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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
3	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
4	4	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 13 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 15	CIN		SFG	W,11-10	CG	57	12.0	4	0	1	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 19	CIN		ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
10	10	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
12	12	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
13	13	Apr 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	14	Apr 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B
15	15	Apr 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
16	16	Apr 27 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
17	19 (2)	Apr 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	55	12.2	6	3	0	9	1	2B
18	20	Apr 30	CIN		HOU	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	CIN		HOU	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
20	22	May 2	CIN		SDP	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	8	4	0	12	2	2B
21	23	May 3	CIN		SDP	L,5-13	GS	37	6.0	0	2	2	4	0	2B
22	24	May 4 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	25	May 4 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	26	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
25	27	May 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
26	28	May 9	CIN	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	30	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
27	29	May 10	CIN	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
28	30	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
29	31	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
30	32	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
31	33	May 16	CIN		NYM	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
32	35 (1)	May 20	CIN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
33	36	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
34	37	May 23	CIN		MON	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
35	38	May 24	CIN		MON	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
36	39	May 25	CIN		MON	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
37	40	May 28	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	2B
38	41	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
39	42	May 30	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
40	43	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
42	45	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
43	46	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
44	47	Jun 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-14	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
45	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
46	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	50	Jun 10	CIN		STL	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
48	51	Jun 11	CIN		STL	L,5-10	GS	45	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
49	52	Jun 12	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
50	53	Jun 13	CIN		CHC	L,8-14	CG	51	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
51	54	Jun 14	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
52	55	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
53	56	Jun 15 susp	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
54	57	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
55	58	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	59	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
57	60	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
58	61	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
59	62	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
60	63	Jun 22	CIN		LAD	L,0-5	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
61	64	Jun 23	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	65	Jun 24	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
63	66	Jun 25	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
64	67	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	GS	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B SS
65	68	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
66	69	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
67	70	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	GS	49	9.0	9	3	1	13	2	2B SS
68	71	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
69	72	Jun 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73	Jul 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	2	1	0	3	1	2B
71	74	Jul 2	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
72	75	Jul 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
73	76	Jul 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
74	77	Jul 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	2B
75	78	Jul 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
76	79	Jul 7	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
77	80	Jul 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
78	81	Jul 9	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
79	82	Jul 10	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	86 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CIN		ATL	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
81	87	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
82	88	Jul 16	CIN		ATL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
83	89	Jul 17	CIN		ATL	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
84	90	Jul 18	CIN		HOU	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
85	91	Jul 19	CIN		HOU	W,10-9	GS	49	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	115 (23)	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
87	116	Aug 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
88	125 (8)	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
89	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	127	Aug 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
91	128	Aug 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
92	129	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
93	130	Aug 30	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
94	131	Aug 31	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	132	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
96	133	Sep 3	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
97	134	Sep 5	CIN		ATL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
98	135	Sep 6	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
99	136	Sep 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
100	137	Sep 8 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
101	138	Sep 8 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
102	139	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
103	140	Sep 10	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
104	141	Sep 11	CIN		SDP	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
105	142	Sep 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
106	143	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
107	144	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
108	145	Sep 15	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
109	146	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	2B
110	147	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	50	11.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
111	148	Sep 17	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
112	149	Sep 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
113	150	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B
114	151	Sep 20	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
115	152	Sep 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
116	153	Sep 22	CIN		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
117	154	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
118	155	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
119	156	Sep 24	CIN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	157	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
121	158	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
122	159	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
123	161 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
124	162	Sep 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
125	163	Oct 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
							129gm		1104.2	325	347	17	689	89