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Jeff Heath
John Geoffrey Heath
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 1, 1915 in Fort William, ON, CAN
High School: Garfield (Seattle, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1936
Final Game: September 8, 1949
Died: December 9, 1975 in Seattle, WA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1936 21 CLE AL 12 44 41 6 14 3 3 1 8 1 0 3 4 .341 .386 .634 1.021 145 26 0 0 O
1937 22 CLE AL 20 61 61 8 14 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 9 .230 .230 .377 .607 51 23 0 0 O
1938 23 CLE AL 126 538 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 1 33 55 .343 .383 .602 .985 145 302 0 3 *O MVP-11
1939 24 CLE AL 121 472 431 64 126 31 7 14 69 8 4 41 64 .292 .354 .494 .848 117 213 7 0 0 *O MVP-22
1940 25 CLE AL 100 396 356 55 78 16 3 14 50 5 3 40 62 .219 .298 .399 .697 81 142 2 0 0 O
1941 26 CLE AL 151 643 585 89 199 32 20 24 123 18 12 50 69 .340 .396 .586 .982 162 343 5 4 4 *O AS,MVP-8
1942 27 CLE AL 147 634 568 82 158 37 13 10 76 9 9 62 66 .278 .350 .442 .792 128 251 10 1 3 *O
1943 28 CLE AL 118 488 424 58 116 22 6 18 79 5 8 63 58 .274 .369 .481 .850 154 204 4 1 0 *O AS
1944 29 CLE AL 60 170 151 20 50 5 2 5 33 0 1 18 12 .331 .402 .490 .892 158 74 2 0 1 O
1945 30 CLE AL 102 429 370 60 113 16 7 15 61 3 1 56 39 .305 .398 .508 .906 167 188 6 1 2 O MVP-20
1946 31 TOT AL 134 558 482 69 134 32 7 16 84 0 6 73 73 .278 .374 .473 .847 134 228 3 1 2 *O
1946 31 WSH AL 48 203 166 23 47 12 3 4 27 0 4 36 36 .283 .411 .464 .875 150 77 1 0 1 O
1946 31 SLB AL 86 355 316 46 87 20 4 12 57 0 2 37 37 .275 .353 .478 .831 126 151 2 1 1 O
1947 32 SLB AL 141 582 491 81 123 20 7 27 85 2 1 88 87 .251 .366 .485 .850 133 238 14 1 2 *O MVP-31
1948 33 BSN NL 115 419 364 64 116 26 5 20 76 2 51 46 .319 .404 .582 .986 165 212 4 1 3 *O
1949 34 BSN NL 36 126 111 17 34 7 0 9 23 0 15 26 .306 .389 .613 1.002 170 68 2 0 0 O
14 Seasons 1383 5560 4937 777 1447 279 102 194 887 56 47 593 670 .293 .370 .509 .879 139 2512 59 10 20
162 Game Avg. 162 651 578 91 169 33 12 23 104 7 69 78 .293 .370 .509 .879 139 294 1 2
CLE (10 yrs) 957 3875 3489 546 1040 194 83 122 619 52 40 366 438 .298 .366 .506 .872 137 1766 36 7 13
BSN (2 yrs) 151 545 475 81 150 33 5 29 99 2 66 72 .316 .400 .589 .990 166 280 6 1 3
SLB (2 yrs) 227 937 807 127 210 40 11 39 142 2 3 125 124 .260 .361 .482 .843 130 389 16 2 3
WSH (1 yr) 48 203 166 23 47 12 3 4 27 0 4 36 36 .283 .411 .464 .875 150 77 1 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1232 5015 4462 696 1297 246 97 165 788 54 47 527 598 .291 .367 .500 .867 136 2232 53 9 17
NL (2 yrs) 151 545 475 81 150 33 5 29 99 2 66 72 .316 .400 .589 .990 166 280 6 1 3

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1936 CLE AL 21 OF 12 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.92 .964 2.29 10-2-0
1937 CLE AL 22 OF 14 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 .967 2.28 2-0-12
1938 CLE AL 23 OF 122 266 254 5 7 2 .974 2.12 .972 2.28 113-0-9 MVP-11
1939 CLE AL 24 OF 108 280 263 7 10 2 .964 2.50 .969 2.35 108-0-0 MVP-22
1940 CLE AL 25 OF 90 209 197 6 6 1 .971 2.26 .970 2.32 90-0-0
1941 CLE AL 26 OF 151 294 259 20 15 1 .949 1.85 .974 2.33 25-0-126 AS,MVP-8
1942 CLE AL 27 OF 146 345 326 12 7 3 .980 2.32 .976 2.31 145-0-2
1943 CLE AL 28 OF 111 277 264 4 9 1 .968 2.41 .977 2.39 107-3-4 AS
1944 CLE AL 29 OF 37 84 76 4 4 2 .952 2.16 .975 2.35 31-5-1
1945 CLE AL 30 OF 101 223 214 3 6 1 .973 2.15 .978 2.27 101-0-0 MVP-20
1946 TOT AL 31 OF 130 256 239 8 9 1 .965 1.90 .977 2.24 130-0-0
1946 WSH AL 31 OF 47 98 92 3 3 0 .969 2.02 .978 2.24 47-0-0
1946 SLB AL 31 OF 83 158 147 5 6 1 .962 1.83 .977 2.24 83-0-0
1947 SLB AL 32 OF 140 308 297 7 4 4 .987 2.17 .979 2.35 140-0-0 MVP-31
1948 BSN NL 33 OF 106 231 223 6 2 2 .991 2.16 .977 2.20 99-7-0
1949 BSN NL 34 OF 31 59 56 2 1 1 .983 1.87 .976 2.25 26-0-5
14 Seasons OF 1299 2870 2705 85 80 21 .972 2.15 .975 2.30 1127-17-159
14 Seasons TOT 1299 2870 2705 85 80 21 .972 2.15 .947 2.30 1127-17-159

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 (680th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1938 AL  .343 (2nd)
1941 AL  .340 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 AL  .369 (7th)
1946 AL  .374 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1938 AL  .602 (3rd)
1941 AL  .586 (3rd)
1942 AL  .442 (9th)
1943 AL  .481 (4th)
1946 AL  .473 (8th)
1947 AL  .485 (5th)
Career  .509 (80th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1938 AL  .985 (4th)
1941 AL  .982 (4th)
1943 AL  .850 (3rd)
1946 AL  .847 (8th)
1947 AL  .850 (4th)
Career  .879 (99th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 AL  151 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 AL  585 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  199 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 AL  302 (5th)
1941 AL  343 (2nd)
1942 AL  251 (9th)
1947 AL  238 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL  37 (3rd)
1946 AL  32 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL  18 (1st)
1941 AL  20 (1st)
1942 AL  13 (2nd)
1945 AL  7 (8th)
Career  102 (146th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  24 (7th)
1943 AL  18 (4th)
1945 AL  15 (5th)
1946 AL  16 (10th)
1947 AL  27 (3rd)
1948 NL  20 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  123 (2nd)
1946 AL  84 (9th)
1947 AL  85 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 AL  73 (8th)
1947 AL  88 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 AL  64 (5th)
1941 AL  69 (7th)
1942 AL  66 (5th)
1946 AL  73 (5th)
1947 AL  87 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  18 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL  123 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1938 AL  145 (3rd)
1941 AL  162 (3rd)
1943 AL  154 (2nd)
1946 AL  134 (8th)
1947 AL  133 (5th)
Career  139 (79th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1938 AL  116 (10th)
1941 AL  132 (3rd)
1947 AL  87 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  48 (3rd)
1943 AL  29 (5th)
1945 AL  32 (3rd)
1946 AL  24 (10th)
1947 AL  22 (9th)
1948 NL  33 (6th)
Career  255 (168th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1943 AL  3.1 (5th)
1945 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1946 AL  2.4 (10th)
1947 AL  2.3 (9th)
1948 NL  3.3 (6th)
Career  25.6 (163rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  70 (5th)
1941 AL  76 (2nd)
1942 AL  60 (3rd)
1943 AL  46 (9th)
1946 AL  55 (8th)
1947 AL  54 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 AL  253 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1938 AL  .732 (3rd)
1941 AL  .752 (4th)
1943 AL  .712 (5th)
1946 AL  .668 (9th)
1947 AL  .663 (5th)
Career  .685 (103rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  4 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1941 AL  12 (1st)
1942 AL  9 (10th)
1943 AL  8 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 AL  20.6 (1st)
1942 AL  9.5 (6th)
1943 AL  7.8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  24.4 (7th)
1943 AL  23.6 (4th)
1946 AL  30.1 (8th)
1947 AL  18.2 (2nd)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 81 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (391), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ken Williams (926)
  2. Wally Berger (924)
  3. Mike Sweeney (923)
  4. Jackie Jensen (914)
  5. Tommy Henrich (910)
  6. Raul Ibanez (910)
  7. Pedro Guerrero (909)
  8. Brian Jordan (907)
  9. Chick Hafey (904) *
  10. Sid Gordon (899)
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  1. Fred Lynn (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Meusel (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Leon Durham (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Berger (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Enos Slaughter (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Walker (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Nicholson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Oliva (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Oliva (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Sweeney (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jackie Jensen (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Paul O'Neill (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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