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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
2	2	Apr 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 8	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	10	0	13	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
6	6	Apr 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
7	7	Apr 12 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
8	8	Apr 12 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
9	9	Apr 13	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B SS
10	10	Apr 14	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
11	11	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
12	12	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	W,12-2	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
13	13	Apr 17	CIN		SFG	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	14	Apr 18	CIN		SFG	L,9-16	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
15	15	Apr 19	CIN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
16	16	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
17	17	Apr 21	CIN	@	ATL	W,13-8	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
18	18	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
19	19	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
20	20	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	GS	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B SS
21	21	Apr 28	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
22	22	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
24	24	May 2	CIN		PIT	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	25	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
26	26	May 4	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
27	27	May 5	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
28	28	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
29	29	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
30	30	May 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-8	GS	41	8.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B SS
31	31	May 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
32	32	May 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
33	34 (1)	May 15	CIN		ATL	L,1-3	GS	32	7.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
34	35	May 16	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
35	38 (2)	May 18	CIN		CHC	L,5-12	GS	28	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
36	39	May 19	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
37	40	May 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
38	41	May 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	42	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS	24	6.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
40	43	May 24	CIN	@	HOU	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
41	44	May 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
42	46 (1)	May 26 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B SS
43	47	May 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
44	48	May 29	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
45	49	May 30	CIN		MON	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
46	50	May 31	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	52	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
49	53	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
50	54	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
51	55	Jun 7	CIN		NYM	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
52	56	Jun 9	CIN	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
53	57	Jun 10	CIN	@	MON	W,7-0	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
54	58	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
55	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
56	60	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
57	61	Jun 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	62	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
59	63	Jun 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
60	64	Jun 19	CIN		LAD	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
61	65	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
62	66	Jun 21 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	GS	32	6.1	4	1	0	5	0	2B
63	69 (2)	Jun 23	CIN		SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	3	2B
64	70	Jun 24	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B
65	71	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
66	72	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
67	73	Jun 28	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
68	74	Jun 30	CIN		ATL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	75	Jul 1	CIN		ATL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
70	76	Jul 2	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
71	77	Jul 3 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
72	79 (1)	Jul 4	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
73	80	Jul 5	CIN		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
74	81	Jul 6	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
75	82	Jul 7	CIN		SDP	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
76	83	Jul 8	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B SS
77	84	Jul 9	CIN		SDP	L,9-10	GS	48	10.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B SS
78	86 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
79	87	Jul 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	2B
80	88	Jul 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
81	89	Jul 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
82	90	Jul 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
83	91	Jul 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
84	92	Jul 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	31	6.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
85	93	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
86	94	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
87	95	Jul 21	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
88	96	Jul 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
89	97	Jul 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
90	98	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
91	99	Jul 25	CIN		STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
92	100	Jul 26	CIN		STL	W,12-5	GS	16	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
93	101	Jul 27	CIN		STL	L,9-16	GS	54	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS 2B
94	102	Jul 28	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
95	103	Jul 29	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	GS	31	7.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
96	104	Jul 30	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
97	105	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	107 (1)	Aug 1	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
99	108	Aug 2	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
100	109	Aug 3	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-10	GS	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B SS
101	110	Aug 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
102	111	Aug 5	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
103	112	Aug 6	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-9	GS	27	4.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
104	113	Aug 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
105	114	Aug 8	CIN	@	LAD	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
106	115	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS 2B
107	117 (1)	Aug 11	CIN		NYM	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
108	118	Aug 12	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
109	119	Aug 13	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
110	120	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
111	121	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	56	14.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
112	122	Aug 16	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
113	123	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
114	124	Aug 18	CIN		MON	L,4-7	GS	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B SS
115	125	Aug 19	CIN		MON	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
116	126	Aug 21	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
117	127	Aug 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
118	128	Aug 23 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	2B
119	129	Aug 23 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
120	130	Aug 25	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	4	4	0	8	0	2B
121	131	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
122	132	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
123	133	Aug 28	CIN	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	38	9.2	5	8	0	13	1	SS 2B
124	134	Aug 29	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
125	135	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	136	Sep 1	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
127	137	Sep 2	CIN		SFG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
128	138	Sep 3	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
129	140 (1)	Sep 5	CIN		SDP	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
130	141	Sep 6	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
131	142	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
132	144 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
133	145	Sep 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
134	146	Sep 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,13-4	GS	27	7.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
135	147	Sep 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
136	148	Sep 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
137	149	Sep 13	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
138	150	Sep 15	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
139	151	Sep 16	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
140	152	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,11-6	GS	29	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
141	153	Sep 19	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
142	155 (1)	Sep 21	CIN		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
143	156	Sep 22	CIN		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
144	158 (1)	Sep 25	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
145	159	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GS	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
146	160	Sep 27	CIN		LAD	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
147	161	Sep 29	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
148	162	Oct 1	CIN		ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
							160gm		1262.2	353	412	13	778	107