Jeff Heathcock
Ronald Jeffrey Heathcock
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 18, 1959 in Covina, CA
School: Oral Roberts University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1983
Final Game: September 28, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 23 HOU NL 2 1 .667 3.21 6 3 2 0 0 1 28.0 19 14 10 1 4 0 12 1 1 0 111 105 0.821 6.1 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
1985 25 HOU NL 3 1 .750 3.36 14 7 5 1 0 1 56.1 50 25 21 9 13 0 25 1 0 2 226 103 1.118 8.0 1.4 2.1 4.0 1.92
1987 27 HOU NL 4 2 .667 3.16 19 2 2 0 0 1 42.2 44 15 15 4 9 1 15 1 1 1 174 124 1.242 9.3 0.8 1.9 3.2 1.67
1988 28 HOU NL 0 5 .000 5.81 17 1 9 0 0 0 31.0 33 25 20 2 16 6 12 1 0 1 143 57 1.581 9.6 0.6 4.6 3.5 0.75
4 Seasons 9 9 .500 3.76 56 13 18 1 0 3 158.0 146 79 66 16 42 7 64 4 2 4 654 94 1.190 8.3 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.52
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .500 3.76 55 13 18 1 0 3 156 144 78 65 16 41 7 63 4 2 4 645 94 1.190 8.3 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.52

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 23 HOU NL 6 111 105 14 19 6 1 1 3 0 4 12 .181 .216 .286 .502 .194 30 0 1 0 1 0
1985 25 HOU NL 14 226 209 25 50 10 1 9 2 3 13 25 .239 .286 .426 .712 .233 89 5 1 2 1 0
1987 27 HOU NL 19 174 159 15 44 6 4 4 3 1 9 15 .277 .314 .440 .754 .280 70 4 1 2 3 1
1988 28 HOU NL 17 143 120 25 33 10 1 2 2 1 16 12 .275 .360 .425 .785 .287 51 0 1 4 2 6
4 Seasons 56 654 593 79 146 32 7 16 10 5 42 64 .246 .297 .405 .702 .250 240 9 4 8 7 7
162 Game Avg. 55 645 584 78 144 32 7 16 10 5 41 63 .246 .297 .405 .702 .250 237 9 4 8 7 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 23 HOU NL 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 48 74 30 1 1 0 2 5.0 6.4 5.2
1985 25 HOU NL 14 7 2 0 5 0 0 5 2 .714 1 3 1 0 3 43% 49 72 34 5 3 1 3 7.7 5.7 6.1
1987 27 HOU NL 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 39 49 29 8 3 0 2 3.5 4.5 5.8
1988 28 HOU NL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 47 47 1 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 4.0 82 0 1 0 0 82
4 Seasons 56 13 4 3 6 0 0 8 5 .615 1 4 1 0 5 38% 47 74 29 15 8 1 8 5.8 5.3 5.7 82 0 1 0 0 82
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 23 HOU NL 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 2 0.947 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 12.3
1985 25 HOU NL 14 7 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.023 1 2 4 2 2 3 1 6 5 0 5 1 5.7
1987 27 HOU NL 19 17 2 3 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 15 5 33% 6 1.003 6 4 7 4 4 9 8 9 8 4 8 2 5.5
1988 28 HOU NL 17 16 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 5 1.030 5 1 10 0 5 11 4 12 10 1 11 3 5.1 25
4 Seasons 56 43 18 5 6 4 3 1 75% 6 1 27 8 30% 1.006 13 7 23 8 11 24 14 29 26 5 27 6 5.8 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 23 HOU NL 111 53% 0.9% 10.8% 3.6% 7.2% 42% 0.67 84% 10 0 0%
1985 25 HOU NL 226 40% 4.0% 11.1% 5.8% 8.9% 40% 1.14 78% 33 5 15%
1987 27 HOU NL 174 48% 2.3% 8.6% 5.2% 8.1% 32% 0.76 82% 26 4 15%
1988 28 HOU NL 143 40% 1.4% 8.4% 11.2% 9.1% 39% 0.79 1.00 76% 21% 5.4% 39% 25 0 0%
4 Seasons 654 44% 2.5% 9.8% 6.4% 8.4% 38% 0.79 0.91 80% 21% 5.4% 39% 94 9 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 HOU NL 143 483 3.38 286 59% 18% 12% 30% 40% 82% 12% 49% 85% 59% 10% 14 5 17% 25 16 2 25% 3 3 0 0 0
1 Season 143 483 3.38 286 59% 18% 12% 30% 40% 82% 12% 49% 85% 59% 10% 14 5 17% 25 16 2 25% 3 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 23 HOU NL 111 19 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 100% 3 0 1 30 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 25 HOU NL 226 50 9 0 2 7 2 3 6 11 6 1 55% 4 2 1 76 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1987 27 HOU NL 174 44 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 17 7 1 41% 0 1 1 54 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1988 28 HOU NL 143 33 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 57% 2 1 1 62 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Seasons 654 146 2 0 16 0 11 12 4 6 10 39 21 2 54% 9 4 4 222 10 5 67% 10 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 20 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1983 23 2 1 .667 3.21 6 3 2 0 0 1 28.0 19 14 10 1 4 0 12 1 1 0 111 105 0.821 6.1 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.00 105
1984 24 2 1 .667 3.21 6 3 2 0 0 1 28.0 19 14 10 1 4 0 12 1 1 0 111 105 0.821 6.1 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.00 105
1985 25 5 2 .714 3.31 20 10 7 1 0 2 84.1 69 39 31 10 17 0 37 2 1 2 337 104 1.020 7.4 1.1 1.8 3.9 2.18 104
1986 26 5 2 .714 3.31 20 10 7 1 0 2 84.1 69 39 31 10 17 0 37 2 1 2 337 104 1.020 7.4 1.1 1.8 3.9 2.18 104
1987 27 9 4 .692 3.26 39 12 9 1 0 3 127.0 113 54 46 14 26 1 52 3 2 3 511 110 1.094 8.0 1.0 1.8 3.7 2.00 110
1988 28 9 9 .500 3.76 56 13 18 1 0 3 158.0 146 79 66 16 42 7 64 4 2 4 654 94 1.190 8.3 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.52 94

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 23 2 1 .667 3.54 28.0 21 12 11 1 4 12 1 0.893 6.8 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.3 6
1985 25 2 3 .400 3.91 53.0 53 26 23 10 14 24 1 1.264 9.0 2.4 4.1 1.71 1.7 14
1987 27 2 2 .500 3.38 40.0 44 17 15 4 9 14 1 1.325 9.9 2.0 3.2 1.56 0.9 19
1988 28 1 2 .333 7.45 29.0 37 27 24 2 18 11 1 1.897 11.5 5.6 3.4 0.61 0.6 17
4 Seasons 7 8 .467 4.38 150.0 155 82 73 17 45 61 4 1.333 9.3 3.7 1.36 1.0 56

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