Don Heffner stats
Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1944
Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 743
- AB
- 2,526
- R
- 275
- H
- 610
- HR
- 6
- RBI
- 248
- SB
- 18
- AVG
- .241
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NYY | 72 | 241 | 29 | 63 | 0 | 25 | 1 | .261 |
| 1935 | NYY | 10 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .306 |
| 1936 | NYY | 19 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .229 |
| 1937 | NYY | 60 | 201 | 23 | 50 | 0 | 21 | 1 | .249 |
| 1938 | BAL | 141 | 473 | 47 | 116 | 2 | 69 | 1 | .245 |
| 1939 | BAL | 110 | 375 | 45 | 100 | 1 | 35 | 1 | .267 |
| 1940 | BAL | 126 | 487 | 52 | 115 | 3 | 53 | 5 | .236 |
| 1941 | BAL | 110 | 399 | 48 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 5 | .233 |
| 1942 | BAL | 19 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 |
| 1943 |  BAL/ATH | 70 | 211 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .194 |
| 1944 | DET | 6 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,846
- TB
- 765
- XBH
- 124
- HBP
- 9
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NYY | 270 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 40 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY | 55 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | NYY | 221 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | BAL | 554 | 151 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | BAL | 434 | 117 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | BAL | 530 | 151 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | BAL | 446 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | BAL | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | BAL/ATH | 235 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | DET | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -5.4
- RC
- 262.7
- RC/27
- 3.60
- ISOP
- .061
- SECA
- .165
- BB/K
- 1.24
- AB/HR
- 421.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NYY | 0.4 | 27.9 | 4.1 | .058 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 0.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 | .139 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY | 0.1 | 5.3 | 3.7 | .083 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | NYY | -0.6 | 21 | 3.6 | .080 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | BAL | -1.2 | 58.9 | 4.3 | .074 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 236.5 | 0 |
| 1939 | BAL | -1.0 | 44.4 | 4.1 | .045 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 375 | 0 |
| 1940 | BAL | -0.9 | 46.5 | 3.3 | .074 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 162.3 | 0 |
| 1941 | BAL | -1.1 | 35.8 | 3 | .045 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | BAL | -0.4 | 1.2 | 1 | .056 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | BAL/ATH | -1.1 | 13.2 | 2 | .033 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | DET | 0.1 | 2.5 | 4.6 | .053 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Don Heffner's career stats?
Don Heffner played 11 seasons for the Yankees, the Orioles and the Tigers. He was a career .241 hitter with 610 hits, 6 home runs and 248 RBI. His best season was 1935: a .306 batting average, 0 home runs and 8 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1934 to 1944
Championships ×2
- 1936 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1937 World Series with the New York Yankees