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Tommy Helms

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Full Name: Tommy Vann Helms Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165 First Game: September 23, 1964
Birthdate: May 5, 1941 Final Game: October 1, 1977
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[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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