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Neal Heaton
Neal Heaton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Miami

Debut September 3, 1982
  vs. TOR 3.7 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game June 26, 1993
Born March 3, 1960 in South Ozone Park, NY

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 22 CLE AL   0   2   8   4   0   0   0  0   31.0   32   21   18   1   16   14   0   4   142   0   0  5.23  4.12   79 1.548
 1983 23 CLE AL  11   7  39  16   4   3  19  7  149.3  157   79   69  11   44   75   1   1   637  10   0  4.16  4.28  103 1.346
 1984 24 CLE AL  12  15  38  34   4   1   2  0  198.7  231  128  115  21   75   75   0   3   880   5   1  5.21  4.12   79 1.540
 1985 25 CLE AL   9  17  36  33   5   1   2  0  207.7  244  119  113  19   80   82   7   2   921   2   2  4.90  4.15   85 1.560
 1986 26 TOT AL   7  15  33  29   5   0   2  1  198.7  201  102   90  26   81   90   2   4   850   8   0  4.08  4.22  104 1.419
         CLE AL   3   6  12  12   2   0   0  0   74.3   73   42   35   8   34   24   1   2   324   4   0  4.24  4.14   98 1.439
         MIN AL   4   9  21  17   3   0   2  1  124.3  128   60   55  18   47   66   1   2   526   4   0  3.98  4.27  107 1.408
 1987 27 MON NL  13  10  32  32   3   1   0  0  193.3  207  103   97  25   37  105   3   2   807   3   5  4.52  4.21   93 1.262
 1988 28 MON NL   3  10  32  11   0   0   7  2   97.3   98   54   54  14   43   43   3   1   415   5   5  4.99  3.59   72 1.449
 1989 29 PIT NL   6   7  42  18   1   0   5  0  147.3  127   55   50  12   55   67   6   4   620  12   5  3.05  3.36  110 1.235
 1990 30 PIT NL  12   9  30  24   0   0   2  0  146.0  143   66   56  17   38   68   2   4   599   1   1  3.45  3.61  104 1.240 AS
 1991 31 PIT NL   3   3  42   1   0   0   5  0   68.7   72   37   33   6   21   34   4   0   293   2   1  4.33  3.61   84 1.354
 1992 32 TOT AL   3   1  32   0   0   0   9  0   42.0   43   21   19   5   23   31   1   3   189   2   1  4.07  4.06  100 1.571
         KCR AL   3   1  31   0   0   0   8  0   41.0   43   21   19   5   22   29   1   3   185   2   1  4.17  4.07   98 1.585
         MIL AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    2   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.87  inf 1.000
 1993 33 NYY AL   1   0  18   0   0   0   9  0   27.0   34   19   18   6   11   15   3   2   128   1   0  6.00  4.16   69 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .455  80  96 382 202  22   6  62 10 1507.0 1589  804  732 163  524  699  32  30  6481  51  21  4.37  3.98   91 1.402
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  11  44  23   2   0   7  1  175.3  185   93   85  18   61   81   3   3   754   5   2  4.37  3.98   91 1.402
 Career High     13  17  42  34   5   3  19  7  207.7  244  128  115  26   81  105   7   4   921  12   5  3.05  4.28  110 1.235
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 27 MON NL  32   67    6   14   2  0   0    6   1  0   1  14  .209  .221  .239   21   16   6   0   0   0   1
 1988 28 MON NL  32   21    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .143  .143  .143  -19    3   4   0   0   0   0
 1989 29 PIT NL  44   42    2    9   0  0   0    2   0  1   0  16  .214  .214  .214   26    9   2   0   0   0   0
 1990 30 PIT NL  32   43    3    2   0  0   0    1   1  0   4  13  .047  .128  .047  -49    2   3   0   0   0   3 AS
 1991 31 PIT NL  44   14    0    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .286  .333  .357   96    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     388  187   12   32   3  0   0   12   2  1   6  51  .171  .197  .187    7   35  15   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         78    5   13   1  0   0    5   1  0   3  21  .171  .197  .187    7   15   6   0   0   0   2
 Career High     44   67    6   14   2  0   0    6   1  1   4  16                          16   6   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 27 MON NL   74   60    4   1.8   108| .209  .273| .221  .343| .239  .425| .460  .767|  21  .144  -8.0  -0.8 100%
 1988 28 MON NL   25   22    1   1.2    93| .143  .261| .143  .325| .143  .383| .286  .708| -19  .104  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1989 29 PIT NL   44   36    2   1.5    87| .214  .249| .214  .316| .214  .371| .428  .687|  26  .139  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1990 30 PIT NL   50   47    0   0.0    95| .047  .260| .128  .325| .047  .390| .175  .715| -49  .000  -8.8  -0.9 100%
 1991 31 PIT NL   15   10    2   5.4    93| .286  .256| .333  .324| .357  .384| .690  .708|  96  .612  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      208  175    9   1.4    98| .171  .262| .197  .329| .187  .397| .384  .726|   7  .107 -24.3  -2.5  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 22 CLE AL P 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.72 1.45 1.80 4 31.0 1983 23 CLE AL P 39 7 14 0 0 1.000 .959 0.54 0.73 1.27 1.80 16 149.3 1984 24 CLE AL P 38 9 19 2 0 .933 .959 0.74 0.70 1.27 1.79 34 198.7 1985 25 CLE AL P 36 8 21 1 1 .967 .954 0.81 0.70 1.26 1.86 33 207.7 1986 26 TOT AL P 33 13 24 1 1 .974 .956 1.12 0.68 1.68 1.83 29 198.6 CLE AL P 12 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 1.08 0.68 1.57 1.83 12 74.3 MIN AL P 21 11 13 1 1 .960 .956 1.14 0.68 1.74 1.83 17 124.3 1987 27 MON NL P 32 5 28 3 1 .917 .954 1.03 0.62 1.54 1.91 32 193.3 1988 28 MON NL P 32 6 14 1 2 .952 .957 0.62 0.69 1.85 1.96 11 97.3 1989 29 PIT NL P 42 6 28 1 1 .971 .947 0.81 0.63 2.08 1.87 18 147.3 1990 30 PIT NL P 30 5 22 2 1 .931 .957 0.90 0.58 1.66 1.80 24 146.0 AS 1991 31 PIT NL P 42 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 0.21 0.59 1.18 1.86 1 68.7 1992 32 TOT AL P 32 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.22 0.56 1.50 1.71 0 42.0 KCR AL P 31 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.23 0.56 1.54 1.71 0 41.0 MIL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1993 33 NYY AL P 18 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.39 0.56 2.33 1.80 0 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 22 CLE AL P 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.72 1.45 1.80 4 31.0 1983 23 CLE AL P 39 7 14 0 0 1.000 .959 0.54 0.73 1.27 1.80 16 149.3 1984 24 CLE AL P 38 9 19 2 0 .933 .959 0.74 0.70 1.27 1.79 34 198.7 1985 25 CLE AL P 36 8 21 1 1 .967 .954 0.81 0.70 1.26 1.86 33 207.7 1986 26 TOT AL P 33 13 24 1 1 .974 .956 1.12 0.68 1.68 1.83 29 198.6 CLE AL P 12 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 1.08 0.68 1.57 1.83 12 74.3 MIN AL P 21 11 13 1 1 .960 .956 1.14 0.68 1.74 1.83 17 124.3 1987 27 MON NL P 32 5 28 3 1 .917 .954 1.03 0.62 1.54 1.91 32 193.3 1988 28 MON NL P 32 6 14 1 2 .952 .957 0.62 0.69 1.85 1.96 11 97.3 1989 29 PIT NL P 42 6 28 1 1 .971 .947 0.81 0.63 2.08 1.87 18 147.3 1990 30 PIT NL P 30 5 22 2 1 .931 .957 0.90 0.58 1.66 1.80 24 146.0 1991 31 PIT NL P 42 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 0.21 0.59 1.18 1.86 1 68.7 1992 32 TOT AL P 32 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.22 0.56 1.50 1.71 0 42.0 KCR AL P 31 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.23 0.56 1.54 1.71 0 41.0 MIL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1993 33 NYY AL P 18 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.39 0.56 2.33 1.80 0 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 382 68 189 13 7 .952 .955 0.67 0.65 1.53 1.84 202 1507.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 382 68 189 13 7 .952 .955 0.67 0.65 1.53 1.84 202 1507
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1990   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1990

Wins
1987 NL-13-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1987 NL-1.262-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1987 NL-1.72-2

Shutouts
1983 AL-3-4

Hits Allowed
1985 AL-244-6

SO to Walk
1987 NL-2.84-3

Losses
1984 AL-15-5
1985 AL-17-3
1986 AL-15-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1984 AL-115-5
1985 AL-113-7

Hit Batsmen
1985 AL-7-9
1989 NL-6-8

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1638) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1626) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1445) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

June 20, 1986: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Minnesota Twins for John Butcher.

February 3, 1987: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Al Cardwood (minors), Yorkis Perez, and Jeff Reed to the Montreal Expos for Jeff Reardon and Tom Nieto.

March 28, 1989: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brett Gideon.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 10, 1992: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.

July 30, 1992: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

August 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 15, 1992: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

February 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 27, 1993: Released by the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Cleveland Indians$225,000
1986Cleveland Indians$310,000
1987Montreal Expos$400,000
1988Montreal Expos$625,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$650,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$1,000,000
1992Kansas City Royals$1,100,000
1993New York Yankees$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,260,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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