Harry Heilmann

Harry Edwin Heilmann (Slug)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 3, 1894 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1914
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds 1914-1932

Final Game: May 31, 1932
Died: July 9, 1951 in Southfield, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1952 (203/234 ballots).
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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1914	DET	AL	19	OF	31				46	35	5	6	1	.870		1.29	.956		2.00	2-29-0
1914	DET	AL	19	1B	16				181	165	12	4	11	.978		11.06	.985		10.57
1914	DET	AL	19	2B	6				24	9	14	1	1	.958		3.83	.953		4.93
1916	DET	AL	21	OF	77				126	110	10	6	0	.952		1.56	.963		2.12	5-6-66
1916	DET	AL	21	1B	30				345	325	17	3	16	.991		11.40	.988		10.99
1916	DET	AL	21	2B	9				31	7	20	4	0	.871		3.00	.964		5.06
1917	DET	AL	22	OF	123				226	200	17	9	4	.960		1.76	.967		2.22	0-28-95
1917	DET	AL	22	1B	27				293	266	23	4	9	.986		10.70	.989		11.07
1918	DET	AL	23	OF	40	40	40		69	60	6	3	1	.957		1.65	.962		2.26	0-0-40
1918	DET	AL	23	RF	40	40	40		69	60	6	3	1	.957		1.65	.955		1.98
1918	DET	AL	23	1B	37	37	34		390	367	18	5	12	.987		10.41	.986		11.14
1918	DET	AL	23	2B	2	1	1		4	0	4	0	0	1.000		2.00	.958		5.50
1919	DET	AL	24	1B	140	140	139		1511	1402	78	31	66	.979		10.57	.988		10.68
1920	DET	AL	25	1B	122	119	117		1306	1207	80	19	57	.985		10.55	.990		10.82
1920	DET	AL	25	OF	22	23	22		33	27	6	0	0	1.000		1.50	.962		2.25
1920	DET	AL	25	RF	22	22	21		33	27	6	0	0	1.000		1.50	.958		1.91
1920	DET	AL	25	CF	1	1	1		3	2	0	1	0	.667		2.00	.967		2.60
1921	DET	AL	26	OF	147	145	139		261	241	10	10	3	.962		1.71	.960		2.33
1921	DET	AL	26	RF	145	145	139		261	241	10	10	3	.962		1.73	.958		1.96
1921	DET	AL	26	1B	3	2	2		20	16	3	1	1	.950		6.33	.991		10.63
1922	DET	AL	27	RF	117	117	112		192	175	7	10	2	.948		1.56	.954		1.85		MVP-12
1922	DET	AL	27	OF	115	117	112		191	175	6	10	2	.948		1.57	.964		2.31		MVP-12
1922	DET	AL	27	1B	5	1	1		30	25	5	0	1	1.000		6.00	.991		10.80		MVP-12
1923	DET	AL	28	RF	133	133	128		301	277	12	12	2	.960		2.17	.960		2.12		MVP-3
1923	DET	AL	28	OF	130	133	128		297	272	13	12	2	.960		2.19	.965		2.38		MVP-3
1923	DET	AL	28	1B	12	9	9		110	101	8	1	5	.991		9.08	.990		10.59		MVP-3
1924	DET	AL	29	OF	147	145	141		303	263	31	9	6	.970		2.00	.970		2.39		MVP-9
1924	DET	AL	29	RF	147	145	141		303	263	31	9	6	.970		2.00	.968		2.02		MVP-9
1924	DET	AL	29	1B	4	4	4		59	54	4	1	4	.983		14.50	.989		10.50		MVP-9
1925	DET	AL	30	OF	148	147	144		296	278	9	9	1	.970		1.94	.965		2.43		MVP-4
1925	DET	AL	30	RF	148	147	144		296	278	9	9	1	.970		1.94	.966		2.08		MVP-4
1926	DET	AL	31	OF	134	133	129		253	228	18	7	4	.972		1.84	.966		2.34		MVP-5
1926	DET	AL	31	RF	134	133	129		253	228	18	7	4	.972		1.84	.964		2.00		MVP-5
1927	DET	AL	32	OF	135	135	131		237	218	11	8	5	.966		1.70	.964		2.35		MVP-2
1927	DET	AL	32	RF	135	135	131		237	218	11	8	5	.966		1.70	.955		1.97		MVP-2
1928	DET	AL	33	RF	126	125	121		239	216	16	7	2	.971		1.84	.973		1.98		MVP-15
1928	DET	AL	33	OF	125	125	121		239	215	17	7	2	.971		1.86	.973		2.36		MVP-15
1928	DET	AL	33	1B	25	24	23		253	234	17	2	20	.992		10.04	.990		10.42		MVP-15
1929	DET	AL	34	OF	114	111	103		208	193	8	7	3	.966		1.76	.966		2.42
1929	DET	AL	34	RF	114	111	103		207	192	8	7	3	.966		1.75	.963		1.97
1929	DET	AL	34	1B	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			10.20
1930	CIN	NL	35	OF	106	106	99		309	279	16	14	5	.955		2.78	.968		2.40
1930	CIN	NL	35	RF	106	106	99		309	279	16	14	5	.955		2.78	.966		2.41
1930	CIN	NL	35	1B	19	19	19		197	178	14	5	17	.975		10.11	.990		10.22
1932	CIN	NL	37	1B	6	5	5		53	49	3	1	2	.981		8.67	.990		10.18
	15 Seasons			OF	1594	1360	1309		3094	2794	183	117	39	.962		1.87	.966		2.34	7-64-1568
	12 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	1367	1359	1308		2700	2454	150	96	34	.964		1.90	.963		2.03
	14 Seasons			1B	448	360	353		4748	4389	282	77	221	.984		10.43	.989		10.75
	3 Seasons			2B	17	1	1		59	16	38	5	1	.915		3.18	.959		5.06
	1 Season (incomplete)			CF	1	1	1		3	2	0	1	0	.667		2.00	.967		2.60
	17 Seasons			TOT	2059	1721	1663		7901	7199	503	199	261	.975		3.74	.979		4.19	7-64-1568
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1914	DET	AL	19	68		68		0	0	16	6	0	0	2	29	0	31	0
1916	DET	AL	21	136		136		0	0	30	9	0	0	5	6	66	77	0
1917	DET	AL	22	150		150		0	0	27	0	0	0	0	28	95	123	0
1918	DET	AL	23	79		79		0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	40	40	0
1919	DET	AL	24	140	140	140	140	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	DET	AL	25	145	142	145	143	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	1	22	23	0	2	0
1921	DET	AL	26	149	147	149	147	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	145	145	0	2	0
1922	DET	AL	27	118	118	118	118	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	117	117	0	0	0
1923	DET	AL	28	144	142	144	142	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	133	133	0	2	0
1924	DET	AL	29	153	149	153	151	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	147	147	0	2	0
1925	DET	AL	30	150	147	150	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	148	148	0	2	0
1926	DET	AL	31	141	133	141	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	134	0	7	0
1927	DET	AL	32	141	135	141	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	135	0	6	0
1928	DET	AL	33	151	149	151	150	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	126	126	0	1	0
1929	DET	AL	34	125	111	125	115	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	114	114	0	10	0
1930	CIN	NL	35	142	125	142	125	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	106	106	0	17	0
1932	CIN	NL	37	15	5	15	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	17 Seasons			2147	1643	2147	1654	0	0	444	17	0	0	7	64	1528	1599	0	60	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 5.0%) 1938 BBWAA ( 5.3%) 1939 BBWAA ( 2.9%) 1942 BBWAA ( 1.7%) 1945 BBWAA ( 2.0%) 1946 Nominating Vote (11.4%) 1947 BBWAA (40.4%) 1948 BBWAA (33.1%) 1949 BBWAA (38.6%) 1949 Run Off (27.8%) 1950 BBWAA (51.8%) 1951 BBWAA (67.7%) 1952 BBWAA (86.8%) Selected to HOF in 1952 by BBWAA	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1922 AL (12, 12%) 1923 AL (3, 48%) 1924 AL (9, 14%) 1925 AL (4, 31%) 1926 AL (5, 25%) 1927 AL (2, 55%) 1928 AL (15, 6%) 1.91 Career Shares (101st)	Putouts† s c a p y 1919 AL 1,402 (2nd)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1919 AL 140 (1st)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1919 AL 1,402 (2nd)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1919 AL 78 (4th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1919 AL 31 (1st) 1920 AL 19 (1st)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 145 (2nd) 1922 AL 117 (5th) 1923 AL 133 (4th) 1924 AL 147 (1st) 1925 AL 148 (1st) 1926 AL 134 (2nd) 1927 AL 135 (4th) 1928 AL 126 (4th) 1929 AL 114 (3rd) Career 1,367 (30th)
Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 241 (3rd) 1922 AL 175 (5th) 1923 AL 277 (2nd) 1924 AL 263 (1st) 1925 AL 278 (1st) 1926 AL 228 (3rd) 1927 AL 218 (4th) 1928 AL 216 (5th) 1929 AL 192 (3rd) Career 2,454 (35th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 31 (1st) 1926 AL 18 (1st) 1927 AL 11 (5th) 1928 AL 16 (3rd) 1930 NL 16 (4th) Career 150 (12th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 10 (4th) 1922 AL 10 (4th) 1923 AL 12 (2nd) 1924 AL 9 (4th) 1925 AL 9 (2nd) 1926 AL 7 (4th) 1928 AL 7 (1st) 1930 NL 14 (2nd) Career 96 (12th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1924 AL 31 (1st) 1926 AL 18 (5th) 1930 NL 16 (4th) Career 183 (66th)
Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1923 AL 12 (4th) 1930 NL 14 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1919 AL 10.57 (4th) 1920 AL 10.55 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1923 AL 2.17 (4th) 1924 AL 2.00 (4th) 1925 AL 1.94 (3rd) 1928 AL 1.84 (5th) 1930 NL 2.78 (1st)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL .962 (4th) 1922 AL .948 (5th) 1923 AL .960 (5th) 1924 AL .970 (4th) 1925 AL .970 (4th) 1926 AL .972 (3rd) 1927 AL .966 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1930 NL 2.78 (4th)

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