Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Don
Heffner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: February 8, 1911 in Usa, PA, ROUZERVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1935 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1936 25 SEM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1937 26 SEM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1938 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1939 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1941 30 SLC NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1942 31 SLC NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1943 32 STL NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1944 33 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 23 A   136 488 52 124 20 4 0 33 11 19 115 21 .254 .396 .311 .708 68.6  
1935 24 AA   31 120 13 30 7 2 2 20 3 2 11 7 .250 .313 .392 .705 14.5  
    A   98 366 59 101 16 2 4 40 15 7 90 20 .276 .419 .363 .782 64.5  
1936 25 AA   137 510 63 130 27 6 8 63 9 6 83 33 .255 .359 .378 .738 73.1  
1937 26 AAA   17 65 9 13 2 0 0 4 4 3 10 3 .200 .307 .231 .537 5.1  
    AA   112 421 66 128 23 4 4 39 16 12 75 19 .304 .409 .406 .815 71.4  
1938 27 SEM AL 22 35 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .229 .270 .229 .499 1.9 0.0
    AAA   103 429 64 110 16 4 5 48 12 12 45 25 .256 .327 .347 .674 48.4  
1939 28 SEM AL 48 90 7 21 6 1 1 11 0 0 6 7 .233 .281 .356 .637 6.6 0.0
    AAA   31 127 23 30 4 1 2 10 4 2 12 13 .236 .302 .331 .633 13.1  
1940 29 AAA   81 354 45 91 16 5 8 47 2 1 39 25 .257 .331 .398 .729 47.3  
    AA   36 149 13 29 8 0 1 7 1 1 9 9 .195 .241 .268 .509 8.6  
1941 30 CIN NL 24 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .200 .143 .343 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   81 312 30 74 15 0 3 24 2 10 31 25 .237 .306 .314 .620 28.0  
    A   1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
1942 31 AAA   134 471 53 108 26 1 5 54 3 3 48 42 .229 .301 .321 .621 46.0  
1943 32 AAA   137 452 35 86 17 3 2 39 4 4 52 46 .190 .274 .254 .528 32.2  
1944 33 AAA   136 437 23 82 18 3 6 36 1 3 41 58 .188 .257 .284 .541 31.3  
3 Years Sim 94 139 9 31 6 1 1 13 0 0 9 11 .223 .270 .302 .572 8.3 0.0
8 Years AAA 720 2647 282 594 114 17 31 262 32 38 278 237 .224 .298 .315 .613 251.4  
4 Years AA 316 1200 155 317 65 12 15 129 29 21 178 68 .264 .360 .376 .735 167.6  
3 Years A 235 857 111 225 36 6 4 73 26 26 206 41 .263 .404 .333 .737 133.1  
15 Years Minors 1271 4704 548 1136 215 35 50 464 87 85 662 346 .241 .335 .334 .669 552.2  
162 Game Average 239 15 53 10 1 1 22 0 0 15 18 .223 .270 .302 .572 14.4  
Career Highs 48 90 7 21 6 1 1 11 0 0 6 7 .233 .281 .356 .637 6.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   90 6 23 3 1 1 9 0 0 8 6 .256 .316 .344 .661 9.9
vs LH   49 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .163 .180 .224 .404 1.1
Home 51 73 5 19 4 0 0 7 0 0 4 10 .260 .299 .315 .614 6.6
Away 43 66 4 12 2 1 1 6 0 0 5 1 .182 .239 .288 .527 4.4
RISP   37 0 8 2 0 1 13 0 0 2 2 .216 .256 .351 .608 3.3
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   36 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .263 .250 .513 2.2
Mar/Apr 27 35 4 11 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .314 .351 .400 .751 4.5
May 24 34 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .147 .171 .176 .348 0.3
June 12 29 3 6 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 1 .207 .258 .448 .706 3.4
July 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167 .375 .167 .542 0.7
August 10 17 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .235 .513 1.1
Sep/Oct 12 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .222 .485 1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 27 SEM AL 2B 17 2 48.0 9 16 1 4 .962 4.69   0.1
    SS 5 5 44.0 11 20 1 7 .969 6.34   0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1939 28 SEM AL 2B 38 14 181.7 55 72 4 18 .969 6.29   1.0
    SS 7 7 56.0 12 23 1 7 .972 5.63   0.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 30 CIN NL SS 17 0 33.3 5 14 1 2 .950 5.13   0.2
    2B 3 0 13.0 3 2 1 2 .833 3.46   0.0
    3B 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 58 16 242.7 67 90 6 24 .963 5.82   1.2
  SS 29 12 133.3 28 57 3 16 .966 5.74   0.9
  3B 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   92 28 381.0 97 147 9 40 .964 5.76   2.1
Career Highs   46 21 238.7 67 95 5 25 .970 6.11    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 27 SEM AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
History
Drafted in 4th round, 58th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1934
Injured on 5/27/1935 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/8/1937 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1938 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/21/1938, off Roy Henshaw (BOS)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1939, off Pete Appleton (DET)
Injured on 4/22/1940 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/22/1940 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/11/1940 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Released by Seattle (M) on 8/16/1940
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to St. Louis on 6/1/1941 (Going to SLC: SS Don Heffner. Going to CIN: 3B Don Lang)
Injured on 8/1/1941 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/23/1943 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/25/1943 with a Sore Back, out for one week
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.