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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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	May 4	SLB		DET	L,3-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	13 (3)	May 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
3	14	May 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	17 (2)	May 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	GS	41	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
5	18	May 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
6	19	May 21	SLB		PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	20	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	23 (2)	May 26	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	24	May 27	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
10	25	May 29	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	26	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
12	27	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	1
13	28	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	12.2	2	2	0	4	1
14	29	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	0		6	1	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics
15	56	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	59 (2)	Jun 23	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
17	60	Jun 24	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	61	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	62	Jun 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	63	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	66 (2)	Jul 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	1
23	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
26	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
27	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	73	Jul 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	80 (6)	Jul 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	2	5	0	7	0
30	85 (4)	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
31	86	Jul 24	PHA		DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	87	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
33	88	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	89	Jul 26	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
35	90	Jul 27	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	91	Jul 28	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	92	Jul 30	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	93	Jul 31 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
39	94	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	95	Aug 1 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	96	Aug 1 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,9-15	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	97	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
43	98	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
44	99	Aug 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	3
45	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	101	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	GS	16	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	110 (8)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	112	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
50	113	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
51	114	Aug 22 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	116 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	0	4	0	4	0
53	117	Aug 23 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
54	118	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	5	1	1	7	0
55	119	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	120	Aug 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
57	121	Aug 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	122	Aug 29 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	2	6	0	8	0
59	123	Aug 29 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	2	2	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	132 (8)	Sep 12 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
61	133	Sep 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	134	Sep 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
							62gm		479.0	126	145	6	277	31