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Tommy Helms Tommy Helms

Full name: Tommy Vann Helms Born: May 5, 1941, Charlotte, North Carolina First Game: September 23, 1964; Final Game: October 1, 1977 Managed First Game: May 2, 1988; Managed Final Game: October 1, 1989 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 165 Uncle of Wes Helms NL Rookie of the Year (1966) TSN NL Rookie Player of the Year (1966) 2B on TSN NL All-Star Team (1968) NL Gold Glove as 2B (1970 to 1971) Tommy Helms Collectibles! Tommy Helms Memorabilia! Tommy Helms Cards! Tommy Helms Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1964 CIN N Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1964 CIN N
1965 CIN N Daily Splits   21    42    4   16   2   2   0    6    3   1    7   1   0   0   0   1   0    1   0  .381  .435  .524   0.3 1965 CIN N
1966 CIN N Daily Splits  138   542   72  154  23   1   9   49   24   2   31   2   7   3   0  15  16    3   4  .284  .315  .380  -2.0 1966 CIN N
1967 CIN N Daily Splits  137   497   40  136  27   4   2   35   24   8   41   0   5   4   0   6  11    5  10  .274  .305  .356  -1.6 1967 CIN N
1968 CIN N Daily Splits  127   507   35  146  28   2   2   47   12   6   27   2   2   3   0   4   8    5   6  .288  .305  .363   1.0 1968 CIN N
1969 CIN N Daily Splits  126   480   38  129  18   1   1   40   18   5   33   1   8   1   1   9  20    4   6  .269  .296  .317  -1.9 1969 CIN N
1970 CIN N Daily Splits  150   575   42  136  21   1   1   45   21   4   33   0   5   4   2  15  18    2   2  .237  .262  .282  -3.5 1970 CIN N
1971 CIN N Daily Splits  150   547   40  141  26   1   3   52   26   5   33   1   7   7   1   9i 17    3   4  .258  .289  .325   1.8 1971 CIN N
1972 HOU N Daily Splits  139   518   45  134  20   5   5   60   24   8   27   4   3  10   0  13i  8    4   3  .259  .291  .346   2.7 1972 HOU N
1973 HOU N Daily Splits  146   543   44  156  28   2   4   61   32  12   21   0   6   3   0  12i 11    1   1  .287  .325  .368   0.6 1973 HOU N
1974 HOU N Daily Splits  137   452   32  126  21   1   5   50   23   7   27   1   1   4   0   7  13    5   4  .279  .313  .363   1.4 1974 HOU N
1975 HOU N Daily Splits   64   135    7   28   2   0   0   14   10   1    8   1   0   1   0   3   3    0   0  .207  .265  .222  -0.6 1975 HOU N
1976 PIT N Daily Splits   62    87   10   24   5   1   1   13   10   0    5   1   2   2   0   3   0    0   0  .276  .350  .391   0.1 1976 PIT N
1977 PIT N Daily Splits   15    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.4 1977 PIT N
1977 BOS A Daily Splits   21    59    5   16   2   0   1    5    4   1    4   1   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .271  .328  .356  -0.4 1977 BOS A
1977 Total                36    71    5   16   2   0   1    5    4   1    7   1   2   0   0   2   1    0   0  .225  .276  .296  -0.8 1977 Total
Total NL                1414  4938  409 1326 221  21  33  472  227  59  297  14  48  42   4  98i125   33  40  .269  .300  .342  -2.1 Total NL        
Total AL                  21    59    5   16   2   0   1    5    4   1    4   1   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .271  .328  .356  -0.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1435  4997  414 1342 223  21  34  477  231  60  301  15  48  42   4  99i126   33  40  .269  .300  .342  -2.5 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N Daily Splits    3    11    0    3   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .273  .273 1970 CIN N

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N Daily Splits    5    18    1    4   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .263  .222 1970 CIN N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1967 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1967 NL   
1968 NL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .333  .500  .667 1968 NL   
Total            Splits    2     4    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .250  .400  .500 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1965 CIN N Daily  SS    8    7    7    70      15   21    1    5   0  .973
1965 CIN N        3B    2    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1965 CIN N        2B    1    0    0     3       1    1    0    1   0 1.000
1966 CIN N Daily  3B  113  113  107  1001.1   110  208   13   16   0  .961
1966 CIN N        2B   20   20   20   168.1    45   50    0    9   0 1.000
1967 CIN N Daily  2B   88   86   81   780.2   185  224    9   50   1  .978
1967 CIN N        SS   46   44   43   394.2    79  123   12   25   0  .944
1968 CIN N Daily  2B  127  125  111  1124.1   322  370   15   82   0  .979
1968 CIN N        SS    2    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1968 CIN N        3B    1    0    0     1       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1969 CIN N Daily  2B  125  125  111  1097.2   320  344   17   87   0  .975
1969 CIN N        SS    4    0    0     7       5    3    0    2   0 1.000
1970 CIN N Daily  2B  148  147  118  1241.2   350  410   13  107   0  .983
1970 CIN N        SS   12    0    0    21       3    2    0    0   0 1.000
1971 CIN N Daily  2B  149  146  139  1294.1   395  468    9  130   0  .990
1972 HOU N Daily  2B  139  139  131  1243.1   353  441   17  115   0  .979
1973 HOU N Daily  2B  145  145  135  1293     325  438    9  104   0  .988
1974 HOU N Daily  2B  133  130   73  1050.2   308  360   10   99   0  .985
1975 HOU N Daily  2B   42   27   22   265.1    58  109    2   19   0  .988
1975 HOU N        3B    3    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1975 HOU N        SS    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1976 PIT N Daily  3B   22   10    7   106.2     8   27    3    4   0  .921
1976 PIT N        2B   11    6    5    69      22   19    0    4   0 1.000
1976 PIT N        SS    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1977 BOS A Daily  DH   13   13    7                                      -
1977 BOS A        3B    2    2    2    18       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1977 BOS A        2B    1    1    1     9       4    3    0    0   0 1.000
Total             2B 1129 1097  947  9640.1  2688 3237  101  807   1  .983
Total             3B  143  126  116  1134     119  238   16   20   0  .957
Total             SS   74   51   50   498.2   102  149   13   32   0  .951
Total             DH   13   13    7                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

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League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1970 CIN N Daily  2B    3    3    3    28      11   12    0    1   0 1.000

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1970 CIN N Daily  2B    5    5    5    43      10   13    0    2   0 1.000

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1968 NL    Daily  2B    1    1    0     8       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total             2B    1    1    0     8       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1988 CIN N   27   12   15  .444   106   112   5- 2   5-31    4  4  2
1989 CIN N   37   16   21  .432   147   161   8-22           4  5
Total        64   28   36  .438   253   273
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1959).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Lee May and Jimmy Stewart to Houston Astros in
exchange for Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Ed
Armbrister (November 29, 1971).

Traded by Houston Astros to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a player to be named
later (December 12, 1975); Houston Astros received Art Howe (January 6, 1976).

Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Oakland Athletics (November 5, 1976).

Traded by Oakland Athletics with Phil Garner and Chris Batton to Pittsburgh Pirates
in exchange for Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas and
Mitchell Page (March 15, 1977).

Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 14, 1977).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (June 21, 1977).

Released by Boston Red Sox (March 25, 1978).

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