11 1945-AL-20-0.03 1947-AL-31-0.00 Car-666-0.23 shares	Batting Average 1938 AL-.343-2 1941 AL-.340-4	On-base % 1943 AL-.369-7 1946 AL-.374-7	Slugging % 1938 AL-.602-3 1941 AL-.586-3 1942 AL-.442-9 1943 AL-.481-4 1946 AL-.473-8 1947 AL-.485-5 Car-.509-75	OPS 1938 AL-.985-4 1941 AL-.982-4 1943 AL-.850-3 1946 AL-.847-8 1947 AL-.850-4 Car-.879-93
Games 1941 AL-151-9	At Bats 1941 AL-585-8	Hits 1941 AL-199-2	Total Bases 1938 AL-302-5 1941 AL-343-2 1942 AL-251-9 1947 AL-238-8	Doubles 1942 AL-37-3 1946 AL-32-7	Triples 1938 AL-18-1 1941 AL-20-1 1942 AL-13-2 1945 AL-7-8
Home Runs 1941 AL-24-7 1943 AL-18-4 1945 AL-15-5 1946 AL-16-10 1947 AL-27-3 1948 NL-20-9	RBI 1941 AL-123-2 1946 AL-84-9 1947 AL-85-10	Bases on Balls 1946 AL-73-8 1947 AL-88-7	Strikeouts 1939 AL-64-5 1941 AL-69-7 1942 AL-66-5 1946 AL-73-5 1947 AL-87-2	Stolen Bases 1941 AL-18-3	Singles 1941 AL-123-7
Adjusted OPS+ 1938 AL-145-3 1941 AL-162-3 1943 AL-154-2 1946 AL-134-8 1947 AL-133-5 Car-139-77	Runs Created 1938 AL-116-10 1941 AL-132-3 1947 AL-87-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1941 AL-48-3 1943 AL-29-5 1945 AL-32-3 1946 AL-24-10 1947 AL-22-9 1948 NL-33-6	Batting Wins 1941 AL-4.6-3 1943 AL-3.1-5 1945 AL-3.3-3 1946 AL-2.4-10 1947 AL-2.3-9 1948 NL-3.3-6	Extra-Base Hits 1938 AL-70-5 1941 AL-76-2 1942 AL-60-3 1943 AL-46-9 1946 AL-55-8 1947 AL-54-5	Times on Base 1941 AL-253-9
Offensive Win% 1938 AL-.732-3 1941 AL-.752-4 1943 AL-.712-5 1946 AL-.668-9 1947 AL-.663-5	Hit By Pitch 1941 AL-4-7	Caught Stealing 1941 AL-12-1 1942 AL-9-10 1943 AL-8-9	Power/Speed Number 1941 AL-20.6-1 1942 AL-9.5-6 1943 AL-7.8-8	At Bats per Home Run 1941 AL-24.4-7 1943 AL-23.6-4 1946 AL-30.1-8 1947 AL-18.2-2	Youngest Player 1936 AL-21-7