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Don Heinkel

Donald Elliott Heinkel

Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 20, 1959 in Racine, Wisconsin, US
High School: Horlick HS (Racine, WI)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Horlick HS (Racine, WI) and the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1982	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A-Rk	DET	8	5	.615	2.24	14	14	0	5	0	0	104.2	88	33	26	7	27	1	69	4	2	7		1.099	7.6	0.6	2.3	5.9	2.56
1982	22	Bristol	APPY	Rk	DET	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1		0.222	2.0	0.0	0.0	11.0
1982	22	Lakeland	FLOR	A	DET	3	0	1.000	1.71	4	4	0	1	0	0	31.2	27	7	6	0	12	1	14	2	1	2		1.232	7.7	0.0	3.4	4.0	1.17
1982	22	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	4	5	.444	2.81	9	9	0	3	0	0	64.0	59	25	20	7	15	0	44	1	1	4		1.156	8.3	1.0	2.1	6.2	2.93
1983	23	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	19	6	.760	3.39	30	30	0	13	2	0	207.1	212	87	78	26	57	2	113	5	3	9		1.297	9.2	1.1	2.5	4.9	1.98
1984	24	Evansville	AA	AAA	DET	11	13	.458	3.99	30	26	2	7	3	0	178.1	205	101	79	15	58	7	75	5	1	6		1.475	10.3	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.29
1985	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	3	8	.273	5.84	18	17	0	2	0	0	98.2	126	67	64	17	32	0	51	5	2	7		1.601	11.5	1.6	2.9	4.7	1.59
1985	25	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	2	5	.286	4.89	10	10	0	2	0	0	57.0	77	31	31	9	18	0	33	3	0	4		1.667	12.2	1.4	2.8	5.2	1.83
1985	25	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	1	3	.250	7.13	8	7	0	0	0	0	41.2	49	36	33	8	14	0	18	2	2	3		1.512	10.6	1.7	3.0	3.9	1.29
1986	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	8	7	.533	2.78	19	18	0	4	0	0	126.1	109	48	39	8	36	4	81	5	0	2		1.148	7.8	0.6	2.6	5.8	2.25
1986	26	Glens Falls	EL	AA	DET	3	5	.375	2.82	10	10	0	1	0	0	67.0	61	30	21	4	22	2	49	0	0	1		1.239	8.2	0.5	3.0	6.6	2.23
1986	26	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	5	2	.714	2.73	9	8	0	3	0	0	59.1	48	18	18	4	14	2	32	5	0	1		1.045	7.3	0.6	2.1	4.9	2.29
1987	27	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	8	10	.444	3.99	29	27	1	3	2	1	187.1	208	103	83	24	49	2	132	2	5	5		1.372	10.0	1.2	2.4	6.3	2.69
1988	28	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	0	1.000	1.91	8	5	2	0	0	1	28.1	25	7	6	1	8	2	30	0	0	2		1.165	7.9	0.3	2.5	9.5	3.75
1989	29	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	1	1	.500	4.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	11	7	6	2	6	0	12	0	0	1		1.378	8.0	1.5	4.4	8.8	2.00
1990	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE,STL	1	2	.333	3.34	6	5	0	0	0	0	32.1	24	13	12	2	15	0	17	2	1	1		1.206	6.7	0.6	4.2	4.7	1.13
1990	30	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	1	.500	2.25	5	4	0	0	0	0	28.0	21	8	7	1	14	0	15	1	1	1		1.250	6.8	0.3	4.5	4.8	1.07
1990	30	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	0	1	.000	10.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	5	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		0.923	6.2	2.1	2.1	4.2	2.00

1993	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Ind	SDP	4	8	.333	4.83	43	9	21	0	0	5	98.2	112	59	53	11	17	2	67	4	1	6	420	1.307	10.2	1.0	1.6	6.1	3.94
1993	33	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		2	3	.400	4.20	10	9	0	0	0	0	49.1	53	26	23	3	11	1	26	1	0	4	209	1.297	9.7	0.5	2.0	4.7	2.36
1993	33	Wichita	TL	AA	SDP	2	5	.286	5.47	33	0	21	0	0	5	49.1	59	33	30	8	6	1	41	3	1	2	211	1.318	10.8	1.5	1.1	7.5	6.83
10 Seasons						64	60	.516	3.74	199	153	26	34	7	7	1074.1	1120	525	446	113	305	20	647	32	15	46	420	1.326	9.4	0.9	2.6	5.4	2.12
AAA (7 seasons)				AAA		27	30	.474	4.05	87	76	5	13	5	2	511.2	549	277	230	55	150	13	301	15	8	18		1.366	9.7	1.0	2.6	5.3	2.01
AA (6 seasons)				AA		31	27	.534	3.56	97	63	21	19	2	5	472.2	489	214	187	55	132	5	295	13	6	21	211	1.314	9.3	1.0	2.5	5.6	2.23
A (1 season)				A		3	0	1.000	1.71	4	4	0	1	0	0	31.2	27	7	6	0	12	1	14	2	1	2		1.232	7.7	0.0	3.4	4.0	1.17
Rk (1 season)				Rk		1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1		0.222	2.0	0.0	0.0	11.0
Ind (1 season)				Ind		2	3	.400	4.20	10	9	0	0	0	0	49.1	53	26	23	3	11	1	26	1	0	4	209	1.297	9.7	0.5	2.0	4.7	2.36

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-Rk-AA	DET	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1982	22	Bristol	APPY	Rk	DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1982	22	Lakeland	FLOR	A	DET	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1982	22	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1983	23	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1984	24	Evansville	AA	AAA	DET	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1985	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1985	25	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1985	25	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1986	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	DET	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1986	26	Glens Falls	EL	AA	DET	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1986	26	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1987	27	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1988	28	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1989	29	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0
1990	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	STL,CLE	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1990	30	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1990	30	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0

1992	32	Campeche	MEX	AAA
1993	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Ind	SDP	44	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993	33	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	33	Wichita	TL	AA	SDP	33	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0	0
11 Seasons						200	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	0
AAA (8 seasons)				AAA		87	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0
AA (6 seasons)				AA		97	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0	0
A (1 season)				A		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
Ind (1 season)				Ind		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
1982	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A-Rk	DET	P	14	24	3	20	1	0	.958	1.64
1982	22	Bristol	APPY	Rk	DET	P	1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00
1982	22	Lakeland	FLOR	A	DET	P	4	8	1	6	1	0	.875	1.75
1982	22	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	P	9	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.33
1983	23	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	P	30	52	19	32	1	3	.981	1.70
1984	24	Evansville	AA	AAA	DET	P	30	68	28	38	2	6	.971	2.20
1985	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	P	18	22	6	16	0	0	1.000	1.22
1985	25	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	DET	P	10	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.10
1985	25	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	P	8	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.38
1986	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	P	19	48	11	36	1	2	.979	2.47
1986	26	Glens Falls	EL	AA	DET	P	10	26	4	22	0	1	1.000	2.60
1986	26	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	P	9	22	7	14	1	1	.955	2.33
1987	27	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	P	29	42	16	25	1	3	.976	1.41
1988	28	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	P	8	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.50
1989	29	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	P	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
1990	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE,STL	P	6	6	3	2	1	0	.833	0.83
1990	30	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	P	5	6	3	2	1	0	.833	1.00
1990	30	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00

1993	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Ind	SDP	P	43	35	13	21	1	1	.971	0.79	8	2	20%
1993	33	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		1B	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
1993	33	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		P	10	14	5	8	1	1	.929	1.30	8	2	20%
1993	33	Wichita	TL	AA	SDP	P	33	21	8	13	0	0	1.000	0.64
10 Seasons							200	305	103	194	8	15	.974	1.49	8	2	20%
P (10 seasons)						P	199	303	102	193	8	15	.974	1.48	8	2	20%
1B (1 season)						1B	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1982	22	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	AA	DET
1982	22	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Rk	DET
1982	22	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	A	DET
1983	23	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	AA	DET
1984	24	Evansville Triplets	American Association	AAA	DET
1985	25	Nashville Sounds	American Association	AAA	DET
1985	25	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	AA	DET
1986	26	Glens Falls Tigers	Eastern League	AA	DET
1986	26	Nashville Sounds	American Association	AAA	DET
1987	27	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	AAA	DET
1988	28	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	AAA	DET
1988	28	Detroit Tigers	American League	MLB	DET	1	1988-04-07	1988-09-13
1989	29	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	AAA	STL
1989	29	St. Louis Cardinals	National League	MLB	STL	1	1989-04-09	1989-05-18
1990	30	Canton-Akron Indians	Eastern League	AA	CLE
1990	30	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	AAA	STL

1992	32	Campeche Alacranes	Mexican League	AAA
1993	33	St. Paul Saints	Northern League	Ind
1993	33	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	AA	SDP

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