Don Heffner
1930–1944 · bats R / throws R · ASB, Detroit Tigers, MLS, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
744G
.241AVG
.317OBP
.303SLG
More career statistics
610H
6HR
248RBI
18SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 744 | 747 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,526 | 2,539 |
| Batting · Hits | 610 | 614 |
| Batting · Home runs | 6 | 9 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,846 | 2,860 |
| Batting · Runs | 275 | 280 |
| Batting · RBI | 248 | 249 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 18 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 270 | 271 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744 | 2,846 | 2,526 | 275 | 610 | 99 | 19 | 6 | 248 | 270 | 218 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 765 | .241 | .317 | .303 | .620 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1938-04-21 to 1938-04-30
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1933-09-17 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1938-07-03 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1939-08-31 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 374 | 1413 | 314 | 5 | 133 | 141 | 101 | .251 | .322 | .319 |
| Away | 373 | 1447 | 300 | 4 | 116 | 130 | 117 | .233 | .297 | .294 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 189 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 15 | .280 | .339 | .333 |
| May | 113 | 410 | 83 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 25 | .226 | .285 | .293 |
| June | 130 | 469 | 98 | 1 | 40 | 47 | 34 | .236 | .309 | .277 |
| July | 165 | 667 | 133 | 0 | 46 | 68 | 52 | .226 | .301 | .278 |
| August | 165 | 649 | 145 | 4 | 65 | 65 | 57 | .254 | .324 | .337 |
| September | 116 | 459 | 107 | 4 | 48 | 39 | 34 | .259 | .318 | .339 |
| October | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .062 | .118 | .188 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 116 | 447 | 98 | 2 | 52 | 48 | 29 | .249 | .327 | .315 |
| cleveland-guardians | 112 | 403 | 100 | 0 | 42 | 36 | 43 | .278 | .337 | .328 |
| detroit-tigers | 103 | 397 | 70 | 1 | 29 | 45 | 31 | .205 | .290 | .266 |
| boston-red-sox | 102 | 400 | 76 | 0 | 31 | 37 | 32 | .213 | .282 | .278 |
| chicago-white-sox | 100 | 384 | 86 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 23 | .246 | .299 | .295 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 96 | 391 | 88 | 3 | 32 | 41 | 32 | .258 | .330 | .349 |
| new-york-yankees | 84 | 307 | 57 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 22 | .205 | .261 | .252 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 118 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 6 | .330 | .398 | .387 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | ASB | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | – | – | .308 | – | – |
| 1934 |  New York Yankees | 73 | 241 | 63 | – | 25 | 1 | .261 | – | – |
| 1935 | New York Yankees | 10 | 36 | 11 | – | 8 | – | .306 | – | – |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | 19 | 48 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | 60 | 201 | 50 | – | 22 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1938 |  St. Louis Browns | 141 | 473 | 116 | 2 | 69 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 110 | 375 | 100 | 1 | 35 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Browns | 126 | 487 | 115 | 3 | 53 | 5 | .236 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 110 | 399 | 93 | – | 17 | 5 | .233 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 36 | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | .167 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 70 | 211 | 41 | – | 10 | 2 | .194 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Detroit Tigers | 6 | 19 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .211 | – | – |