Don Heffner

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: February 8, 1911 in Rouzerville, PA us

Died: August 1, 1989 in Pasadena, CA

Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, CA

High School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: April 17, 1934 (Age 23-068d, 7,683rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 29, 1944 (Age 33-081d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Donald Henry Heffner

Nicknames: Jeep or Yankee

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.9

2526

610

.242

275

RBI

248

OBP

.317

SLG

.303

OPS

.620

OPS+

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-17	GS	27	5.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (7)	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
5	12	May 4	SLB		PHA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
6	13	May 5	SLB		PHA	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
7	16 (2)	May 9	SLB		BOS	L,8-10	CG	0	10.0	0	6	0	6	0
8	17	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	18	May 11	SLB		NYY	L,8-10	GS	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	19	May 12	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
11	20	May 13	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
12	21	May 14 (1)	SLB		DET	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	22	May 14 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	23	May 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
15	24	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	25	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
17	26	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-15	GS	30	5.0	2	1	2	5	0
18	32 (5)	May 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	33	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
20	34	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	39 (4)	Jun 3 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	40	Jun 3 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
23	41	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
24	42	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
25	43	Jun 6	SLB		WSH	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	44	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
27	45	Jun 9 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
28	46	Jun 9 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,7-18	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	47	Jun 11 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	48	Jun 11 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	49	Jun 14	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
32	50	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
33	51	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
34	52	Jun 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	4	3	0	7	0
35	53	Jun 19 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	57 (3)	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	58	Jun 25 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
38	59	Jun 25 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	60	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	61	Jun 29 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	62	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	63	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	64	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
44	65	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
45	70 (4)	Jul 7	SLB		DET	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	71	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	72	Jul 8 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-9	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	73	Jul 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-14	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	74	Jul 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	75	Jul 13	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	76	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	77	Jul 15	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
53	79 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	T,5-5	CG	52	12.0	4	9	2	15	1
54	80	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
55	81	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	83 (1)	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
57	84	Jul 21	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	7	7	0	14	1
58	85	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
59	86	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
60	88 (1)	Jul 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	90 (1)	Jul 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
62	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
63	92	Jul 30	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	93	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	94	Aug 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
66	95	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	96	Aug 4	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
68	97	Aug 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	98	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	99	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
71	100	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
72	101	Aug 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
73	102	Aug 11	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	3	5	0	8	1
74	105 (2)	Aug 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	106	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	108 (1)	Aug 17	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	1	3	1
77	117 (8)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
78	118	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	6	4	0	10	1
79	119	Aug 28	SLB		WSH	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
80	120	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
81	121	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-2	CG	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	122	Aug 31	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	123	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	6	0	10	3
84	124	Sep 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
85	125	Sep 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	126	Sep 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
87	127	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
88	128	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
89	129	Sep 7 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	CG	49	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
90	131 (1)	Sep 8	SLB		CLE	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
91	132	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
92	133	Sep 10 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-15	CG	46	9.0	0	1	2	3	1
93	134	Sep 10 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
94	135	Sep 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	48	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
95	136	Sep 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	137	Sep 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
97	138	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
98	139	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	140	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
100	141	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
101	148 (6)	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,9-11	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
102	150 (1)	Sep 25	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	151	Sep 26 (1)	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
104	154 (2)	Sep 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
							105gm		852.0	222	315	29	566	54