Heinie Zimmerman

Heinie Zimmerman

Infobox MLB retired
name=Heinie Zimmerman


position=Third Baseman
bgcolor1=#EE1422
bgcolor2=#083884
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=February 9, 1887
city-state|New York|New York
deathdate=March 14, 1969 (Aged 82)
city-state|New York|New York
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 8
debutyear=1907
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=September 10
finalyear=1919
finalteam=New York Giants
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Runs batted in
stat3label=Runs scored
stat1value=.295
stat2value=796
stat3value=695
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (1907-1916)
*New York Giants (1916-1919)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1907, 1908
*National League pennant: 1910, 1917
*National League batting champion: 1912
*National League home run champion: 1912
*National League RBI champion: 1916, 1917
*National League doubles leader: 1912
*1 200-hit season
*1 season with 100+ RBI

Henry Zimmerman (February 9, 1887 - March 14, 1969), known as "Heinie" or "The Great Zim," was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Zimmerman played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. He was born and died in New York, New York.

In by|1912, Zimmerman led the National League in batting and in home runs, but failed to win the triple crown, as Honus Wagner led the league in RBIs. He was also an important member of the 1908 Cubs, the last Cubs team to win the World Series. Zimmerman was #98 on the "Top 100 Cubs of All Time" list as compiled by the web site Bleed Cubbie Blue. [http://bleedcubbieblue.com/story/2006/11/12/101948/61]

Zimmerman was suspended from the New York Giants in by|1919, along with his friend Hal Chase for allegedly attempting to convince other players to fix games. Based on testimony by Giants manager John McGraw during the Black Sox Scandal hearings, Zimmerman and Chase were both indicted for bribery. Zimmerman denied McGraw's accusations, and neither he nor Chase was ever proven to be directly connected to the Black Sox, but based on a long-term pattern of corruption both were permanently banned from baseball by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Commissioner of Baseball. According to some historians, he had been informally banned after the Giants released him. Baseball statistician Bill James has suggested that the Giants' loss to the Chicago White Sox in the 1917 World Series may have been partial motivation for Zimmerman's suspension. Zimmerman batted .120 in the Series.

However, he is best-known for an infamous rundown in the decisive game. In the fourth inning, the game was scoreless when Chicago's Eddie Collins was caught between third base and home plate. Catcher Bill Rariden ran up the line to start the rundown, expecting pitcher Rube Benton or first baseman Walter Holke to cover the plate. However, neither of them budged, and Collins blew past Rariden to score what turned out to be the Series-winning run (the White Sox won 4-2). Third baseman Zimmerman ran behind him pawing helplessly in the air with the ball. As pointed out by researcher Richard A. Smiley in SABR's 2006 edition of "The National Pastime", Zimmerman was long blamed for losing the game, although McGraw blamed Benton and Holke for failing to cover the plate--a serious fundamental error in baseball. The play was actually quite close, as action photos show Zimmerman leaping over the sliding Collins. A quote often attributed to Zim, but actually invented by writer Ring Lardner some years later, was that when asked about the incident Zim replied, "Who the hell was I supposed to throw to, Klem (umpire Bill Klem, who was working the plate)?"

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
* List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
* List of Major League Baseball batting champions
* List of Major League Baseball home run champions
* List of Major League Baseball doubles champions

ource

*James, Bill. "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract." New York: The Free Press, 2001.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=z/zimmehe01
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/Z/Zimmerman_Heinie.stm BaseballLibrary.com]


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