Tommy Helms
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[edit] Biography
Tommy Helms (Tommy Vann Helms) was born on May 5, 1941 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1964 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1966, his rookie year, he hit .284 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI. Helms played for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that Tommy Helms's best season was 1966, when he hit for a .284 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | CIN | N | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN | N | 21 | 42 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | .381 | .435 | .524 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN | N | 138 | 542 | 72 | 154 | 9 | 49 | .284 | .315 | .380 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | 137 | 497 | 40 | 136 | 2 | 35 | .274 | .305 | .356 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | 127 | 507 | 35 | 146 | 2 | 47 | .288 | .305 | .363 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | 126 | 480 | 38 | 129 | 1 | 40 | .269 | .296 | .317 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 1970 | CIN | N | 150 | 575 | 42 | 136 | 1 | 45 | .237 | .262 | .282 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 1971 | CIN | N | 150 | 547 | 40 | 141 | 3 | 52 | .258 | .289 | .325 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 1972 | HOU | N | 139 | 518 | 45 | 134 | 5 | 60 | .259 | .291 | .346 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 1973 | HOU | N | 146 | 543 | 44 | 156 | 4 | 61 | .287 | .325 | .368 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 |
| 1974 | HOU | N | 137 | 452 | 32 | 126 | 5 | 50 | .279 | .313 | .363 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 1975 | HOU | N | 64 | 135 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 14 | .207 | .265 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1976 | PIT | N | 62 | 87 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 13 | .276 | .350 | .391 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | PIT | N | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | BOS | A | 21 | 59 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .271 | .328 | .356 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | Total | 36 | 71 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .225 | .276 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | NL | 1414 | 4938 | 409 | 1326 | 33 | 472 | .269 | .300 | .342 | 221 | 21 | 227 | 297 | 14 | 48 | 33 | 59 | 125 | |
| Total | AL | 21 | 59 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .271 | .328 | .356 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1435 | 4997 | 414 | 1342 | 34 | 477 | .269 | .300 | .342 | 223 | 21 | 231 | 301 | 15 | 48 | 33 | 60 | 126 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CIN | N | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | CIN | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | CIN | N | SS | 8 | 7 | 70 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1966 | CIN | N | 2B | 20 | 20 | 168.1 | 45 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1966 | CIN | N | 3B | 113 | 113 | 1001.1 | 110 | 208 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | 2B | 88 | 86 | 780.2 | 185 | 224 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | SS | 46 | 44 | 394.2 | 79 | 123 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | 2B | 127 | 125 | 1124.1 | 322 | 370 | 15 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | 2B | 125 | 125 | 1097.2 | 320 | 344 | 17 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | SS | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1970 | CIN | N | SS | 12 | 0 | 21.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1970 | CIN | N | 2B | 148 | 147 | 1241.1 | 350 | 410 | 13 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1971 | CIN | N | 2B | 149 | 146 | 1294.1 | 395 | 468 | 9 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .990 |
| 1972 | HOU | N | 2B | 139 | 139 | 1243.1 | 353 | 441 | 17 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1973 | HOU | N | 2B | 145 | 145 | 1293 | 325 | 438 | 9 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .988 |
| 1974 | HOU | N | 2B | 133 | 130 | 1050.2 | 308 | 360 | 10 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .985 |
| 1975 | HOU | N | 2B | 42 | 27 | 265.1 | 58 | 109 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .988 |
| 1975 | HOU | N | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1975 | HOU | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1976 | PIT | N | 3B | 22 | 10 | 106.2 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
| 1976 | PIT | N | 2B | 11 | 6 | 69 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1976 | PIT | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1977 | BOS | A | DH | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1977 | BOS | A | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1977 | BOS | A | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 2B | 1129 | 1097 | 9640 | 2688 | 3237 | 101 | 807 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 | ||
| Total | SS | 74 | 51 | 499 | 102 | 149 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 | ||
| Total | 3B | 143 | 126 | 1134 | 119 | 238 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 | ||
| Total | DH | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1959).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Lee May and Jimmy Stewart to Houston Astros in exchange for Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister (November 29, 1971).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later (December 12, 1975); Houston Astros received Art Howe (January 6, 1976).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Oakland Athletics (November 5, 1976).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics with Phil Garner and Chris Batton to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas and Mitchell Page (March 15, 1977).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 14, 1977).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (June 21, 1977).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (March 25, 1978).
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