Harry Heilmann

Harry Heilmann
Right fielder / first baseman
Born: August 3, 1894 San Francisco , United States
Died on: July 9, 1951 Southfield , United States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
May 16,  1914  with the  Detroit Tigers
Last MLB assignment
May 31,  1932  with the  Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 342
Hits	2,660
Home runs	183
Runs Batted In	1,539
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1914, 1916-1929) Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932)
Awards
4 × best batsman in the AL (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1952
Quota	86.8%

Harry Edwin Heilmann (born August 3, 1894 in San Francisco , California , † July 9, 1951 in Southfield , Michigan ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Slug .

biography

Harry Heilmann grew up in California and worked as an accountant before becoming a professional baseball player. First he played in the Pacific Coast League for the teams from Portland and San Francisco . On May 16, 1914, he played his first game in the American League for the Detroit Tigers . The outfielder was only able to secure a permanent place in 1916.

His true strength only became apparent when Ty Cobb also took over the management of the Tigers. Heilmann's batting average rose by 8.5% from 30.9% in 1920 to 39.4% in 1921. Heilmann was then able to win the title of player with the best batting average four times in the 20s. In 1923, at 40.6%, it even exceeded the magic mark of 40%.

In 1930 he moved to the Cincinnati Reds in the National League . The 1931 season he had to cancel completely due to arthritis in his wrists. In 1932 it was only used sporadically. Heilmann was the first player to hit a home run in every stadium that was in operation in his career . From 1934 to 1950 he worked as a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers' radio and television broadcasts.

In 1951 Heilmann died of lung cancer at the age of 56. The following year he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . As early as July 1916, he had gained national fame when he had saved a woman from drowning in the Detroit River .

His stations as a player

• 1914 Detroit Tigers
• 1916-1929 Detroit Tigers
• 1930 Cincinnati Reds
• 1932 Cincinnati Reds

Web links

Commons : Harry Heilmann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography of Harry Heilmann (English)
• Harry Heilmann in the Hall of Fame (English)