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Hank Helf

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 26, 1913 in Austin, TX us

Died: October 27, 1984 in Austin, TX

Buried: Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Cemetery, Pflugerville, TX

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: May 5, 1938 (Age 24-252d, 8,481st in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 33-034d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Henry Hartz Helf

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

196

.184

RBI

OBP

.227

SLG

.332

OPS

.559

OPS+

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

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	22 (19)	May 12 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	23	May 12 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	24	May 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	27 (2)	May 15	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	28	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	29	May 18	SLB		BOS	L,8-18	CG	59	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	30	May 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	32 (1)	May 21	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	33	May 22	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	34	May 25	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	35	May 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	36	May 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	37	May 27	SLB		CHW	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
15	38	May 28	SLB		CHW	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	47 (8)	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	GF	12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
17	48	Jun 9 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	49	Jun 9 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
19	50	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
20	51	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
21	52	Jun 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
22	53	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	54	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
24	56 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	57	Jun 17	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	58	Jun 18	SLB		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	60 (1)	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
28	61	Jun 22	SLB		WSH	W,14-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
29	62	Jun 23 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
30	63	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
31	64	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
32	65	Jun 26	SLB		PHA	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	66	Jun 28	SLB		DET	W,9-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	67	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
35	68	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-3	GF	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	70	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	73	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
40	74	Jul 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	75	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	76	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	77	Jul 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	78	Jul 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	2	3	0
45	81 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	85 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	93 (7)	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	L,6-13	GF	16	4.0	6	1	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	102 (8)	Aug 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
49	103	Aug 6	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
50	104	Aug 7	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
51	105	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
52	117 (11)	Aug 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-12	GF	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	120 (2)	Aug 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	127 (6)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
55	128	Sep 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,2-2	CG	56	13.0	9	0	1	10	0
56	129	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	131 (1)	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	132	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	134 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	139 (4)	Sep 13	SLB		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	140	Sep 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
62	141	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	144 (2)	Sep 18	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	GS	0		4	3	0	7	0
64	149 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-8	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
65	150	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
66	151	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
67	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
68	154 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
69	156 (1)	Sep 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
							69gm		492.0	251	51	11	313	7