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Don Heffner
Donald Henry Heffner (Jeep)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 17, 1934
Final Game April 29, 1944
Born February 8, 1911 in Rouzerville, PA
Died August 1, 1989 in Pasadena, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 23 NYY AL  72  241   29   63   8  3   0   25   1  1  25  18  .261  .331  .320   73   77   4           0    
 1935 24 NYY AL  10   36    3   11   3  1   0    8   0  0   4   1  .306  .375  .444  116   16   0           0    
 1936 25 NYY AL  19   48    7   11   2  1   0    6   0  0   6   5  .229  .315  .313   57   15   1           0    
 1937 26 NYY AL  60  201   23   50   6  5   0   21   1  4  19  19  .249  .314  .328   61   66   1           0    
 1938 27 SLB AL 141  473   47  116  23  3   2   69   1  1  65  53  .245  .341  .319   66  151  12           4    
 1939 28 SLB AL 110  375   45  100  10  2   1   35   1  7  48  39  .267  .350  .312   69  117  11           0  11
 1940 29 SLB AL 126  487   52  115  23  2   3   53   5  5  39  37  .236  .295  .310   56  151   2           2   9
 1941 30 SLB AL 110  399   48   93  14  2   0   17   5  6  38  27  .233  .303  .278   53  111   7           2   3
 1942 31 SLB AL  19   36    2    6   2  0   0    3   1  0   1   4  .167  .189  .222   15    8   0           0   2
 1943 32 TOT AL  70  211   19   41   7  0   0   10   3  2  20  14  .194  .267  .227   46   48   3           1   5
         SLB AL  18   33    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   2  .121  .171  .152   -6    5   2           0   1
         PHA AL  52  178   17   37   6  0   0    8   3  2  18  12  .208  .284  .242   55   43   1           1   4
 1944 33 DET AL   6   19    0    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   5   1  .211  .375  .263   80    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     743 2526  275  610  99 19   6  248  18 26 270 218  .241  .317  .303   61  765  41   0   0   9  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   60  133  22  4   1   54   4  6  59  48  .241  .317  .303   61  167   9   0   0   2   7
 Career High    141  487   52  116  23  5   3   69   5  7  65  53  .267  .350  .320   73  151  12   0   0   4  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 23 NYY AL  270  183   25   3.6   106| .261  .279| .331  .352| .320  .402| .651  .754|  73  .357  -8.8  -0.8  50%
 1935 24 NYY AL   40   25    6   6.4   107| .306  .281| .375  .353| .444  .406| .819  .759| 116  .610   0.9   0.1   0%
 1936 25 NYY AL   55   38    5   3.5   119| .229  .295| .315  .370| .313  .433| .628  .803|  57  .301  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1937 26 NYY AL  221  156   20   3.4   118| .249  .291| .314  .367| .328  .434| .642  .800|  61  .310 -12.8  -1.2  20%
 1938 27 SLB AL  554  370   51   3.6   118| .245  .290| .341  .369| .319  .432| .660  .801|  66  .335 -23.4  -2.1  50%
 1939 28 SLB AL  434  304   39   3.4   116| .267  .289| .350  .364| .312  .427| .662  .791|  69  .325 -16.7  -1.6  12%
 1940 29 SLB AL  530  388   44   3.0   113| .236  .282| .295  .355| .310  .427| .605  .782|  56  .286 -32.5  -3.1  50%
 1941 30 SLB AL  446  322   33   2.7   109| .233  .279| .303  .356| .278  .411| .581  .768|  53  .269 -27.6  -2.7  45%
 1942 31 SLB AL   37   32    2   1.7    95| .167  .267| .189  .341| .222  .373| .411  .715|  15  .162  -4.2  -0.4 100%
 1943 32 TOT AL  235  180   13   2.0    87| .194  .256| .267  .330| .227  .353| .494  .682|  46  .231 -14.3  -1.6  60%
         SLB AL   37   32    1   0.8    89| .121  .258| .171  .333| .152  .356| .323  .689|  -6  .061  -4.5  -0.5   0%
         PHA AL  198  148   12   2.2    86| .208  .255| .284  .329| .242  .352| .526  .681|  55  .271  -9.8  -1.1  60%
 1944 33 DET AL   24   15    2   3.6    96| .211  .275| .375  .343| .263  .375| .638  .718|  80  .449  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2846 2013  240   3.2   111| .241  .282| .317  .358| .303  .416| .620  .774|  61  .308 -142.9 -13.7  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 23 NYY AL 2B 68 158 179 10 46 .971 .969 4.96 5.67 1935 24 NYY AL 2B 10 20 29 1 5 .980 .968 4.90 5.61 1936 25 NYY AL 3B 8 11 22 1 2 .971 .946 4.12 3.02 2B 5 3 10 0 2 1.000 .970 2.60 5.58 SS 3 5 6 1 3 .917 .948 3.67 5.23 1937 26 NYY AL 2B 38 107 94 4 28 .980 .972 5.29 5.28 SS 13 16 32 2 2 .960 .954 3.69 5.06 3B 3 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 3.07 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.60 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1938 27 SLB AL 2B 141 365 363 22 103 .971 .967 5.16 5.32 1939 28 SLB AL SS 73 138 218 21 33 .944 .950 4.88 4.68 2B 32 84 97 8 21 .958 .965 5.66 5.14 1940 29 SLB AL 2B 125 311 426 17 102 .977 .969 5.90 5.22 1941 30 SLB AL 2B 105 224 307 14 52 .974 .967 5.06 5.18 1942 31 SLB AL 2B 6 13 16 3 1 .906 .970 4.83 5.38 1B 4 21 3 0 4 1.000 .988 6.00 9.85 1943 32 TOT AL 2B 60 119 144 6 31 .978 .969 4.38 5.44 TOT AL 1B 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 9.80 SLB AL 2B 13 21 17 1 4 .974 .969 2.92 5.44 1B 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 9.80 PHA AL 2B 47 98 127 5 27 .978 .969 4.79 5.44 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.80 1944 33 DET AL 2B 5 12 13 1 4 .962 .965 5.00 5.36
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 26 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.60 1942 31 SLB AL 1B 4 21 3 0 4 1.000 .988 6.00 9.85 1943 32 TOT AL 1B 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 9.80 SLB AL 1B 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 9.80 PHA AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.80 1934 23 NYY AL 2B 68 158 179 10 46 .971 .969 4.96 5.67 1935 24 NYY AL 2B 10 20 29 1 5 .980 .968 4.90 5.61 1936 25 NYY AL 2B 5 3 10 0 2 1.000 .970 2.60 5.58 1937 26 NYY AL 2B 38 107 94 4 28 .980 .972 5.29 5.28 1938 27 SLB AL 2B 141 365 363 22 103 .971 .967 5.16 5.32 1939 28 SLB AL 2B 32 84 97 8 21 .958 .965 5.66 5.14 1940 29 SLB AL 2B 125 311 426 17 102 .977 .969 5.90 5.22 1941 30 SLB AL 2B 105 224 307 14 52 .974 .967 5.06 5.18 1942 31 SLB AL 2B 6 13 16 3 1 .906 .970 4.83 5.38 1943 32 TOT AL 2B 60 119 144 6 31 .978 .969 4.38 5.44 SLB AL 2B 13 21 17 1 4 .974 .969 2.92 5.44 PHA AL 2B 47 98 127 5 27 .978 .969 4.79 5.44 1944 33 DET AL 2B 5 12 13 1 4 .962 .965 5.00 5.36 1936 25 NYY AL 3B 8 11 22 1 2 .971 .946 4.12 3.02 1937 26 NYY AL 3B 3 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 3.07 1937 26 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1936 25 NYY AL SS 3 5 6 1 3 .917 .948 3.67 5.23 1937 26 NYY AL SS 13 16 32 2 2 .960 .954 3.69 5.06 1939 28 SLB AL SS 73 138 218 21 33 .944 .950 4.88 4.68
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 595 1416 1678 86 395 .973 .968 5.20 5.32 SS 89 159 256 24 38 .945 .951 4.66 4.75 3B 11 14 28 1 2 .977 .946 3.82 3.04 1B 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 .988 4.71 9.80 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 703 1618 1966 111 439 .970 .966 5.10 5.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Hit By Pitch
1938 AL-4-7

Sac. Hits
1938 AL-12-6

Caught Stealing
1939 AL-7-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


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Transactions 

February 15, 1938: Traded by the New York Yankees with $10,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Knickerbocker.

June 14, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the St. Louis Browns.

October 11, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Bob Swift to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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