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Jeff Heath

John Geoffrey Heath

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 1, 1915 in Fort William, Ontario, CAN
High School: Garfield HS (Seattle, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1936
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Braves/Senators 1936-1949

Final Game: September 8, 1949
Died: December 9, 1975 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1936 CLE AL 21 OF 12 12 11 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.92 .968 2.38
1936 CLE AL 21 LF 10 10 9 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .963 2.12
1936 CLE AL 21 CF 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.80
1937 CLE AL 22 OF 14 12 10 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 .969 2.35
1937 CLE AL 22 RF 12 10 9 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 .964 2.04
1937 CLE AL 22 LF 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.15
1938 CLE AL 23 OF 122 120 117 266 254 5 7 2 .974 2.12 .972 2.35 MVP-11
1938 CLE AL 23 LF 113 113 110 249 237 5 7 2 .972 2.14 .972 2.17 MVP-11
1938 CLE AL 23 RF 9 7 7 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .972 2.06 MVP-11
1939 CLE AL 24 LF 108 105 99 280 263 7 10 2 .964 2.50 .966 2.38 MVP-22
1939 CLE AL 24 OF 108 105 99 280 263 7 10 2 .964 2.50 .969 2.44 MVP-22
1940 CLE AL 25 LF 90 88 86 209 197 6 6 1 .971 2.26 .963 2.33
1940 CLE AL 25 OF 90 88 86 209 197 6 6 1 .971 2.26 .970 2.40
1941 CLE AL 26 OF 151 150 149 294 259 20 15 1 .949 1.85 .973 2.41 AS,MVP-8
1941 CLE AL 26 RF 124 124 123 234 207 16 11 0 .953 1.80 .969 2.14 AS,MVP-8
1941 CLE AL 26 LF 27 26 26 60 52 4 4 1 .933 2.07 .975 2.31 AS,MVP-8
1942 CLE AL 27 OF 146 145 138 345 326 12 7 3 .980 2.32 .976 2.38
1942 CLE AL 27 LF 144 142 136 334 316 11 7 2 .979 2.27 .974 2.27
1942 CLE AL 27 RF 4 3 2 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.75 .969 2.08
1943 CLE AL 28 OF 111 109 103 277 264 4 9 1 .968 2.41 .977 2.47 AS
1943 CLE AL 28 LF 105 101 97 241 228 4 9 1 .963 2.21 .979 2.40 AS
1943 CLE AL 28 CF 5 4 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .978 2.80 AS
1943 CLE AL 28 RF 4 4 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .972 2.20 AS
1944 CLE AL 29 OF 37 35 31 84 76 4 4 2 .952 2.16 .974 2.47
1944 CLE AL 29 LF 31 30 26 72 65 4 3 2 .958 2.23 .972 2.35
1944 CLE AL 29 CF 5 5 5 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.20 .979 3.00
1944 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1945 CLE AL 30 LF 101 100 98 223 214 3 6 1 .973 2.15 .976 2.26 MVP-20
1945 CLE AL 30 OF 101 100 98 223 214 3 6 1 .973 2.15 .978 2.40 MVP-20
1946 TOT AL 31 LF 130 127 119 256 239 8 9 1 .965 1.90 .974 2.24
1946 TOT AL 31 OF 130 127 119 256 239 8 9 1 .965 1.90 .977 2.36
1946 WSH AL 31 LF 47 47 46 98 92 3 3 0 .969 2.02 .974 2.24
1946 WSH AL 31 OF 47 47 46 98 92 3 3 0 .969 2.02 .977 2.36
1946 SLB AL 31 LF 83 80 73 158 147 5 6 1 .962 1.83 .974 2.24
1946 SLB AL 31 OF 83 80 73 158 147 5 6 1 .962 1.83 .977 2.36
1947 SLB AL 32 LF 140 140 107 308 297 7 4 4 .987 2.17 .976 2.36 MVP-31
1947 SLB AL 32 OF 140 140 107 308 297 7 4 4 .987 2.17 .979 2.47 MVP-31
1948 BSN NL 33 OF 106 92 69 231 223 6 2 2 .991 2.16 .978 2.39
1948 BSN NL 33 LF 100 87 65 215 208 5 2 1 .991 2.13 .970 2.31
1948 BSN NL 33 RF 6 5 4 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.33 .976 2.00
1949 BSN NL 34 OF 31 27 16 59 56 2 1 1 .983 1.87 .977 2.48
1949 BSN NL 34 LF 26 23 13 53 51 1 1 0 .981 2.00 .974 2.41
1949 BSN NL 34 RF 5 4 3 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.40 .977 2.08
14 Seasons OF 1299 1262 1153 2870 2705 85 80 21 .972 2.15 .975 2.41
14 Seasons LF 1127 1094 992 2514 2380 66 68 18 .973 2.17 .972 2.30
8 Seasons RF 165 157 150 314 283 20 11 3 .965 1.84 .969 2.12
3 Seasons CF 12 11 11 21 20 0 1 0 .952 1.67 .978 2.88
14 Seasons TOT 1299 1262 1153 2870 2705 85 80 21 .972 2.15 .975 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1936 CLE AL 21 LF
1936 CLE AL 21 CF
1937 CLE AL 22 RF
1937 CLE AL 22 LF
1938 CLE AL 23 LF
1938 CLE AL 23 RF
1939 CLE AL 24 LF
1940 CLE AL 25 LF
1941 CLE AL 26 RF
1941 CLE AL 26 LF
1942 CLE AL 27 LF
1942 CLE AL 27 RF
1943 CLE AL 28 LF
1943 CLE AL 28 CF
1943 CLE AL 28 RF
1944 CLE AL 29 LF
1944 CLE AL 29 CF
1944 CLE AL 29 RF
1945 CLE AL 30 LF
1946 WSH AL 31 LF
1946 SLB AL 31 LF
1947 SLB AL 32 LF
1948 BSN NL 33 LF
1948 BSN NL 33 RF
1949 BSN NL 34 LF
1949 BSN NL 34 RF
14 Seasons LF
8 Seasons RF
3 Seasons CF
14 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1936 CLE AL 21 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 12 0 0 0
1937 CLE AL 22 20 12 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 14 0 6 0
1938 CLE AL 23 126 120 126 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 9 122 0 4 0
1939 CLE AL 24 121 105 121 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 108 0 14 0
1940 CLE AL 25 100 88 100 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 90 0 10 0
1941 CLE AL 26 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 124 151 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 27 147 145 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 4 146 0 2 0
1943 CLE AL 28 118 109 118 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 5 4 111 0 8 0
1944 CLE AL 29 60 35 60 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 5 1 37 0 23 0
1945 CLE AL 30 102 100 102 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 0 1 0
1946 SLB AL 31 86 80 86 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 83 0 3 0
1946 WSH AL 31 48 47 48 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 0 1 0
1947 SLB AL 32 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 140 0 1 0
1948 BSN NL 33 115 92 115 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 6 106 0 17 0
1949 BSN NL 34 36 27 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 5 31 0 8 0
14 Seasons 1383 1262 1383 1299 0 0 0 0 0 0 1127 12 165 1299 0 98 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 BSN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 26 20 1 15 4 1 5 2 1 5 2 0 6 6 0 57 34 59.6% 20 3 5.3% 2 2288 65% 84% 31% 257 60%
1949 BSN NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 0 5 0 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 31 19 61.3% 12 0 0.0% 1 872 62% 83% 32% 104 50%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 34 26 1 20 4 1 12 7 1 9 3 0 13 13 0 88 53 60.2% 32 3 3.4% 3 3160 64% 84% 31% 361 57%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 61% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 BSN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 139 57% 83% 35% 15 40%
1949 BSN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 106 77% 90% 29% 8 63%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 245 66% 86% 33% 23 48%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.9% 61% 82% 31% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1941 (RF)
1943 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (11, 7%)
1939 AL (22, 2%)
1941 AL (8, 11%)
1945 AL (20, 3%)
1947 AL (31, 0%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  113 (2nd)
1939 AL  108 (4th)
1942 AL  144 (5th)
1943 AL  105 (5th)
1945 AL  101 (3rd)
1946 AL  130 (3rd)
1947 AL  140 (2nd)
1948 NL  100 (5th)
Career  1,127 (43rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  237 (2nd)
1939 AL  263 (4th)
1942 AL  316 (4th)
1943 AL  228 (5th)
1945 AL  214 (4th)
1946 AL  239 (3rd)
1947 AL  297 (2nd)
1948 NL  208 (5th)
Career  2,380 (30th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  7 (5th)
1940 AL  6 (5th)
1942 AL  11 (3rd)
1946 AL  8 (2nd)
1947 AL  7 (3rd)
1948 NL  5 (4th)
Career  66 (57th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  7 (3rd)
1939 AL  10 (3rd)
1942 AL  7 (2nd)
1943 AL  9 (2nd)
1945 AL  6 (3rd)
1946 AL  9 (2nd)
Career  68 (26th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  124 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  16 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  11 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  151 (2nd)
1947 AL  140 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  20 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  15 (1st)
1946 AL  9 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  2.14 (4th)
1939 AL  2.50 (2nd)
1940 AL  2.26 (4th)
1942 AL  2.27 (4th)
1945 AL  2.15 (4th)
1947 AL  2.17 (4th)
1948 NL  2.13 (5th)
Career  2.17 (30th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  .964 (4th)
1940 AL  .971 (3rd)
1942 AL  .979 (4th)
1945 AL  .973 (5th)
1946 AL  .965 (5th)
1947 AL  .987 (1st)
1948 NL  .991 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  .991 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1936 AL  born 1915-04-01 (7th)

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