MLB / Players

Harry Heilmann

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb

BornAugust 3, 1894 · San Francisco, CA, USA

MLB debutMay 16, 1914

Final gameMay 31, 1932

Seasons17 (1914–1932)

Detroit Tigers 1914; Detroit Tigers 1916–1929; Cincinnati Reds 1930; Cincinnati Reds 1932

Percentile snapshot

1930 season — qualified batters

142

71.6

539

49.3

459

46.3

51.5

153

57.5

39.6

85.1

RBI

70.1

86.6

19.4

8.2

31.3

.333

64.2

OBP

.416

76.1

SLG

.577

84.3

OPS

.993

85.1

wRC+

139.8

82.1

OPS+

142.2

80.6

wOBA

.432

83.6

sWAR

3.9

77.6

of 135 qualified 1930 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

146.4

97.9

OPS+

146.0

97.3

sWAR

68.4

99.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1914	69	218	182	25	41	8	1	2	18	22	29	1	8	.225	.316	.313	.629	86.5	85.8	.315	0.3
1916	136	513	451	57	127	30	11	2	73	42	40	9	0	.282	.349	.410	.760	124.0	124.8	.369	2.5
1917	150	619	556	57	156	22	11	5	86	41	54	11	0	.281	.333	.387	.720	115.5	118.0	.350	2.5
1918	79	331	286	34	79	10	6	5	39	35	10	13	0	.276	.359	.406	.765	133.9	133.5	.376	1.9
1919	140	594	537	74	172	30	15	8	93	37	41	7	0	.320	.366	.477	.843	134.2	135.7	.393	3.2
1920	145	602	543	66	168	28	5	9	89	39	32	3	7	.309	.358	.429	.787	107.4	108.9	.366	1.4
1921	149	672	602	114	237	43	14	19	139	53	37	2	6	.394	.444	.606	1.051	164.3	165.4	.473	6.9
1922	118	527	455	92	162	27	10	21	92	58	28	8	4	.356	.432	.598	1.030	167.1	168.5	.462	5.6
1923	144	626	524	121	211	44	11	18	115	74	40	9	7	.403	.481	.632	1.113	191.6	193.0	.506	8.4
1924	153	678	570	107	197	45	16	10	114	78	41	13	5	.346	.428	.533	.961	146.6	147.2	.444	5.3
1925	150	664	573	97	225	40	11	13	134	67	27	6	6	.393	.457	.569	1.026	159.2	159.9	.469	6.3
1926	141	598	502	90	184	41	8	9	103	67	19	6	7	.367	.445	.534	.979	154.8	152.5	.452	5.3
1927	141	596	505	106	201	50	9	14	120	72	16	11	5	.398	.475	.616	1.091	177.8	178.2	.493	7.1
1928	151	633	558	83	183	38	10	14	107	57	45	7	3	.328	.390	.507	.897	130.5	130.9	.407	3.7
1929	125	519	453	86	156	41	7	15	120	50	39	5	6	.344	.412	.565	.977	146.0	147.1	.436	4.1
1930	142	539	459	79	153	43	6	19	91	64	50	2	0	.333	.416	.577	.993	139.8	142.2	.432	3.9
1932	15	31	31	3	8	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	.258	.258	.323	.581	50.1	56.8	.258	-0.1

Career totals

2,148

179th-most career G

8,960

168th-most career PA

7,787

179th-most career AB

1,291

132nd-most career R

2,660

76th-most career H

542

38th-most career 2B

151

49th-most career 3B

183

459th-most career HR

RBI

1,539

49th-most career RBI

856

212th-most career BB

550

113

.3416

17th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4095

43rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5205

67th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9300

45th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1927-08-20	MIN @ DET Gameday	7	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	10
1919-08-02	DET @ NYY Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	6	0	10
1927-05-09	BOS @ DET Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	4	1	10
1929-08-02	DET @ ATH Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	4	0	10
1930-08-28	CIN @ PIT Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	7	0	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1914-04-14	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914-04-16	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914-04-17	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914-04-18	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914-04-19	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1952 (BBWAA)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.