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Harry Heilmann
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Birthdate: 8/3/1894
Died: 7/9/1951
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 195 lbs.
Place of Birth: San Francisco, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Three-quarter length portrait of American League's Detroit Tigers baseball player Harry Heilman leaning on a bat on the field at Comiskey Park, which was located at 324 West 35th Street and bounded by West 34th Street; South Shield's Avenue (formerly Portland Avenue); South Wentworth Avenue, in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Spectators sitting in the stands are visible in the background. SDN-060577, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, courtesy Chicago Historical Society.

Outfielder, 1B Righthanded; Detroit Tigers 1914-1929; Cincinnati Reds 1930, 1932 Harry Heilman won four batting titles and ranks as one of top hitters in baseball history. His career .342 batting mark is second only to Rogers Hornsby among right-handed hitters. Playing for the Detroit Tigers Heilmann hit over .300 for 12 consecutive years and four times he hit over .390. In 1921 he hit .394, then in 1923 hit .403, and in 1925 hit .393, and in 1927 hit .398 that's amazing numbers! Heilman played 17 seasons without appearing in a World Series, as the Tigers lacked pitching during his era.

On July 26, 1926, Heilmann drove in eight runs in a single game. The only flaw in this Hall of Famers great career was he was a slow runner and he was not regarded as a top fielder. As a fact: his teammates nicknamed him Slug' for his slowness at foot. Harry Heilmann's career: .342 BA, 2260 hits, 542 D's, 151 T's, 183 HRs and 112 stolen bases. Harry Heilmann struck out only 550 times in 7787 at bats. Baseball History A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1914 DET (AL) 69 182 25 41 8 1 2 18 22 29 1 8 0 2 12 0 .225 .316 SLG
1916 DET (AL) 136 451 57 127 30 11 2 73 42 40 9 0 0 5 15 0 .282 .349 SLG
1917 DET (AL) 150 556 57 156 22 11 5 86 41 54 11 0 0 3 19 0 .281 .333 SLG
1918 DET (AL) 79 286 34 79 10 6 5 39 35 10 13 0 0 2 8 0 .276 .359 SLG
1919 DET (AL) 140 537 74 172 30 15 8 93 37 41 7 0 0 2 18 0 .320 .366 SLG
1920 DET (AL) 145 543 66 168 28 5 9 89 39 32 3 7 0 2 18 0 .309 .358 SLG
1921 DET (AL) 149 602 114 237 43 14 19 139 53 37 2 6 0 2 15 0 .394 .444 SLG
1922 DET (AL) 118 455 92 162 27 10 21 92 58 28 8 4 0 3 11 0 .356 .432 SLG
1923 DET (AL) 144 524 121 211 44 11 18 115 74 40 9 7 0 5 23 0 .403 .481 SLG
1924 DET (AL) 153 570 107 197 45 16 10 114 78 41 13 5 0 4 26 0 .346 .428 SLG
1925 DET (AL) 150 573 97 225 40 11 13 134 67 27 6 6 0 1 23 0 .393 .457 SLG
1926 DET (AL) 141 502 90 184 41 8 9 103 67 19 6 7 0 4 25 0 .367 .445 SLG
1927 DET (AL) 141 505 106 201 50 9 14 120 72 16 11 5 0 2 17 0 .398 .475 SLG
1928 DET (AL) 151 558 83 183 38 10 14 107 57 45 7 3 0 0 18 0 .328 .390 SLG
1929 DET (AL) 125 453 86 156 41 7 15 120 50 39 5 6 0 2 14 0 .344 .412 SLG
1930 CIN (NL) 142 459 79 153 43 6 19 91 64 50 2 0 0 1 15 0 .333 .416 SLG
1932 CIN (NL) 15 31 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .258 SLG
17 years   2148 7787 1291 2660 542 151 183 1539 856 550 113 64 0 40 277 0 .342 .410 .SLG



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