Tommy Vann Helms is a former Major League Baseball

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 player and manager

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. Over a fourteen year career ( - ), Helms played for four different teams, including eight seasons with the Cincinnati Reds

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, four with the Houston Astros

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, and one apiece with the Pittsburgh Pirates

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 and Boston Red Sox

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. He also managed the Cincinnati Reds for part of two seasons ( - ).
Though he appeared briefly with the Reds in 1964 and in on September 1 during a double header Helms goes 4-4 with two triples.