Tommy
Helms
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 5, 1941 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1966 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1967 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1968 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1969 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1970 29 OAK AL $ 350,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1971 30 OAK AL $ 350,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1972 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1973 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1974 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1975 34 OAK AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
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
1965 24 OAK AL 24 83 12 25 5 2 3 8 0 0 2 3 .301 .314 .518 .832 11.1 2.3
    AAA   135 559 51 139 29 2 3 52 2 5 22 19 .249 .277 .324 .601 45.7  
1966 25 OAK AL 43 131 13 36 6 1 3 24 0 0 7 4 .275 .312 .405 .716 15.0 2.8
    AAA   109 454 47 108 18 0 2 39 2 6 32 17 .238 .288 .291 .579 35.9  
1967 26 OAK AL 103 275 36 78 16 2 1 26 1 0 12 9 .284 .313 .367 .680 28.5 5.3
1968 27 OAK AL 99 241 26 71 9 1 1 17 0 0 11 4 .295 .325 .353 .678 26.0 5.0
1969 28 OAK AL 95 324 40 86 17 1 3 40 0 0 14 6 .265 .293 .352 .645 31.3 4.5
1970 29 OAK AL 16 38 5 8 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 2 .211 .279 .237 .516 3.0 0.1
    AAA   105 451 47 139 19 2 6 36 4 5 20 14 .308 .338 .399 .737 56.4  
1971 30 AAA   137 578 70 177 34 3 8 53 5 9 32 20 .306 .343 .417 .760 75.5  
1972 31 OAK AL 102 217 22 57 9 1 2 34 0 1 7 7 .263 .283 .341 .624 19.1 1.3
1973 32 OAK AL 80 177 16 45 6 1 1 15 0 0 9 11 .254 .287 .316 .604 13.8 0.6
1974 33 OAK AL 65 161 14 44 12 0 1 20 0 0 4 12 .273 .299 .366 .666 15.2 1.9
1975 34 AAA   62 136 16 39 10 0 1 15 1 0 9 8 .287 .331 .382 .713 16.6  
9 Years Sim 627 1647 184 450 81 9 15 190 2 1 70 58 .273 .302 .361 .663 163.0 23.8
5 Years AAA 548 2178 231 602 110 7 20 195 14 25 115 78 .276 .313 .361 .674 230.1  
162 Game Average 425 47 116 20 2 3 49 0 0 18 14 .273 .302 .361 .663 42.1  
Career Highs 103 324 40 86 17 2 3 40 1 1 14 12 .301 .325 .518 .832 31.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   862 104 230 39 5 9 99 0 1 36 30 .267 .295 .355 .650 86.0
vs LH   785 80 220 42 4 6 91 2 0 34 28 .280 .309 .367 .676 84.7
Home 318 834 93 235 46 6 7 100 2 0 34 32 .282 .309 .376 .686 91.9
Away 309 813 91 215 35 3 8 90 0 1 36 26 .264 .294 .344 .639 78.9
RISP   348 0 106 17 3 1 158 0 0 15 15 .305 .324 .379 .704 41.2
Pinch Hitting   27 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .296 .345 .370 .715 3.1
Close/Late   184 21 70 10 1 4 28 0 0 8 4 .380 .406 .511 .917 33.3
Mar/Apr 105 256 29 66 13 0 2 27 0 0 14 8 .258 .295 .332 .627 24.3
May 87 195 14 48 7 1 1 23 0 0 8 4 .246 .275 .308 .582 15.6
June 94 257 33 69 12 1 1 30 1 0 16 18 .268 .310 .335 .645 26.2
July 100 261 27 81 13 1 2 30 0 1 5 7 .310 .325 .391 .715 29.9
August 102 306 38 81 18 0 3 30 1 0 13 8 .265 .294 .353 .647 30.3
Sep/Oct 139 372 43 105 18 6 6 50 0 0 14 13 .282 .306 .411 .717 44.5
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
1965 24 OAK AL 3B 24 24 188.0 14 53 2 6 .971 3.21   0.4
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 25 OAK AL 2B 23 22 173.3 46 75 0 17 1.000 6.28   1.1
    3B 19 19 154.0 10 36 3 2 .939 2.69   0.2
    SS 2 1 11.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.73   0.1
1967 26 OAK AL 3B 58 53 445.0 20 125 4 13 .973 2.93   1.7
    SS 31 9 108.3 14 36 3 4 .943 4.15   0.4
    2B 17 7 78.3 13 28 1 5 .976 4.71   0.3
1968 27 OAK AL 3B 45 43 364.0 28 90 7 12 .944 2.92   1.0
    2B 38 6 109.7 19 41 3 9 .952 4.92   0.4
    SS 12 9 84.0 11 30 1 6 .976 4.39   0.3
1969 28 OAK AL 3B 59 55 472.0 24 109 9 11 .937 2.54   0.9
    2B 23 13 134.3 30 51 1 15 .988 5.43   0.6
    SS 16 10 97.0 15 41 4 7 .933 5.20   0.4
1970 29 OAK AL 3B 7 4 37.0 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.92   0.2
    SS 5 3 30.0 2 13 1 3 .938 4.50   0.1
    2B 4 2 22.0 5 13 0 1 1.000 7.36   0.2
1972 31 OAK AL 2B 36 20 198.3 55 66 3 20 .976 5.49   1.1
    3B 28 14 167.0 15 39 1 3 .982 2.91   0.5
    SS 37 13 153.0 26 51 2 12 .975 4.53   0.5
1973 32 OAK AL SS 32 17 169.3 21 84 2 19 .981 5.58   1.0
    2B 25 11 137.3 38 65 4 14 .963 6.75   0.8
    3B 16 5 73.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.60   0.1
1974 33 OAK AL 2B 43 34 296.3 86 144 3 34 .987 6.99   1.5
    3B 10 6 54.0 4 9 1 0 .929 2.17   0.1
    SS 10 4 47.7 10 23 3 4 .917 6.23   0.2
  3B 266 223 1954.0 121 480 27 49 .957 2.77   5.0
  2B 209 115 1149.6 292 483 15 115 .981 6.07   5.9
  SS 146 66 703.3 100 284 16 56 .960 4.91   3.0
Career Totals   621 404 3807.0 513 1247 58 220 .968 4.16   13.9
Career Highs   106 78 703.3 100 201 14 38 .983 6.24    
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
1967 26 OAK AL 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .250 .481
1973 32 OAK AL 14 23 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .174 .200 .261 .461
Career Post-Season Batting 18 35 2 6 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 .171 .211 .257 .468
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  5. Glenn Beckert (953)
  6. Dave Chalk (949)
  7. Ernest Riles (947)
  8. Bob Meacham (947)
  9. Bill Knickerbocker (947)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Oakland in 1965
Had first career hit on 9/1/1965, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1965, off Jim Lonborg (WAS)
Injured on 8/28/1969 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 6/1/1975 to a minor league deal