Jeff Heath | Major Leaguer 1936-1949

Full Name: John Geoffrey Heath
Born: April 1,1915 in Fort William, Ontario
Death: December 9,1975
Height: Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Garfield (Seattle,WA)
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Baseball Lists: Canadians in the Major Leagues ... Home Run Leaders by State, Province or Country

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Transactions: [Dec 14,1945] - Traded by Indians to Senators for George Case. [Jun 15,1946] - Traded by Senators to Browns for Al LaMacchia and Joe Grace. [Dec 4,1947] - Purchased by Braves from Browns. [Oct 13,1949] - Released by Braves.

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1936	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	of		12	41	6	14	3	3	1	8	1	0	3	4	0		0			.341	*.390	.634	*1024	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	of		20	61	8	14	1	4	0	8	0	1	0	9	0		0			.230	*.237	.377	*614	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	of		126	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	3	1	33	55	0		3			.343	*.387	.602	*989	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	of		121	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	8	4	41	64	0		0		7	.292	*.358	.494	*852	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	of		100	356	55	78	16	3	14	50	5	3	40	62	0		0		2	.219	*.303	.399	*702	--
1941	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	of		151	585	89	199	32	20	24	123	18	12	50	69	4		4		5	.340	*.395	.586	*981	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	of		147	568	82	158	37	13	10	76	9	9	62	66	1		3		10	.278	*.353	.442	*795	--
1943	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	of		118	424	58	116	22	6	18	79	5	8	63	58	1		0		4	.274	*.371	.481	*852	--
1944	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	of		60	151	20	50	5	2	5	33	0	1	18	12	0		1		2	.331	*.405	.490	*895	--
1945	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	of		102	370	60	113	16	7	15	61	3	1	56	39	1		2		6	.305	*.400	.508	*908	--
1946	Washington	AL	31	Wa1	MLB	of		48	166	23	47	12	3	4	27	0	4	36	36	0		1		1	.283	*.414	.464	*878	--
	St. Louis	AL	31	Stb	MLB			86	316	46	87	20	4	12	57	0	2	37	37	1		1		2	.275	*.355	.478	*833	--
1947	St. Louis	AL	32	Stb	MLB			141	491	81	123	20	7	27	85	2	1	88	87	1		2		0	.251	*.368	.485	*853	--
1948	Boston	NL	33	Bbr	MLB	of		115	364	64	116	26	5	20	76	2		51	46	1		3		4	.319	*.405	.582	*987	--
1949	Boston	NL	34	Bbr	MLB	of		36	111	17	34	7	0	9	23	0		15	26	0		0		2	.306	*.392	.613	*1005	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								1383	4937	777	1447	279	102	194	887	56		593	670	10		20			.293		.509	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1936	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	OF	12			10	1	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1937	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	OF	14			27	0	0	27	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1938	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	OF	122			254	5	7	266	2	-	-	-	.974	--

1939	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	OF	108			263	7	10	280	2	-	-	-	.964	--

1940	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	OF	90			197	6	6	209	1	-	-	-	.971	--

1941	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	OF	151			259	20	15	294	1	-	-	-	.949	--

1942	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	OF	146			326	12	7	345	3	-	-	-	.980	--

1943	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	OF	111			264	4	9	277	1	-	-	-	.968	--

1944	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	OF	37			76	4	4	84	2	-	-	-	.952	--

1945	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	OF	101			214	3	6	223	1	-	-	-	.973	--

1946	St. Louis	AL	31	Stb	MLB	OF	83			147	5	6	158	1	-	-	-	.962	--
1946	Washington	AL	31	Wa1	MLB	OF	47			92	3	3	98	0	-	-	-	.969	--

1947	St. Louis	AL	32	Stb	MLB	OF	140			297	7	4	308	4	-	-	-	.987	--

1948	Boston	NL	33	Bbr	MLB	OF	106			223	6	2	231	2	-	-	-	.991	--

1949	Boston	NL	34	Bbr	MLB	OF	31			56	2	1	59	1	-	-	-	.983	--

Awards

[1938] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #11) [1939] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1941] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #8), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1943] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1945] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #20) [1947] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #31)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1941, 1943)

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