Heinie Zimmerman
1907–1919 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
1,459G
.295AVG
.331OBP
.419SLG
More career statistics
1,566H
58HR
796RBI
175SB
1Rare feat
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 | 1,459 | 1,460 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,304 | 5,309 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 33 | 170 |
| Batting · Doubles | 275 | 277 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,566 | 1,569 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 404 | 443 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,740 | 5,742 |
| Batting · Runs | 695 | 696 |
| Batting · RBI | 796 | 803 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 175 | 173 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,459 | 5,740 | 5,304 | 695 | 1,566 | 275 | 105 | 58 | 796 | 242 | 404 | 175 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 2,225 | .295 | .331 | .419 | .750 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1912-04-14 to 1912-05-14
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1913-04-26 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1911-06-11 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1910-10-03 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 770 | 2968 | 823 | 31 | 426 | 119 | 230 | .299 | .317 | .428 |
| Away | 690 | 2774 | 746 | 27 | 377 | 123 | 213 | .291 | .313 | .412 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 128 | 533 | 155 | 0 | 88 | 27 | 37 | .316 | .341 | .416 |
| May | 248 | 1002 | 266 | 15 | 143 | 39 | 82 | .289 | .304 | .440 |
| June | 238 | 900 | 254 | 14 | 123 | 35 | 72 | .303 | .321 | .461 |
| July | 283 | 1132 | 323 | 10 | 176 | 38 | 85 | .304 | .319 | .422 |
| August | 284 | 1100 | 291 | 10 | 129 | 49 | 78 | .288 | .309 | .396 |
| September | 238 | 919 | 240 | 7 | 129 | 48 | 74 | .285 | .313 | .393 |
| October | 41 | 156 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 15 | .272 | .295 | .381 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 222 | 846 | 227 | 4 | 90 | 30 | 69 | .285 | .304 | .387 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 215 | 857 | 210 | 5 | 127 | 44 | 63 | .271 | .296 | .386 |
| boston-braves | 209 | 816 | 249 | 15 | 148 | 33 | 48 | .332 | .346 | .503 |
| cincinnati-reds | 207 | 813 | 220 | 5 | 117 | 29 | 51 | .293 | .306 | .415 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 205 | 826 | 226 | 11 | 103 | 47 | 67 | .300 | .331 | .430 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 200 | 814 | 223 | 12 | 113 | 34 | 78 | .295 | .316 | .411 |
| new-york-giants | 137 | 507 | 144 | 6 | 69 | 17 | 49 | .301 | .318 | .449 |
| chicago-cubs | 65 | 263 | 70 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 18 | .281 | .297 | .341 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  Chicago Cubs | 5 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | 47 | 113 | 33 | – | 10 | 2 | .292 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago Cubs | 67 | 183 | 50 | – | 18 | 7 | .273 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 99 | 335 | 96 | 3 | 40 | 7 | .287 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 144 | 535 | 166 | 9 | 83 | 22 | .310 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 145 | 561 | 207 | 14 | 104 | 23 | .369 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 127 | 448 | 140 | 9 | 93 | 17 | .312 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 146 | 564 | 167 | 4 | 95 | 18 | .296 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs | 139 | 520 | 138 | 3 | 66 | 19 | .265 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs, New York Giants | 147 | 549 | 157 | 6 | 80 | 23 | .286 | – | – |
| 1917 |  New York Giants | 150 | 585 | 174 | 5 | 100 | 12 | .297 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Giants | 121 | 463 | 126 | 1 | 56 | 14 | .272 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Giants | 123 | 444 | 113 | 4 | 57 | 9 | .255 | – | – |