Harry Heilmann

Harry Edwin Heilmann (August 3, 1894 – July 9, 1951), nicknamed "Slug," was an American baseball player and radio announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932, including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1914, 1916–1929) and Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932).

Heilmann won four American League batting championships, in 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1927. He appeared in 2,147 major league games, including 1,525 as a right fielder and 448 as a first baseman, and compiled a career batting average of .342 — the 12th highest in major league history and third highest among right-handed batters. He remains one of only six players in American League history to hit .400 for a season, batting .403 in 1923; he also hit .394 in 1921. At his peak from 1921 to 1927, he compiled a .380 batting average, a .452 on-base percentage, and a .583 slugging percentage, while averaging 116 RBI.

At the time of his retirement in 1932, Heilmann ranked sixth in major league history with 542 doubles and eighth with 1,543 RBIs. Following his playing career, he served as a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers for 17 years, from 1934 to 1950.