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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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.9

2526

610

.242

275

RBI

248

OBP

.317

SLG

.303

OPS

.620

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	41-32 / in Starts: 39-26
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	20 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 270 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	183 (95-54-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 270 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	183 (93-56-32)

Most Driven In
B Dickey	10
B Chapman	7
L Gehrig	3
F Crosetti	2
M Hoag	2
T Lazzeri	1
S Byrd	0

Most Driven In By
E Combs	7
F Crosetti	7
J Saltzgaver	4
R Rolfe	3
B Ruth	3
R Ruffing	2
G Uhle	1
J Allen	0

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	8	1.52	0.213	3.97	0.33%	1.31	2B
2	2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	8	.51	-0.010	1.16	-0.01%	0.08	2B
3	3	3	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	1	.333	.385	.417	.801	8	.52	-0.029	1.43	-0.05%	-0.59	2B
4	4	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.471	.467	.937	8	1.15	0.118	3.28	0.20%	1.04	2B
5	5	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.444	.500	.611	1.111	8	.48	0.012	1.25	0.02%	0.39	2B
6	6	6	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.435	.524	.959	8	.53	-0.042	1.53	-0.07%	-0.48	2B
7	7	7	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.423	.500	.923	8	1.18	-0.063	3.62	-0.12%	-0.61	2B
8	8	8	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.414	.462	.875	8	1.45	-0.034	4.69	-0.07%	-0.23	2B
9	9	9	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.406	.448	.855	8	.93	-0.009	2.77	-0.02%	-0.04	2B
10	10	10	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	8	2.24	-0.049	6.21	-0.08%	-0.32	2B
11	11	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	8	1.44	0.055	4.39	0.10%	0.10	2B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	12	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.386	.463	.850	8	1.16	0.259	3.92	0.53%	0.25	2B
13	13	13	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.444	.819	8	.57	-0.039	2.04	-0.09%	-0.53	2B
14	14	14	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.373	.426	.798	8	.55	0.010	1.91	0.02%	-0.11	2B
15	15	15	May 5	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.364	.412	.775	8	.25	-0.007	.93	-0.02%	-0.23	2B
16	16	16	May 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.356	.389	.745	8	1.90	-0.035	7.02	-0.08%	-0.35	2B
17	17	17	May 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.375	.424	.799	8	.34	0.065	1.32	0.15%	2.37	2B
18	18	18	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.382	.429	.811	8	1.06	0.010	4.35	0.02%	0.97	2B
19	19	19	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,8-9	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.343	.389	.433	.822	8	.61	0.089	2.52	0.22%	1.34	2B
20	20	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.390	.414	.804	8	.24	0.003	.98	0.01%	-0.30	2B
21	21	21	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.373	.395	.768	8	1.54	-0.234	6.35	-0.58%	-1.77	2B
22	22	22	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.309	.364	.383	.746	8	2.48	0.364	10.70	0.94%	0.90	2B
23	23	23	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.380	.386	.766	8	.18	0.006	.90	0.02%	0.41	2B
24	24	24	May 17	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.385	.384	.769	8	1.52	0.038	7.96	0.12%	0.53	2B
25	25	25	May 18	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.376	.367	.743	8	1.88	-0.202	9.53	-0.62%	-1.26	2B
26	26	26	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.377	.389	.767	8	.42	0.085	2.15	0.26%	0.97	2B
27	27	27	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.378	.745	8	1.22	-0.109	6.26	-0.34%	-1.07	2B
28	28	28	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.363	.382	.745	8	.41	-0.029	2.06	-0.09%	0.66	2B
29	29	29	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.353	.371	.725	8	1.35	-0.121	6.75	-0.36%	-1.11	2B
30	30	30	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.358	.370	.729	8	.67	0.006	2.83	0.01%	-0.06	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	31	47 (16)	Jun 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.358	.370	.729	6						2B
32	32	48	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.288	.363	.369	.732	8	.54	0.032	2.42	0.09%	0.49	2B
33	33	49	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.359	.365	.725	8	.16	-0.006	.79	-0.02%	-0.17	2B
34	34	50	Jun 15	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.348	.353	.701	8	.81	-0.096	3.86	-0.28%	-1.51	2B
35	35	51	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.346	.344	.690	8	.59	-0.024	3.50	-0.09%	-0.50	2B
36	36	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.343	.341	.684	8	1.83	0.036	11.77	0.14%	0.12	2B
37	37	53	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.343	.341	.684	8	1.73	0.176	11.32	0.69%	0.63	2B
38	38	54	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.263	.333	.331	.664	8	.83	-0.026	5.38	-0.10%	-0.33	2B
39	39	57 (2)	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.338	.336	.674	8	.59	0.022	3.31	0.08%	0.23	2B
40	40	58	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.329	.326	.655	8	1.15	-0.163	6.26	-0.53%	-1.44	2B
41	41	59	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.323	.319	.642	8	.28	0.008	1.47	0.02%	-0.01	2B
42	42	60	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.253	.319	.315	.634	8	.43	0.047	1.84	0.12%	0.21	2B
43	43	61	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	W,13-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.327	.327	.654	8	.44	0.030	1.91	0.08%	2.59	2B
44	44	62	Jun 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.320	.318	.638	8	.55	-0.052	2.55	-0.15%	-1.28	2B
45	45	63	Jun 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	CG(11)	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.328	.323	.650	8	1.87	0.001	8.73	0.00%	0.50	2B
46	46	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.259	.326	.321	.647	8	.66	0.020	3.51	0.06%	0.15	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	47	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.324	.319	.643	8	.77	-0.067	4.21	-0.22%	-0.93	2B
48	48	66	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.328	.320	.647	8	.46	-0.013	2.60	-0.05%	-0.24	2B
49	49	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.330	.318	.648	8	1.40	0.030	7.82	0.10%	-0.24	2B
50	50	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.323	.311	.634	8	1.95	-0.243	10.81	-0.81%	-2.40	2B
51	51	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.325	.309	.634	8	.71	0.112	3.97	0.37%	1.50	2B
52	52	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.324	.308	.632	8	.25	-0.025	1.35	-0.08%	-0.15	2B
53	53	71	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.325	.317	.643	8	1.43	0.050	8.01	0.17%	0.52	2B
54	54	72	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.324	.313	.636	8	.96	-0.052	5.23	-0.17%	-0.89	2B
55	55	73	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.323	.311	.634	8	.67	0.042	3.60	0.14%	0.02	2B
56	56	74	Jul 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		1		0	0	.255	.329	.315	.644	8	.65	0.128	3.75	0.45%	1.87	2B
57	57	75	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.314	.641	8	1.77	-0.164	16.44	-0.91%	-1.14	2B
58	58	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.326	.313	.639	8	1.15	-0.054	10.19	-0.29%	-0.80	2B
59	59	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.319	.305	.624	8	.32	-0.044	3.01	-0.25%	-1.26	2B
60	60	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.326	.315	.641	8	1.52	0.230	14.31	1.30%	1.62	2B
61	61	79	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.326	.315	.642	8	1.57	-0.023	8.44	-0.07%	-0.12	2B
62	62	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.325	.314	.639	8	.40	-0.040	2.36	-0.14%	-0.60	2B
63	63	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.324	.313	.637	8	1.38	-0.097	7.69	-0.33%	-0.97	2B
64	64	82	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.325	.319	.644	8	.80	-0.011	3.71	-0.03%	-0.04	2B
65	65	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.326	.316	.642	8	1.65	-0.121	8.15	-0.36%	-1.07	2B
66	66	88 (4)	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.326	.316	.642	6						2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	67	103 (14)	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.328	.319	.647	9	.01	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.67	PH
68	68	108 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-9	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.328	.319	.647	8						2B
69	69	109	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.328	.316	.645	8	1.06	-0.018	8.07	-0.08%	-0.15	2B
70	70	124 (14)	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.328	.316	.645	9						PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
71	71	129 (4)	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.331	.319	.650	2	.05	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.39	PH
72	72	140 (10)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.331	.319	.650	7						PR
73	73	154 (13)	Sep 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.331	.320	.650	6	1.80	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.07	2B
							41-32		270	241	29	63	8	3	0	25	25	2	18	0	4		9		1	1	.261	.331	.320	.650		.99	-0.185	4.81	-0.73%	-3.52

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