Wes Helms
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: May 12, 1976 in Gastonia, NC
High School: Ashbrook (Gastonia, NC)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1998
Relatives: Nephew of Tommy 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 ATL NL 22 3B 4 2 21.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.5 -28.6 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 1.29 0.75 .975 2.74 2.38
2000 ATL NL 24 3B 5 0 11.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 4.09 1.00 .950 2.62 2.18
2001 ATL NL 25 1B 77 48 467.1 468 433 31 4 41 .991 -1.2 -3.1 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 8.94 6.03 .993 9.26 7.84
2001 ATL NL 25 3B 17 2 41.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.2 35.1 1.2 0.4 0.8 0 3.07 0.82 .950 2.57 2.17
2001 ATL NL 25 LF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 1.91 1.50
2001 ATL NL 25 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
2002 ATL NL 26 1B 45 31 293.0 316 285 27 4 34 .987 1.6 6.6 1.6 0.5 1.1 0 9.58 6.93 .992 9.39 7.97
2002 ATL NL 26 3B 24 14 151.1 33 8 24 1 0 .970 -1.1 -8.7 -1.1 0.4 -1.4 0 1.90 1.33 .958 2.71 2.29
2002 ATL NL 26 OF 9 3 52.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 32.3 1.4 0.5 0.9 0 2.77 1.78 .981 2.20 1.84
2002 ATL NL 26 LF 5 2 29.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 24.8 0.6 -0.4 1.0 0 2.48 1.60 .975 1.92 1.52
2002 ATL NL 26 RF 4 1 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 41.7 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 3.13 2.00 .988 2.07 1.68
2003 MIL NL 27 3B 130 130 1137.2 343 88 236 19 20 .945 -12.1 -12.8 -12.1 -7.6 -4.5 0 2.56 2.49 .955 2.74 2.36
2004 MIL NL 28 3B 66 66 546.0 166 45 105 16 10 .904 -22.4 -49.2 -22.4 -16.9 -5.5 0 2.47 2.27 .958 2.76 2.35
2004 MIL NL 28 1B 10 10 71.0 73 68 3 2 7 .973 -1.9 -32.1 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 0 9.00 7.10 .993 9.51 8.23
2005 MIL NL 29 3B 35 17 178.2 55 12 41 2 4 .964 2.9 19.5 2.9 2.3 0.6 0 2.67 1.51 .958 2.77 2.39
2005 MIL NL 29 1B 16 14 114.1 113 103 9 1 9 .991 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 8.82 7.00 .993 9.63 8.29
2005 MIL NL 29 DH 3
2006 FLA NL 30 1B 88 42 432.1 400 375 25 0 48 1.000 -2.4 -6.7 -2.4 0.0 -2.4 0 8.33 4.55 .994 9.41 8.05
2006 FLA NL 30 3B 24 5 94.1 32 7 23 2 0 .938 -2.6 -33.1 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 -1 2.86 1.25 .956 2.69 2.37
2006 FLA NL 30 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.50
2006 FLA NL 30 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
2007 PHI NL 31 3B 68 53 441.2 133 27 97 9 3 .932 -1.9 -5.2 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 -1 2.53 1.82 .955 2.68 2.25
2007 PHI NL 31 1B 18 12 102.2 98 93 4 1 12 .990 0.2 2.3 0.2 -0.8 1.0 0 8.50 5.39 .993 9.21 7.85
2008 FLA NL 32 3B 60 30 325.0 95 31 63 1 3 .989 0.6 2.2 0.6 -1.5 2.1 0 2.60 1.57 .955 2.60 2.23
2008 FLA NL 32 1B 42 18 209.1 200 185 13 2 19 .990 -0.2 -1.1 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 0 8.51 4.71 .992 9.34 8.23
2008 FLA NL 32 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
2008 FLA NL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
2009 FLA NL 33 3B 70 35 365.2 108 31 70 7 11 .935 2.49 1.44 .958 2.57 2.18
2009 FLA NL 33 1B 4 4 31.0 39 33 5 1 2 .974 11.03 9.50 .992 9.29 8.30
11 Seasons 3B 503 354 3313.1 989 255 675 59 53 .940 -36.3 -13.1 -34.3 -21.8 -12.4 -2 2.53 1.85 .956 2.70 2.29
8 Seasons 1B 300 179 1721.0 1707 1575 117 15 172 .991 -3.8 -2.6 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 0 8.85 5.64 .993 9.36 8.02
4 Seasons OF 12 4 63.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.9 36.2 1.9 0.8 1.1 0 2.71 1.58 .984 2.20 1.86
4 Seasons LF 8 3 40.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 33.0 1.1 -0.1 1.2 0 2.48 1.38 .982 1.91 1.51
1 Season RF 4 1 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 41.7 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 3.13 2.00 .988 2.07 1.68
1 Season DH 3
11 Seasons TOT 815 537 5097.1 2715 1848 793 74 225 .973 -38.2 -9.0 -36.2 -20.9 -15.2 0 -2 4.66 3.24 .952 4.94 4.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1998 ATL NL 22 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2000 ATL NL 24 6 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2001 ATL NL 25 100 51 100 92 0 0 77 0 17 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 7
2002 ATL NL 26 85 48 85 73 0 0 45 0 24 0 5 0 4 9 0 20 0
2003 MIL NL 27 134 130 134 130 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 MIL NL 28 92 76 92 77 0 0 10 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2005 MIL NL 29 95 33 95 50 0 0 16 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 50 0
2006 FLA NL 30 140 47 140 106 0 0 88 0 24 0 1 0 0 1 0 52 3
2007 PHI NL 31 112 65 112 84 0 0 18 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
2008 FLA NL 32 132 48 132 103 0 0 42 0 60 0 1 0 0 1 0 46 7
2009 FLA NL 33 113 39 113 74 0 0 4 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 2
11 Seasons 1016 539 1016 798 0 0 300 0 504 0 8 0 4 12 2 306 22
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 -- 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%
1998 ATL NL 22 83 57% 63% 30% 4 75% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ATL NL 24 58 64% 71% 33% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001 ATL NL 25 183 60% 71% 30% 13 92% 0 4 1 2 1 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2002 ATL NL 26 624 58% 75% 33% 31 97% 1 7 6 0 1 24 21 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 MIL NL 27 5209 63% 74% 29% 368 86% 6 88 78 6 4 236 181 46 6 2 19 0 12 7 16 20 15 2 20 0 0 0 29 55%
2004 MIL NL 28 2455 61% 74% 30% 181 79% 5 45 40 1 4 105 79 19 6 2 16 0 11 5 16 10 7 0 8 2 1 1 6 67%
2005 MIL NL 29 824 61% 70% 27% 59 88% 1 12 11 0 1 41 36 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
2006 FLA NL 30 434 61% 77% 32% 33 91% 0 7 7 0 0 23 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PHI NL 31 2041 56% 74% 30% 133 87% 0 27 18 6 3 97 74 19 2 4 9 0 5 4 8 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 50%
2008 FLA NL 32 1426 52% 71% 30% 101 90% 0 31 28 1 2 63 50 11 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 80%
2009 FLA NL 33 1618 50% 72% 29% 105 86% 0 31 23 2 6 70 51 15 0 0 7 0 2 5 6 11 9 1 11 0 0 0 6 83%
11 Seasons 14955 59% 73% 30% 1033 86% 13 254 213 19 22 675 527 121 17 9 59 0 33 26 54 53 40 3 49 3 1 2 52 63%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 ATL NL 25 2062 57% 73% 29% 95 95% 1 433 23 398 13 40 31 23 3 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 41 2 0 0 39 3 1 0 1 7 86%
2002 ATL NL 26 1250 58% 73% 31% 74 92% 2 313 19 290 4 40 13 7 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 34 0 0 1 31 2 3 2 1 4 75%
2004 MIL NL 28 325 60% 75% 31% 10 80% 1 68 3 64 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 100%
2005 MIL NL 29 484 56% 71% 27% 25 96% 1 103 10 84 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 100%
2006 FLA NL 30 1974 56% 71% 27% 87 91% 0 375 32 334 9 25 25 18 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 2 0 1 47 3 1 0 1 7 57%
2007 PHI NL 31 450 66% 72% 28% 18 94% 0 93 9 83 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12 0 1 0 10 1 2 0 2 1 100%
2008 FLA NL 32 944 60% 71% 28% 55 93% 0 185 25 153 7 16 13 10 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2009 FLA NL 33 131 44% 73% 31% 15 100% 0 33 5 29 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 7620 58% 72% 29% 379 93% 5 1603 126 1435 44 141 103 72 15 1 5 15 2 9 4 11 172 4 1 2 162 9 9 3 6 26 81%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
2001 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 36 83% 69% 31% 4 50%
2002 ATL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 118 61% 68% 40% 10 80%
2006 FLA NL 30 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 0 0 8 38% 63% 50% 1 100%
2008 FLA NL 32 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 0 0 4 50% 50% 50% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 166 64% 67% 39% 15 73%
MLB Averages 62.2% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
2002 ATL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 65% 73% 41% 13 62%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 65% 73% 41% 13 62%
MLB Averages 48.0% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

* 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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