Tommy Helms
Tommy Vann Helms
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 5, 1941 in Charlotte, NC
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1964
Final Game: October 1, 1977
Relatives: Uncle of Wes Helms
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 CIN NL 24 SS 8 7 70.0 37 15 21 1 5 .973 -0.6 -10.3 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1 0 4.63 4.50 .965 4.92 4.20
1965 CIN NL 24 3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.00 0.50 .900 2.70 2.45
1965 CIN NL 24 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.70
1966 CIN NL 25 3B 113 113 1001.1 331 110 208 13 16 .961 -3.0 -3.6 -3.0 0.2 -3.3 0 2.86 2.81 .954 3.04 2.66 RoY-1
1966 CIN NL 25 2B 20 20 168.1 95 45 50 0 9 1.000 -0.4 -2.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 5.08 4.75 .978 5.33 4.68 RoY-1
1967 CIN NL 26 2B 88 86 780.2 418 185 224 9 50 .978 -0.2 -0.3 -1.2 -4.7 3.5 1 4.72 4.65 .976 5.26 4.63 AS
1967 CIN NL 26 SS 46 44 394.2 214 79 123 12 25 .944 -1.9 -5.8 -1.9 -4.5 2.6 0 4.61 4.39 .964 4.99 4.31 AS
1968 CIN NL 27 2B 127 125 1124.1 707 322 370 15 82 .979 -0.4 -0.4 -1.4 4.5 -5.9 1 5.54 5.45 .977 5.21 4.74 AS,MVP-25
1968 CIN NL 27 SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.50 AS,MVP-25
1968 CIN NL 27 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.70 AS,MVP-25
1969 CIN NL 28 2B 125 125 1097.2 681 320 344 17 87 .975 -5.3 -5.8 -7.3 -3.4 -4.0 2 5.44 5.31 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 CIN NL 28 SS 4 0 7.0 8 5 3 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.29 2.00 .962 4.89 4.20
1970 CIN NL 29 2B 148 147 1241.1 773 350 410 13 107 .983 4.1 4.0 3.1 7.4 -4.3 1 5.51 5.14 .979 5.32 4.67 GG
1970 CIN NL 29 SS 12 0 21.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -129.4 -2.3 -0.9 -1.3 0 2.11 0.42 .960 5.06 4.23 GG
1971 CIN NL 30 2B 149 146 1294.1 872 395 468 9 130 .990 15.7 14.6 13.7 5.3 8.5 2 6.00 5.79 .978 5.47 4.86 GG
1972 HOU NL 31 2B 139 139 1243.1 811 353 441 17 115 .979 -4.4 -4.2 -5.4 2.9 -8.2 1 5.75 5.71 .978 5.36 4.88
1973 HOU NL 32 2B 145 145 1293.0 772 325 438 9 104 .988 -2.1 -1.9 -3.1 -5.8 2.6 1 5.31 5.26 .980 5.52 4.91
1974 HOU NL 33 2B 133 130 1050.2 678 308 360 10 99 .985 5.5 6.3 4.5 -0.9 5.4 1 5.72 5.02 .973 5.47 4.64
1975 HOU NL 34 2B 42 27 265.1 169 58 109 2 19 .988 4.9 22.2 4.9 3.1 1.8 0 5.66 3.98 .975 5.54 4.92
1975 HOU NL 34 3B 3 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.57
1975 HOU NL 34 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
1976 PIT NL 35 3B 22 10 106.2 38 8 27 3 4 .921 -3.2 -36.0 -3.2 -2.9 -0.3 0 2.95 1.59 .953 2.93 2.61
1976 PIT NL 35 2B 11 6 69.0 41 22 19 0 4 1.000 -0.5 -8.7 -0.5 -1.4 1.0 0 5.35 3.73 .973 5.48 4.93
1976 PIT NL 35 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1977 BOS AL 36 DH 13
1977 BOS AL 36 3B 2 2 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -66.7 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 0.50 0.50 1.000 2.95 2.70
1977 BOS AL 36 2B 1 1 9.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.00 7.00 .971 5.40 4.80
13 Seasons 2B 1129 1097 9640.0 6026 2688 3237 101 807 .983 17.0 2.1 7.0 7.2 -0.1 10 5.53 5.25 .977 5.36 4.76
6 Seasons 3B 143 126 1134.0 373 119 238 16 20 .957 -7.0 -7.4 -7.0 -2.7 -4.5 0 2.83 2.50 .954 3.03 2.65
7 Seasons SS 74 51 499.0 264 102 149 13 32 .951 -5.0 -12.0 -5.0 -6.3 1.3 0 4.53 3.39 .964 4.98 4.29
1 Season DH 13
14 Seasons TOT 1346 1274 11273.0 6663 2909 3624 130 859 .980 5.0 0.5 -5.0 -1.8 -3.3 10 5.22 4.85 .956 5.11 4.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CIN NL 23 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 CIN NL 24 21 7 21 21 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 11 2
1966 CIN NL 25 138 133 138 138 0 0 0 20 113 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 CIN NL 26 137 130 137 137 0 0 0 88 0 46 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 CIN NL 27 127 125 127 127 0 0 0 127 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 28 126 125 126 126 0 0 0 125 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 CIN NL 29 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 148 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 CIN NL 30 150 146 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 HOU NL 31 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 32 146 145 146 146 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 HOU NL 33 137 130 137 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1975 HOU NL 34 64 28 64 46 0 0 0 42 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1976 PIT NL 35 62 16 62 34 0 0 0 11 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 1
1977 BOS AL 36 21 16 21 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0
1977 PIT NL 36 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
14 Seasons 1435 1287 1435 1352 0 0 0 1129 143 74 0 0 0 0 13 116 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 CIN NL 24 11 82% 100% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 CIN NL 25 742 56% 75% 25% 69 97% 0 47 24 15 8 50 42 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 3 4 0 10 4 6 0 0 0
1967 CIN NL 26 3396 62% 74% 23% 280 94% 0 182 70 76 36 228 192 31 0 2 9 1 6 2 6 51 18 9 14 3 47 19 28 3 1 2
1968 CIN NL 27 4919 64% 77% 27% 469 93% 2 314 119 150 46 374 322 41 1 4 15 3 12 0 9 81 30 19 17 10 77 27 49 4 3 1
1969 CIN NL 28 4950 64% 77% 26% 420 90% 1 320 100 170 51 346 297 36 1 2 17 2 15 0 13 88 29 26 19 6 82 26 56 5 4 1
1970 CIN NL 29 5362 61% 77% 28% 471 94% 0 344 99 190 56 410 345 53 1 7 13 1 11 1 10 108 35 22 29 4 97 36 59 7 4 3
1971 CIN NL 30 5389 63% 79% 28% 514 96% 2 384 127 175 82 455 391 45 2 7 9 0 8 1 4 128 41 20 30 9 112 40 65 12 8 3
1972 HOU NL 31 5420 60% 76% 26% 515 92% 3 340 105 175 61 440 373 55 2 6 17 1 13 3 11 113 44 19 28 9 107 39 65 3 3 0
1973 HOU NL 32 5672 62% 76% 25% 473 97% 1 315 107 147 62 422 373 43 0 3 9 1 8 0 5 102 45 21 20 6 98 27 68 3 2 1
1974 HOU NL 33 4700 62% 79% 27% 422 93% 0 302 88 152 62 361 304 50 1 3 10 1 8 1 7 98 33 17 22 11 88 34 52 7 2 5
1975 HOU NL 34 1180 58% 78% 28% 129 97% 0 59 26 21 12 111 91 15 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 19 5 2 7 1 15 8 7 3 2 1
1976 PIT NL 35 291 67% 81% 26% 25 92% 0 20 7 11 2 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 36 46 59% 80% 37% 4 100% 0 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 42078 62% 77% 26% 3792 94% 9 2631 873 1283 480 3220 2749 379 8 37 101 10 83 8 67 803 284 159 192 59 738 262 457 47 29 17
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 CIN NL 24 14 43% 86% 36% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CIN NL 25 4455 64% 74% 23% 313 91% 2 104 81 10 13 210 174 24 1 6 14 0 14 0 11 17 13 2 15 2 2 0 12 67%
1968 CIN NL 27 4 75% 100% 75% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 34 15 53% 93% 47% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 35 513 71% 79% 24% 38 87% 0 8 5 1 2 28 19 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 36 77 61% 81% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5078 65% 75% 23% 354 90% 2 113 87 11 15 241 195 33 1 6 17 0 17 0 14 21 16 2 19 2 2 0 12 67%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 CIN NL 24 307 75% 70% 23% 29 100% 0 16 9 7 1 21 16 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
1967 CIN NL 26 1721 52% 77% 26% 170 90% 2 74 38 29 7 133 102 23 1 1 12 0 11 1 9 25 8 2 7 1 3 24 10 13 1 1 0
1968 CIN NL 27 15 60% 53% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 28 27 56% 78% 22% 2 100% 0 5 1 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 29 111 67% 71% 23% 4 50% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 34 8 50% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 35 6 83% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2195 56% 76% 26% 206 91% 2 97 49 41 8 159 123 28 1 1 13 1 11 1 9 32 11 3 8 3 3 31 14 16 1 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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