Posted By:
Jeff LichtmanI was actually thinking the same thing, King. So many Heines (22) and the last one last played in 1944 with the bulk around WWI.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=heine
The majority were either nicknamed for Henry or were German it would seem. And then the nickname disappeared, just like that.
In honor of the only HOF Henie, I offer the year earlier version of your Heine:
