Tom Heath

Thomas George Heath (August 3, 1913 – February 26, 1967) was an American catcher and scout in Major League Baseball and a manager in minor league baseball. He played in parts of three seasons in the Majors between and , all for the St. Louis Browns. Heath stood 5 ft tall and weighed 185 lb during his playing days.Heaths Major League career was spent with the Browns (1935; 1937–38), where he played 134 total games, compiling a batting average of .230 in 330 at bats with three home runs and 34 runs batted in. He was somewhat better known for his 18-year career as a minor league manager (–), where he principally worked in the New York Giants and Los Angeles Angels farm systems, and in between piloted four Pacific Coast League clubs between and . As manager of the Giants Minneapolis Millers Triple-A affiliate (–), he sent players such as Willie Mays and Hoyt Wilhelm — both members of the Baseball Hall of Fame — to the majors. In , he managed the Trenton Giants to the Interstate League championship, the only title he won during his managerial career.Heath served as a scout for the Angels after his managing career ended. He died at age 53 in Los Gatos, California.

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