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Hank Majeski
Henry Majeski (Heeney)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 17, 1939
Final Game July 26, 1955
Born December 13, 1916 in Staten Island, NY
Died August 9, 1991 in Staten Island, NY

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        Heeney (pronounced HAY-nee) was a star 2nd baseman for the Eau Claire Bears, when they played at Chappell Field. Went 7-for-7 on August 3, 1936 (3 singles, 2 doubles, triple, homer.) Inducted into Eau Claire Baseball Hall of Fame on August 2, 1953.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 BSN NL 106  367   35  100  16  1   7   54   2     18  30  .272  .310  .379   90  139   7           2  10
 1940 23 BSN NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 24 BSN NL  19   55    5    8   5  0   0    3   0      1  13  .145  .161  .236   13   13   0           0   0
 1946 29 TOT AL  86  276   26   67  14  4   1   25   3  2  26  16  .243  .310  .333   80   92   2           1   7
         NYY AL   8   12    1    1   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   3  .083  .083  .250  -10    3   0           0   0
         PHA AL  78  264   25   66  14  3   1   25   3  2  26  13  .250  .320  .337   84   89   2           1   7
 1947 30 PHA AL 141  479   54  134  26  5   8   72   1  0  53  31  .280  .358  .405  110  194   8           5  18
 1948 31 PHA AL 148  590   88  183  41  4  12  120   2  1  48  43  .310  .368  .454  118  268   2           6  19 MVP-11
 1949 32 PHA AL 114  448   62  124  26  5   9   67   0  1  29  23  .277  .326  .417   99  187   6           4  18
 1950 33 CHW AL 122  414   47  128  18  2   6   46   1  4  42  34  .309  .377  .406  103  168   8           3  15
 1951 34 TOT AL 101  358   45  101  23  4   5   48   1  2  36  24  .282  .351  .411  104  147   4           2  10
         CHW AL  12   35    4    9   4  0   0    6   0  0   1   0  .257  .278  .371   76   13   0           0   1
         PHA AL  89  323   41   92  19  4   5   42   1  2  35  24  .285  .358  .415  107  134   4           2   9
 1952 35 TOT AL  70  171   21   46   4  2   2   29   0  1  26  17  .269  .369  .351   99   60   3           1  11
         PHA AL  34  117   14   30   2  2   2   20   0  1  19  10  .256  .365  .359   97   42   2           1   7
         CLE AL  36   54    7   16   2  0   0    9   0  0   7   7  .296  .377  .333  104   18   1           0   4
 1953 36 CLE AL  50   50    6   15   1  0   2   12   0  0   3   8  .300  .352  .440  114   22   1           1   1
 1954 37 CLE AL  57  121   10   34   4  0   3   17   0  0   7  14  .281  .320  .388   92   47   1   0       0   5
 1955 38 TOT AL  52   89    5   16   3  0   2    8   0  0  10   7  .180  .275  .281   51   25   0   1   1   2   3
         CLE AL  36   48    3    9   2  0   2    6   0  0   8   3  .188  .322  .354   79   17   0   1   0   2   2
         BAL AL  16   41    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .171  .209  .195   13    8   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1069 3421  404  956 181 27  57  501  10 11 299 260  .279  .342  .398  100 1362  42   1   1  27 117
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   61  145  27  4   9   76   2  2  45  39  .279  .342  .398  100  206   6   0   0   4  18
 Career High    148  590   88  183  41  5  12  120   3  4  53  43  .310  .377  .454  118  268   8   1   1   6  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 BSN NL  394  284   43   4.0    97| .272  .271| .310  .336| .379  .388| .689  .724|  90  .445  -5.7  -0.6     
 1940 23 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .000  .330| .000  .382| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1941 24 BSN NL   56   47    2   1.1    90| .145  .260| .161  .329| .236  .366| .397  .696|  13  .086  -6.2  -0.7     
 1946 29 TOT AL  305  220   28   3.4    95| .243  .263| .310  .337| .333  .378| .643  .714|  80  .409  -7.4  -0.8  60%
         NYY AL   12   11    0   0.0    97| .083  .265| .083  .339| .250  .381| .333  .720| -10  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         PHA AL  293  209   28   3.6    95| .250  .262| .320  .337| .337  .378| .657  .714|  84  .432  -5.4  -0.6  60%
 1947 30 PHA AL  545  371   68   4.9    98| .280  .265| .358  .345| .405  .381| .763  .726| 110  .572   6.8   0.7 100%
 1948 31 PHA AL  646  429   97   6.0   105| .310  .273| .368  .358| .454  .394| .822  .752| 118  .620  14.0   1.4  66%
 1949 32 PHA AL  487  349   60   4.6   104| .277  .267| .326  .358| .417  .388| .743  .746|  99  .499  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1950 33 CHW AL  467  313   61   5.2   111| .309  .275| .377  .361| .406  .412| .783  .773| 103  .519   2.5   0.2  20%
 1951 34 TOT AL  400  273   51   5.0   103| .282  .269| .351  .351| .411  .395| .762  .746| 104  .549   1.9   0.2  33%
         CHW AL   36   27    4   4.0   100| .257  .265| .278  .346| .371  .389| .649  .735|  76  .443  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         PHA AL  364  246   47   5.1   104| .285  .270| .358  .351| .415  .396| .773  .747| 107  .559   3.1   0.3  33%
 1952 35 TOT AL  201  140   22   4.2    98| .269  .263| .369  .343| .351  .383| .720  .726|  99  .510   0.5   0.1   0%
         PHA AL  139   97   15   4.2   101| .256  .267| .365  .348| .359  .390| .724  .738|  97  .502  -0.1   0.0   0%
         CLE AL   62   43    7   4.4    91| .296  .253| .377  .332| .333  .369| .710  .701| 104  .526   0.7   0.1   0%
 1953 36 CLE AL   55   37    7   5.1   101| .300  .267| .352  .343| .440  .393| .792  .736| 114  .559   0.8   0.1   0%
 1954 37 CLE AL  129   93   15   4.3   100| .281  .268| .320  .344| .388  .391| .708  .735|  92  .507  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1955 38 TOT AL  102   77    8   2.8   102| .180  .265| .275  .345| .281  .395| .556  .739|  51  .286  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         CLE AL   59   42    6   3.8   106| .188  .271| .322  .351| .354  .404| .676  .755|  79  .418  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         BAL AL   43   35    2   1.5    96| .171  .258| .209  .336| .195  .384| .404  .720|  13  .119  -5.0  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3790 2636  462   4.7   102| .279  .269| .342  .350| .398  .391| .740  .740| 100  .519  -5.3  -0.7     

* 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 ------+
1939 22 BSN NL 3B 99 111 196 18 19 .945 .942 3.10 2.79 1941 24 BSN NL 3B 11 15 26 4 2 .911 .949 3.73 3.16 1946 29 TOT AL 3B 74 79 161 9 22 .964 .948 3.24 2.89 NYY AL 3B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 2.90 PHA AL 3B 72 78 159 8 22 .967 .948 3.29 2.89 1947 30 PHA AL 3B 134 160 263 5 28 .988 .959 3.16 2.91 SS 4 10 20 0 4 1.000 .965 7.50 4.92 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1948 31 PHA AL 3B 142 163 268 11 19 .975 .958 3.04 2.93 SS 8 13 24 1 4 .974 .964 4.62 4.85 1949 32 PHA AL 3B 113 117 219 15 37 .957 .960 2.97 2.95 1950 33 CHW AL 3B 112 115 246 11 31 .970 .960 3.22 3.04 1951 34 TOT AL 3B 97 86 232 9 19 .972 .950 3.28 2.87 CHW AL 3B 9 4 15 1 2 .950 .950 2.11 2.87 PHA AL 3B 88 82 217 8 17 .974 .950 3.40 2.87 1952 35 TOT AL 3B 45 42 99 5 12 .966 .953 3.13 2.98 PHA AL 3B 34 33 87 3 9 .976 .953 3.53 2.98 CLE AL 3B 11 9 12 2 3 .913 .955 1.91 2.98 2B 3 6 6 0 4 1.000 .976 4.00 5.13 1953 36 CLE AL 2B 10 8 8 0 2 1.000 .982 1.60 5.13 3B 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 2.93 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1954 37 CLE AL 2B 25 54 44 1 10 .990 .976 3.92 4.84 3B 10 13 20 2 1 .943 .959 3.30 3.07 1955 38 TOT AL 3B 17 9 17 0 2 1.000 .952 1.53 2.73 TOT AL 2B 9 13 12 0 2 1.000 .977 2.78 4.88 CLE AL 3B 9 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.11 2.73 2B 4 7 8 0 1 1.000 .974 3.75 4.88 BAL AL 3B 8 5 11 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.73 2B 5 6 4 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 4.88
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 30 PHA AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1952 35 CLE AL 2B 3 6 6 0 4 1.000 .976 4.00 5.13 1953 36 CLE AL 2B 10 8 8 0 2 1.000 .982 1.60 5.13 1954 37 CLE AL 2B 25 54 44 1 10 .990 .976 3.92 4.84 1955 38 TOT AL 2B 9 13 12 0 2 1.000 .977 2.78 4.88 CLE AL 2B 4 7 8 0 1 1.000 .974 3.75 4.88 BAL AL 2B 5 6 4 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 4.88 1939 22 BSN NL 3B 99 111 196 18 19 .945 .942 3.10 2.79 1941 24 BSN NL 3B 11 15 26 4 2 .911 .949 3.73 3.16 1946 29 TOT AL 3B 74 79 161 9 22 .964 .948 3.24 2.89 NYY AL 3B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 2.90 PHA AL 3B 72 78 159 8 22 .967 .948 3.29 2.89 1947 30 PHA AL 3B 134 160 263 5 28 .988 .959 3.16 2.91 1948 31 PHA AL 3B 142 163 268 11 19 .975 .958 3.04 2.93 1949 32 PHA AL 3B 113 117 219 15 37 .957 .960 2.97 2.95 1950 33 CHW AL 3B 112 115 246 11 31 .970 .960 3.22 3.04 1951 34 TOT AL 3B 97 86 232 9 19 .972 .950 3.28 2.87 CHW AL 3B 9 4 15 1 2 .950 .950 2.11 2.87 PHA AL 3B 88 82 217 8 17 .974 .950 3.40 2.87 1952 35 TOT AL 3B 45 42 99 5 12 .966 .953 3.13 2.98 PHA AL 3B 34 33 87 3 9 .976 .953 3.53 2.98 CLE AL 3B 11 9 12 2 3 .913 .955 1.91 2.98 1953 36 CLE AL 3B 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 2.93 1954 37 CLE AL 3B 10 13 20 2 1 .943 .959 3.30 3.07 1955 38 TOT AL 3B 17 9 17 0 2 1.000 .952 1.53 2.73 CLE AL 3B 9 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.11 2.73 BAL AL 3B 8 5 11 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.73 1953 36 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1947 30 PHA AL SS 4 10 20 0 4 1.000 .965 7.50 4.92 1948 31 PHA AL SS 8 13 24 1 4 .974 .964 4.62 4.85
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 861 911 1750 89 192 .968 .955 3.09 2.92 2B 48 81 70 1 18 .993 .977 3.15 4.93 SS 12 23 44 1 8 .985 .964 5.58 4.88 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 922 1015 1864 91 218 .969 .956 3.12 3.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   4   6   1   1  0  0  1   3   0   1  .167  .167  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-AL-11-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

Batting Average
1948 AL-.310-10

At Bats
1948 AL-590-7

Hits
1948 AL-183-7

Total Bases
1948 AL-268-8

Doubles
1948 AL-41-3

RBI
1948 AL-120-5

Singles
1948 AL-126-7

Extra-Base Hits
1948 AL-57-7

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-5-4
1948 AL-6-4
1949 AL-4-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1947 AL-18-5
1948 AL-19-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1949 AL-19.5-8

Outs
1948 AL-429-9

Oldest Player
1955 AL-38-7

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1187) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.3 (1164) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1150) (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.


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Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Obtained by the Chicago Cubs from the Eau Claire (Northern) as part of a minor league working agreement.

Before 1939 Season: Purchased by the Boston Bees from the Chicago Cubs.

May 25, 1941: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Braves.

June 14, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Ed Klieman.

June 4, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Kermit Wahl.

June 10, 1952: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 27, 1955: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Bobby Young.

August 1, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


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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