finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1946 right 27 october 1984 austin , texas austin , texas 1938 september 29 .184 35 22 catcher st. louis browns batting average hits runs batted in may 5 26 august 1913 hank helf
 cleveland indians hank helf right
hank helf

henry hartz helf -lrb- august 26 , 1913 -- october 27 , 1984 -rrb- was a major league baseball catcher who played for three seasons .
he played for the cleveland indians in 1938 and 1940 and the st. louis browns in 1946 .
from 1944 to 1945 helf served in the military during world war ii .
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 terminal tower by indians ' third baseman ken keltner .
the drop broke the 555-foot , 30-year-old record set by washington senator catcher gabby street at the washington monument .
the baseballs were estimated to have been traveling at 138 miles per hour when caught .
