Tommy Helms

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: May 5, 1941 in Charlotte, NC us

High School: West Mecklenburg HS (Charlotte, NC)

Debut: September 23, 1964 (Age 23-141d, 12,312th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1977 (Age 36-149d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Tommy Vann Helms

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Relatives: Uncle of Wes Helms

Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
2x Gold Glove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

4997

1342

.269

414

RBI

477

OBP

.301

SLG

.342

OPS

.643

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 6	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-5	GS	26	6.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
5	5	Apr 10	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-1	GS	22	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
7	8	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
8	9	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	10	Apr 15	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
10	11	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
11	12	Apr 17	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
12	13	Apr 18	HOU		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
13	14	Apr 19	HOU		ATL	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
14	15	Apr 20	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	16	Apr 21	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
16	17	Apr 22	HOU		ATL	W,7-0	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
17	18	Apr 23	HOU	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
18	19	Apr 24	HOU	@	STL	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	20	Apr 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	2B
20	21	Apr 27	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-7	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
21	22	Apr 28	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
22	24 (1)	Apr 30	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	26 (1)	May 3	HOU		STL	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
24	27	May 4	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
25	28	May 5	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
26	29	May 7	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
27	30	May 8	HOU		PIT	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
28	31	May 9	HOU		PIT	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
29	32	May 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
30	33	May 11	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
31	34	May 12 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
32	35	May 12 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
33	36	May 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
34	37	May 14	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
35	38	May 15 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
36	39	May 15 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
37	40	May 17	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	41	May 18	HOU		CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
39	42	May 19	HOU		CIN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
40	43	May 20	HOU		SDP	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
41	44	May 21	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
42	45	May 22	HOU		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
43	46	May 24	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
44	47	May 25	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
45	48	May 28	HOU	@	MON	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
46	49	May 29	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
47	50	May 30	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
48	51	May 31	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-1	GS	34	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	52	Jun 1	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
50	53	Jun 4	HOU		MON	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
51	54	Jun 5	HOU		MON	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
52	55	Jun 6	HOU		MON	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
53	56	Jun 7	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
54	57	Jun 8	HOU		NYM	L,5-6	CG	63	14.0	6	8	0	14	3	2B
55	58	Jun 9	HOU		NYM	W,11-1	GS	26	6.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
56	59	Jun 10	HOU		PHI	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
57	60	Jun 11	HOU		PHI	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
58	61	Jun 12	HOU		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
59	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
60	63	Jun 15	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS	37	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
61	64	Jun 16	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	44	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	65	Jun 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
63	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
64	67	Jun 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
65	68	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
66	69	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	9	0	13	0	2B
67	70	Jun 23	HOU		SDP	W,8-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
68	71	Jun 24	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
69	72	Jun 25	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
70	73	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
71	74	Jun 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
73	76	Jun 30 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
74	77	Jun 30 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	26	5.1	2	4	0	6	0	PH 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-0	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	79	Jul 2	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
77	80	Jul 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	43	10.2	5	3	0	8	0	2B
78	82 (1)	Jul 5	HOU		PIT	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
79	83	Jul 6	HOU		PIT	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
80	84	Jul 7	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
81	85	Jul 8	HOU		STL	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
82	86	Jul 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
83	87	Jul 10	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	4	2B
84	88	Jul 12	HOU		CHC	W,9-4	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
85	89	Jul 13	HOU		CHC	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
86	90	Jul 14	HOU		CHC	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
87	91	Jul 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
88	92	Jul 16	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
89	94 (1)	Jul 18	HOU	@	STL	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
90	95	Jul 19	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	GS	21	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
91	96	Jul 20	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
92	97	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
93	98	Jul 25 (1)	HOU		LAD	L,3-11	GS	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
94	99	Jul 25 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
95	100	Jul 26	HOU		LAD	W,8-7	GS	38	8.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
96	101	Jul 27	HOU		SFG	W,11-3	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
97	102	Jul 28	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
98	103	Jul 29	HOU		SFG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
99	104	Jul 30	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
100	105	Jul 31	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107 (1)	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
102	108	Aug 5	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
103	109	Aug 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,13-4	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
104	110	Aug 7	HOU		ATL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
105	111	Aug 8	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
106	112	Aug 9	HOU		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
107	113	Aug 10	HOU		MON	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
108	114	Aug 11	HOU		MON	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
109	115	Aug 13	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
110	116	Aug 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
111	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
112	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	MON	W,8-3	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
113	119	Aug 17	HOU	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
114	121 (1)	Aug 19	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
115	122	Aug 20	HOU		NYM	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
116	123	Aug 21	HOU		NYM	L,2-10	GS	44	8.0	4	4	2	10	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	143 (19)	Sep 12	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
118	144	Sep 13	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
119	145	Sep 14	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-0	GS	26	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
120	146	Sep 15 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
121	148 (1)	Sep 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
122	149	Sep 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
123	150	Sep 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
124	151	Sep 20	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
125	152	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
126	153	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GF	21	5.0	2	4	0	6	1	PH 2B
127	154	Sep 24	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
128	155	Sep 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
129	156	Sep 26	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	4	7	0	11	3	2B
130	157	Sep 28 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-0	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
131	159 (1)	Sep 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6	GS	27	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
132	160	Sep 30	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
133	161	Oct 1	HOU		LAD	L,5-8	GS	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
							133gm		1050.2	308	360	10	678	99