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Santo Rodriguez League
4-1-2082
Spec Helms Second Base
Retired (1989, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .260 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .753 Status Deceased (2019) Option Years 0  
H 772 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 01-08-1954
HR 103 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1976)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(55 games)
RBI 475
SB 17
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF F  (0.1%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 4
3B A+ (99.0%) RF D- (9.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1976 Minors 22 9.00 2 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 6 / 9
1976 Majors 22 36.55 130 57 0 3 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 10 4 / 4 4 / 7 5 / 5 21 / 36
1977 Minors 23 49.00 3 / 11 2 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 3 2 / 3 5 / 11 3 / 10 16 / 49
1978 Majors 24 23.53 162 0 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 8 / 9 1 / 3 3 / 3 13 / 23
1979 Majors 25 50.88 148 73 14 0 / 7 2 / 5 2 / 11 1 / 6 5 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 6 13 / 50
1980 Majors 26 71.26 162 130 0 2 / 9 3 / 16 0 / 10 1 / 12 0 / 6 7 / 10 4 / 8 17 / 71
1981 Majors 27 71.99 162 130 0 2 / 15 2 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 8 1 / 11 2 / 9 11 / 71
1982 Majors 28 31.05 125 33 24 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 2 2 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 4 3 / 31
1983 Majors 29 51.19 162 69 0 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 51
1984 Majors 30 52.69 162 72 0 2 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 52
1985 Majors 31 28.39 99 31 21 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 28
1986 Majors 32 33.23 152 19 10 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 7 1 / 33
1987 Majors 33 41.31 148 48 14 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 41
1988 Minors 34 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 8
1988 Majors 34 27.42 119 29 0 -3 / 9 -4 / 3 -5 / 3 -6 / 3 -2 / 2 -1 / 3 -2 / 4 -23 / 27
1989 Minors 35 20.00 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 20
1989 Majors 35 8.04 42 9 0 -2 / 2 -7 / 0 -2 / 1 -7 / 1 -7 / 2 -3 / 1 -1 / 1 -29 / 8
Total 1773 700 83 9 / 104 1 / 92 -3 / 80 -6 / 72 17 / 88 16 / 94 17 / 78 51 / 608
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Spec Helms has retired from the Oakland Opossum
1989-10-03The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-09-24The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have promoted Tom Williams to the major league team.
1989-07-30The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-07-24The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have sent Rich Withem to the minors.
1989-07-24The Oakland Opossum have acquired Spec Helms from the waiver wire.
1989-06-02The Oakland Opossum have waived Spec Helms.
1989-05-26The Oakland Opossum have removed Spec Helms from the trade block.
1989-05-05The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-03-25The Oakland Opossum have placed Spec Helms on the trade block.
1988-05-22The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.
1988-04-20The Oakland Opossum have promoted Tom Wilson to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1988-04-18The Oakland Opossum have acquired Spec Helms from the waiver wire.
1988-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Takeshi Nohmi to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Bill Fullmer to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted George Keller to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Masakazu Yamamoto to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Bill Turner for assignment. The San Francisco Seals have waived Spec Helms. The San Francisco Seals have waived Beiker Rivera. The San Francisco Seals have waived Jess Pond.
1987-07-30Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1986-08-21Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1985-06-06Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1983-10-01Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1982-04-30Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1980-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Bill Wright for assignment.
1980-03-25The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors.
1979-05-24Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1978-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Brent LaRocca to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Solly Engle for assignment.
1977-03-25The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors. The San Francisco Seals have sent Frank Lytle to the minors.
1976-09-09The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.
1976-08-04The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors.
1976-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.