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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-38 / in Starts: 27-28
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 194 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	68 (39-22-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 194 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	126 (64-41-20)

Most Driven In
Self	3
W Judnich	2
C Stevens	1
C Laabs	1
M Christman	1
G McQuillen	1
J Berardino	1
J Witte	1

Most Driven In By
J Grace	3
Self	3
G McQuillen	1
M Christman	1
V Stephens	1
C Laabs	1
J Berardino	1
J Kramer	0

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	8	2 (1)	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	9	17 (14)	May 6 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
3	10	22 (4)	May 12 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	4.61	-0.099	6.24	-0.08%	-0.43	C
4	11	23	May 12 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	8	.56	0.008	.62	0.01%	0.48	C
5	12	24	May 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.67	-0.052	.83	-0.04%	-0.73	C
6	13	27 (2)	May 15	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	.56	-0.019	.64	-0.01%	-0.43	C
7	14	28	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	8	.36	-0.027	.58	-0.03%	-0.48	C
8	15	29	May 18	SLB		BOS	L,8-18	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	8	.19	-0.020	.33	-0.02%	-1.59	C
9	16	30	May 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.333	.561	8	1.12	0.144	1.10	0.09%	1.14	C
10	17	32 (1)	May 21	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	1	.167	.200	.292	.492	8	1.10	-0.086	.83	-0.04%	-0.89	C
11	18	33	May 22	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.207	.321	.528	8						C
12	19	34	May 25	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.194	.300	.494	8	1.24	-0.102	1.18	-0.06%	-0.95	C
13	20	35	May 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.152	.200	.273	.473	8						C
14	21	36	May 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.200	.273	.473	8						C
15	22	37	May 27	SLB		CHW	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.184	.250	.434	8	.27	-0.020	.20	-0.01%	-0.54	C
16	23	38	May 28	SLB		CHW	L,2-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.184	.250	.434	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	24	47 (8)	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.175	.237	.412	8	1.19	-0.052	.15	0.00%	-0.43	C
18	25	48	Jun 9 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.268	.473	8	.42	0.036	.04	0.00%	0.27	C
19	26	49	Jun 9 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.136	.191	.250	.441	8	.74	-0.076	.08	-0.01%	-0.83	C
20	27	50	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.180	.234	.414	8	1.13	-0.083	.10	-0.01%	-0.54	C
21	28	51	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.137	.185	.255	.440	8						C
22	29	52	Jun 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.190	.273	.462	8	1.43	0.088	.17	0.01%	0.07	C
23	30	53	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.183	.263	.446	8	1.45	-0.109	.28	-0.01%	-0.73	C
24	31	54	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.283	.474	8	.98	0.052	.15	0.01%	0.30	C
25	32	56 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.156	.194	.328	.522	8						C
26	33	57	Jun 17	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.164	.200	.343	.543	8						C
27	34	58	Jun 18	SLB		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.205	.343	.548	8	1.06	-0.006	.23	0.00%	-0.12	C
28	35	60 (1)	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.211	.333	.544	8						C
29	36	61	Jun 22	SLB		WSH	W,14-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.182	.222	.377	.599	8						C
30	37	62	Jun 23 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	8						C
31	38	63	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	7						C
32	39	64	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	0-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.244	.375	.619	7						C
33	40	65	Jun 26	SLB		PHA	W,11-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.233	.357	.590	8						C
34	41	66	Jun 28	SLB		DET	W,9-0	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.242	.357	.599	7	.05	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.38	PH C
35	42	67	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.245	.349	.594	8	1.74	-0.071	.24	-0.01%	-0.21	C
36	43	68	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-3	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.253	.356	.609	7	2.24	0.074	.27	0.01%	0.38	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	44	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.245	.344	.589	8	1.18	-0.085	.10	-0.01%	-0.54	C
38	45	70	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.248	.337	.584	8	.89	-0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.23	C
39	46	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.248	.337	.584	7						C
40	47	73	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.248	.365	.612	8	.84	0.189	.05	0.01%	1.05	C
41	48	74	Jul 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.239	.350	.589	8	1.72	-0.163	.12	-0.01%	-0.95	C
42	49	75	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.241	.350	.591	8	1.69	-0.052	.17	0.00%	-0.21	C
43	50	76	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.343	.580	8	.89	-0.046	.06	0.00%	-0.38	C
44	51	77	Jul 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.168	.233	.336	.569	8	.84	-0.044	.03	0.00%	-0.35	C
45	52	78	Jul 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.165	.229	.330	.559	8	1.02	-0.047	.03	0.00%	-0.66	C
46	53	81 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.225	.324	.549	8	1.20	-0.054	.03	0.00%	-0.42	C
47	54	85 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.223	.321	.545	8	.99	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.22	C
48	55	93 (7)	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	L,6-13	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.220	.316	.535	7	.09	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	56	102 (8)	Aug 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.178	.236	.331	.567	7						C
50	57	103	Aug 6	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.182	.238	.355	.594	7						C
51	58	104	Aug 7	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.241	.363	.604	7						C
52	59	105	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0			0	0	0	.183	.243	.357	.600	7						C
53	60	117 (11)	Aug 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-12	4-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.252	.364	.616	6	.46	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.80	C
54	61	120 (2)	Aug 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.254	.364	.617	8	1.24	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	62	127 (6)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.199	.253	.368	.621	8						C
56	63	128	Sep 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,2-2	GS-13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.194	.248	.360	.608	8	2.41	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-1.05	C
57	64	129	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.197	.250	.359	.609	8	.92	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
58	65	130	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.248	.357	.605	2	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
59	66	131	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.242	.347	.589	8	.30	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
60	67	132	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.244	.353	.597	8	.28	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
61	68	134 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.244	.351	.595	8	.70	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.43	C
62	69	139 (4)	Sep 13	SLB		WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.190	.238	.342	.580	8						C
63	70	140	Sep 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.240	.348	.588	8	.79	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.69	C
64	71	141	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.189	.236	.341	.577	8						C
65	72	144 (2)	Sep 18	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.193	.239	.343	.582	8						C
66	73	149 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-8	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.189	.235	.337	.572	8						C
67	74	150	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.192	.236	.343	.579	8						C
68	75	151	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-10	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.236	.343	.579	8						C
69	76	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.190	.234	.339	.573	8						C
70	77	154 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.234	.354	.588	8	.65	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
71	78	156 (1)	Sep 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.234	.352	.586	8	1.03	-0.075	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
							32-38		194	182	17	35	11	0	6	21	9	1	40	1	2		1	5	0	1	.192	.234	.352	.586		.96	-0.885	.26	-0.23%	-8.64

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