Cliff Heathcote
Outfielder
Born:(1898-01-24)January 24, 1898 Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: January 18, 1939(1939-01-18) (aged 40) York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 4, 1918, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 24, 1932, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average	.275
Home runs	42
Runs batted in	448
Stats atBaseball Reference
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1918–1922) Chicago Cubs (1922–1930) Cincinnati Reds (1931–1932) Philadelphia Phillies (1932)

Clifton Earl Heathcote (January 24, 1898 – January 18, 1939) was acenter fielder inMajor League Baseball who played for theSt. Louis Cardinals (1918–1922),Chicago Cubs (1922–1930),Cincinnati Reds (1931–1932), andPhiladelphia Phillies (1932).

Heathcote batted and threw left-handed; in a 15-season career, Heathcote posted a .275batting average with 42home runs, 448RBI, and 191stolen bases in 1415games played. He was born inGlen Rock, Pennsylvania, and died inYork, Pennsylvania, at the age of 40 from apulmonary embolism.

• Hit for the cycle on June 13, 1918, in only his sixth career game (the quickest player to do it in MLB history).^[1]
• On May 30, 1922, the Cardinals were playing aMemorial Day doubleheader atCubs Park. Between games, Heathcote was traded forMax Flack. Both men appeared in both games that day.^[2][3]
• On August 25, 1922, when the Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies played to a 26–23 Cubs win, Heathcote set a modernNational League record by reaching base seven times in a nine-inning game, and set the record (which has since been surpassed) for most runs scored in a single major league game. He went 5-for-5 (3 singles, 2 doubles) that day, also walking twice, while driving in four runs and scoring five.^[4]
• 1926: 10 HR, 98runs, 141hits, and 33doubles in 139 games – all career-highs.

• List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
• List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle

• Career statistics fromBaseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac, orRetrosheet
• The Deadball Era
• Cliff Heathcote atFind a Grave

• 1898 births
• 1939 deaths
• Baseball players from York, Pennsylvania
• Chicago Cubs players
• Cincinnati Reds players
• Deaths from pulmonary embolism
• Houston Buffaloes players
• Major League Baseball center fielders
• Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players
• Philadelphia Phillies players
• St. Louis Cardinals players
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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