Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason
You Are Here > smileyleague.org > Tommy Helms
Tommy Helms
Tommy Vann Helms

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut September 23, 1964
Final Game October 1, 1977
Born May 5, 1941 in Charlotte, NC (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
Select Year:   
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 24 CIN NL   45   45    8   20   6   1   0    9   1   0    3    3  .444  .490  .622 1.112   157    28   0   0   1   1   1  
 1966 25 CIN NL  162  593   69  170  20   1  17   70   0   2   23   34  .287  .310  .410  .719    98   243   4  12   0   2  21  
 1967 26 CIN NL  155  548   52  150  37   6   4   58   6   1   25   45  .274  .304  .385  .689    95   211   6   3   5   0  11  
 1968 27 CIN NL  148  526   38  133  25   6   1   43   4   3    8   44  .253  .267  .329  .596    91   173   5   3   2   3  12  
 1969 28 CIN NL   90  339   25   95  17   1   1   32   2   2    7   38  .280  .291  .345  .637    94   117   7   4   0   0   9  
         SDN NL   48  187   14   50   6   1   1    9   0   2    3   14  .267  .279  .326  .605    88    61   1   0   0   0   1  
         TOT     138  526   39  145  23   2   2   41   2   4   10   52  .276  .287  .338  .625         178   8   4   0   0  10 
 1970 29 SDN NL  144  590   61  122  18   0   2   27   0   2   20   40  .207  .232  .247  .479    67   146  15   2   0   0   4  
 1971 30 SDN NL  154  555   31  120  23   1   3   46   0   4   18   39  .216  .240  .277  .517    75   154   5   3   2   0  16  
 1972 31 NYN NL  157  503   35  107  25   3   3   36   0   1   19   36  .213  .254  .292  .546    83   147   8   1   1   9   9  
 1973 32 NYN NL  160  583   55  163  26   3   2   57   0   0   31   28  .280  .313  .345  .658    92   201   5   5   5   0  13  
 1974 33 NYN NL   86  341   33   94  13   1   5   32   2   0   16   20  .276  .308  .364  .672    97   124   5   0   2   0  12  
         SLN NL   33   95   12   28   8   0   3   15   0   0    5    7  .295  .330  .474  .804   116    45   0   0   2   0   5  
         TOT     119  436   45  122  21   1   8   47   2   0   21   27  .280  .313  .388  .701         169   5   0   4   0  17 
 1975 34 SLN NL   42   46    3   11   1   0   0    9   0   0    5    0  .239  .314  .261  .575    81    12   0   0   0   0   1  
 1976 35 OAA AL   49   96   12   27   4   0   4   25   0   0   11    5  .281  .349  .448  .797   116    43   1   2   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     1473 5047  448 1290 229  24  46  468  15  17  194  353  .256  .283  .338  .621        1705  62  35  20  15 117
 Per 600 PA           566   50  145  26   3   5   52   2   2   22   40                                 191   7   4   2   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      600 2051  192  568 105  15  23  212  13   8   66  164  .277  .298  .376  .675         772  22  22   8   6  54
   With NYN      403 1427  123  364  64   7  10  125   2   1   66   84  .255  .291  .331  .622         472  18   6   8   9  34
   With SDN      346 1332  106  292  47   2   6   82   0   8   41   93  .219  .242  .271  .513         361  21   5   2   0  21
   With SLN       75  141   15   39   9   0   3   24   0   0   10    7  .277  .325  .404  .729          57   0   0   2   0   6
   With OAA       49   96   12   27   4   0   4   25   0   0   11    5  .281  .349  .448  .797          43   1   2   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1435 4997  414 1342 223  21  34  477  33  40  231  301  .269  .300  .342  .642        1709  48  42  60  15 126
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1965 24 CIN NL  19   13  14.3  36  14   0  .389   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  PH             153   
 1966 25 CIN NL  30   69   4.1   0   0   0  .000  23   89   58  .652    0    0  .000  3B   2e19       24   
 1967 26 CIN NL  27   62   4.0   3   2   0  .667  14  132  102  .773    0    0  .000  2B   2e18       28   
 1968 27 CIN NL  25   42   2.8   2   0   0  .000   7  132  110  .833    0    0  .000  2B   2e19      -73   
 1969 28 CIN NL  35   32   3.2   0   0   0  .000  14   98   74  .755    0    0  .000  2B   2e23       24   
         SDN NL   9   16   3.1   3   2   0  .667   4   39   29  .744    0    0  .000  2B   2e23       -8   
         TOT                     3   2   0  .667  18  137  103  .752    0    0  .000
 1970 29 SDN NL  19   34   1.9   1   1   0 1.000  18  135   98  .726    0    0  .000  2B   2e15      -64   
 1971 30 SDN NL  31   32   1.9   8   1   0  .125   7  136  129  .949    0    0  .000  2B   1e10      -98   
 1972 31 NYN NL  20   36   2.4  10   3   0  .300   9  138  111  .804    0    0  .000  2B   2e17      -91   
 1973 32 NYN NL  32   61   3.8   5   1   0  .200   5  149  129  .866    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -35   
 1974 33 NYN NL  30   35   3.6   1   0   0  .000   5   72   50  .694    0    0  .000  2B   3e12       -4   
         SLN NL   8   12   4.8   4   1   0  .250   0   14   12  .857    0    0  .000  2B   3e12      128   
         TOT                     5   1   0  .200   5   86   62  .721    0    0  .000
 1975 34 SLN NL  59    3   2.9  23   5   0  .217   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  2B   3e11       87   
 1976 35 OAA AL  77   15   5.7  10   4   0  .400   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  DH              56   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          471   3.2 106  34   0  .321 107 1143  908  .794    0    0  .000                 -26   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1965 24 CIN NL  2B     5     1     4    0    0  1.000     0    11.0   4.09
                 SS     6     0     3    0    0  1.000     0    10.2   2.53
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1966 25 CIN NL  3B   162   113   383   23   18   .956   162  1452.2   3.07
 1967 26 CIN NL  2B   153   326   387   14   84   .981   145  1319.0   4.87
                 SS     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1968 27 CIN NL  2B   147   416   372    7   87   .991   140  1275.0   5.56
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1969 28 TOT     2B   136   385   323   18   75   .975   128  1171.1   5.44
         CIN NL  SS     3     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1970 29 SDN NL  2B   144   408   372   18  105   .977   140  1242.0   5.65
 1971 30 SDN NL  2B   150   410   430    7  106   .992   140  1286.2   5.88  GG
 1972 31 NYN NL  2B   151   390   346    9  109   .988   129  1223.2   5.41
 1973 32 NYN NL  2B   159   432   427    5  140   .994   150  1364.2   5.67
 1974 33 TOT     2B   113   300   263    5   81   .991   113   981.0   5.17
 1975 34 SLN NL  2B    23    14     5    0    2  1.000     1    45.1   3.77
                 SS     3     0     0    0    0   .000     3    24.0   0.00
 1976 35 OAA AL  2B    12     8     8    1    4   .941     1    33.1   4.32
                 SS     6     3     6    0    3  1.000     0    17.0   4.76
                 3B     5     2     8    0    0  1.000     0    15.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1193  3090  2937   84  793   .986  1087  9953.0   5.45
                 3B   168   115   391   23   18   .957   162  1468.2   3.10
                 SS    21     4    12    0    3  1.000     3    59.2   2.41
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1965 WS    CIN DEA   W    6   4  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  .500  .667  .500  0
 1967 WS    CIN BOA   L    6  17  1  2  0  0  1   1  0  4  .118  .118  .294  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


Similar Batters

    Compare similar batters

  1. Ken Reitz (954)
  2. Scott Fletcher (948)
  3. Mike Scioscia (942)
  4. Cookie Rojas (941)
  5. Pete Suder (938)
  6. Ozzie Guillen (936)
  7. Bobby Richardson (935)
  8. Rey Sanchez (932)
  9. Jerry Lumpe (930)
  10. Brad Ausmus (928)


Similar Players   (includes position adjustment)

    Compare similar players

  1. Cookie Rojas (941)
  2. Pete Suder (938)
  3. Bobby Richardson (935)
  4. Jerry Lumpe (930)
  5. Manny Trillo (922)
  6. Julian Javier (918)
  7. Frankie Gustine (915)
  8. Derrel Thomas (915)
  9. Frank Bolling (913)
  10. Dave Cash (912)


Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  CIN   98-64   Larry Cupp
 1966  CIN   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1969  CIN   83-79   Alan Boodman
 1969  SDN   55-107  Mike Tomeo
 1970  SDN   63-99   Mike Tomeo
 1971  SDN   72-90   Mike Tomeo
 1972  NYN   80-82   Ray Cappocchi
 1973  NYN   79-83   Ray Cappocchi
 1974  NYN   61-101  Chris Colucci, Jon Fellows
 1974  SLN   82-80   Derek Jones
 1975  SLN   80-82   Derek Jones
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy

Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason