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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CIN		CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	7	2	13	2	2B
2	2	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	4	4	0	8	3	2B
5	5	Apr 16	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	GS	22	4.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
6	6	Apr 17	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
7	7	Apr 18	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
8	8	Apr 19	CIN		ATL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
11	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.1	4	4	0	8	1	2B
12	12	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26	CIN		NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
14	14	Apr 27	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
15	15	Apr 28	CIN		NYM	L,5-6	GS	43	8.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
16	16	Apr 29	CIN	@	HOU	W,17-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
17	17	Apr 30	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
19	19	May 2	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	39	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
20	20	May 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
21	21	May 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
22	22	May 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	45	11.1	4	3	0	7	0	2B
23	23	May 6	CIN		PHI	W,10-1	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
24	24	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
26	26	May 9	CIN		PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
27	27	May 10	CIN		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
28	28	May 11	CIN		SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	29	May 12	CIN		SFG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
30	30	May 14	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
31	31	May 15	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
32	32	May 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B
33	33	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
34	34	May 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
35	35	May 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
36	36	May 20	CIN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
37	37	May 21	CIN		HOU	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
38	38	May 22	CIN		HOU	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
39	39	May 24	CIN		PIT	L,5-8	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
40	40	May 25	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
41	41	May 26	CIN		PIT	T,8-8	CG	38	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
42	42	May 28	CIN		LAD	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
43	43	May 29	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	44	May 30	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	GS	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48 (3)	Jun 3	CIN		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	49	Jun 4	CIN		ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
47	50	Jun 5	CIN		ATL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
48	51	Jun 7	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
49	52	Jun 8	CIN		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
50	53	Jun 9 (1)	CIN		STL	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
51	54	Jun 9 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
52	55	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
53	56	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
54	57	Jun 12	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
55	58	Jun 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
56	59	Jun 14	CIN	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
57	60	Jun 15	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
58	61	Jun 16	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
59	62	Jun 17	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
60	63	Jun 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
61	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
63	66	Jun 21	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
64	67	Jun 22	CIN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
65	68	Jun 23 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
66	69	Jun 23 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
67	70	Jun 24	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
68	71	Jun 25	CIN		NYM	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
69	72	Jun 26	CIN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
70	73	Jun 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
71	74	Jun 29	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
72	75	Jun 30	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
74	77	Jul 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	2B
75	78	Jul 3	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	2B
76	79	Jul 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	80	Jul 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	45	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
78	81	Jul 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
79	82	Jul 7	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
80	91 (8)	Jul 20	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
81	92	Jul 21	CIN		PHI	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
82	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
83	94	Jul 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
84	96 (1)	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	97	Jul 28	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
86	98	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
87	99	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
88	100	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
89	101	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
90	102	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	103	Aug 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
92	105 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
93	106	Aug 4	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	54	12.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
94	107	Aug 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B 3B
95	108	Aug 6	CIN	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
96	109	Aug 7	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
97	110	Aug 8	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	4	4	0	8	1	2B
98	111	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
99	112	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
100	113	Aug 11	CIN		CHC	L,5-8	CG	59	15.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
101	114	Aug 12	CIN		ATL	L,2-9	GS	41	8.0	3	3	1	7	3	2B
102	115	Aug 13	CIN		ATL	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
103	116	Aug 14	CIN		ATL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
104	117	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
105	118	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
106	119	Aug 18 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
107	120	Aug 18 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
108	121	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
109	122	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
110	123	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	L,1-19	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
111	124	Aug 22	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
112	125	Aug 23	CIN		NYM	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
113	126	Aug 24	CIN		NYM	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
114	127	Aug 25	CIN		NYM	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
115	128	Aug 26	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	2B
116	129	Aug 27	CIN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
117	130	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
118	131	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
119	132	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B SS
120	133	Aug 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B SS
121	134	Aug 31	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	135	Sep 1	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	2B
123	136	Sep 2	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
124	137	Sep 3	CIN		STL	L,3-5	CG	50	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
125	138	Sep 4	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
126	139	Sep 6 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
127	140	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,6-8	GS	33	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
							130gm		1128.1	322	372	15	709	82