Jeff Heath Notable

b. April 1, 1915 · Cleveland Indians 1936–1945, Washington Senators 1946, St. Louis Browns 1946–1947, Boston Braves 1948–1949

Jeff Heath played for four clubs across 14 seasons as a left fielder, opening with the Cleveland Indians in 1936 and closing with the Boston Braves in 1949.

Across 1,383 games he batted .293, with 1,447 hits and 777 runs. He finished with 194 home runs, 279 doubles, 102 triples, 593 walks and 56 stolen bases.

He led the league in triples two times between 1938 and 1941, topping out at 20. He played 1,299 games in the outfield, with 2,705 putouts and 80 errors.

He was selected to two All-Star teams between 1941 and 1943.

He was born in Fort William, ON, CAN on April 1, 1915, and died on December 9, 1975. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1941, 1943
Baseball Magazine All-Star	3	1938, 1941, 1945

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1936	CLE	12	41	6	14	3	3	1	8	3	4	1	.341
1937	CLE	20	61	8	14	1	4	0	8	0	9	0	.230
1938	CLE	126	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	33	55	3	.343
1939	CLE	121	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	41	64	8	.292
1940	CLE	100	356	55	78	16	3	14	50	40	62	5	.219
1941	CLE	151	585	89	199	32	20	24	123	50	69	18	.340
1942	CLE	147	568	82	158	37	13	10	76	62	66	9	.278
1943	CLE	118	424	58	116	22	6	18	79	63	58	5	.274
1944	CLE	60	151	20	50	5	2	5	33	18	12	0	.331
1945	CLE	102	370	60	113	16	7	15	61	56	39	3	.305
1946	SLB/WSH	134	482	69	134	32	7	16	84	73	73	0	.278
1947	SLB	141	491	81	123	20	7	27	85	88	87	2	.251
1948	BSN	115	364	64	116	26	5	20	76	51	46	2	.319
1949	BSN	36	111	17	34	7	0	9	23	15	26	0	.306
Career	—	1383	4937	777	1447	279	102	194	887	593	670	56	.293

On this day & linked events

1915

Born April 1, 1915

Fort William, ON, CAN

1975

Died December 9, 1975

1936

Major-league debut: Jeff Heath

Jeff Heath made a major-league debut on September 13, 1936.

1949

Final major-league game: Jeff Heath

Jeff Heath played a final major-league game on September 8, 1949.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain