Hank Helf
| Hank Helf | |||
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| Catcher | |||
| Born: August 26, 1913 Austin, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 1938, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 1946, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .184 | ||
| Hits | 35 | ||
| Runs batted in | 22 | ||
| Teams | |||
Henry Hartz Helf (August 26, 1913 – October 27, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and 1940 and the St. Louis Browns in 1946.[1] From 1944 to 1945, Helf served in the military during World War II.[2]
On August 20, 1938, as part of a publicity stunt by the Come to Cleveland Committee, Helf, along with Indians' catcher, Frankie Pytlak, caught baseballs dropped from Cleveland's 708-foot-tall (216 m) Terminal Tower by Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner.[3] The 708-foot (216 m) drop broke the 555-foot, 30-year-old record set by Washington Senator catcher Gabby Street at the Washington Monument.[4] The baseballs were estimated to have been traveling at 138 miles per hour when caught.[3]
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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