Jeff Heath
1936–1949 · bats L / throws R · ALS, ASF, Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,383G
.293AVG
.370OBP
.509SLG
More career statistics
1,447H
194HR
887RBI
56SB
3Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 47 | 51 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 670 | 671 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,560 | 5,559 |
| Batting · Runs | 777 | 778 |
| Batting · RBI | 887 | 886 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 56 | 57 |
| Batting · Walks | 593 | 591 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,383 | 5,560 | 4,937 | 777 | 1,447 | 279 | 102 | 194 | 887 | 593 | 670 | 56 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 2,512 | .293 | .370 | .509 | .879 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1941-06-14 to 1941-07-04
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Four Intentional Walks | 1941-07-14 | 1 in 18,636 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1938-08-20 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1941-08-27 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 734 | 2885 | 732 | 98 | 445 | 343 | 332 | .290 | .373 | .504 |
| Away | 649 | 2674 | 715 | 96 | 441 | 248 | 339 | .297 | .360 | .514 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 101 | 411 | 98 | 14 | 47 | 46 | 51 | .271 | .350 | .443 |
| May | 246 | 994 | 263 | 28 | 158 | 131 | 109 | .308 | .396 | .525 |
| June | 233 | 939 | 251 | 24 | 140 | 99 | 117 | .300 | .373 | .480 |
| July | 243 | 968 | 238 | 40 | 167 | 103 | 113 | .277 | .352 | .512 |
| August | 317 | 1281 | 325 | 51 | 222 | 122 | 165 | .282 | .349 | .507 |
| September | 238 | 946 | 267 | 37 | 150 | 87 | 116 | .313 | .374 | .552 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .400 | .294 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 178 | 719 | 164 | 11 | 85 | 73 | 117 | .255 | .330 | .393 |
| chicago-white-sox | 175 | 720 | 195 | 17 | 94 | 50 | 93 | .293 | .340 | .459 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 174 | 739 | 202 | 28 | 133 | 82 | 60 | .310 | .384 | .538 |
| boston-red-sox | 170 | 690 | 184 | 28 | 130 | 74 | 76 | .300 | .374 | .540 |
| new-york-yankees | 169 | 676 | 159 | 34 | 106 | 80 | 86 | .268 | .354 | .519 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 168 | 675 | 180 | 20 | 118 | 68 | 73 | .300 | .367 | .521 |
| st-louis-browns | 156 | 626 | 180 | 21 | 103 | 71 | 69 | .326 | .401 | .558 |
| cleveland-guardians | 42 | 168 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 25 | .236 | .357 | .443 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .341 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 20 | 61 | 14 | – | 8 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 502 | 172 | 21 | 111 | 3 | .343 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 431 | 126 | 14 | 69 | 8 | .292 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 100 | 356 | 78 | 14 | 50 | 5 | .219 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 151 | 585 | 199 | 24 | 123 | 19 | .340 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 568 | 158 | 10 | 76 | 9 | .278 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 118 | 424 | 116 | 18 | 80 | 5 | .274 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 60 | 151 | 50 | 5 | 33 | – | .331 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 102 | 370 | 113 | 15 | 61 | 3 | .305 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 134 | 482 | 134 | 16 | 84 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 141 | 491 | 123 | 27 | 85 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Braves | 115 | 364 | 116 | 20 | 75 | 2 | .319 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 36 | 111 | 34 | 9 | 23 | – | .306 | – | – |