Jeff Heathcock

Ronald Jeffrey Heathcock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

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

Final Game: September 28, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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
1981	21	HOU-min	AA,A	13	7	.650	3.10	27	26	0	9	0	0	186.0	171	77	64	6	56	2	136	5	1	4			1.220	8.3	0.3	2.7	6.6	2.43	CBS,DYB · SOUL,FLOR
1982	22	HOU-min	AA	13	13	.500	4.76	29	29	0	10	1	0	191.0	216	119	101	26	56	4	108	8	0	6			1.424	10.2	1.2	2.6	5.1	1.93	CBS · SOUL
1983	23	HOU-min	AAA,AA	14	7	.667	2.54	29	28	1	11	3	1	201.2	186	77	57	9	48	3	134	5	1	9			1.160	8.3	0.4	2.1	6.0	2.79	TUC,CBS · PCL,SOUL
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	107	0.821	6.1	0.3	1.3	3.9	3.00

1984	24	HOU-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.2	12	8	8	1	6	0	8	0	0	0			1.080	6.5	0.5	3.2	4.3	1.33	TUC · PCL
1985	25	HOU-min	AAA	7	10	.412	5.08	23	22	0	3	0	0	141.2	180	91	80	9	27	3	59	1	3	3			1.461	11.4	0.6	1.7	3.7	2.19	TUC · PCL
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	104	1.118	8.0	1.4	2.1	4.0	1.92

1986	26	HOU-min	AAA	10	8	.556	5.08	27	27	0	1	0	0	164.2	211	100	93	11	42	1	69	2	1	3			1.536	11.5	0.6	2.3	3.8	1.64	TUC · PCL
1987	27	HOU-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.47	22	22	0	6	2	0	142.2	145	67	55	8	28	1	71	1	1	3			1.213	9.1	0.5	1.8	4.5	2.54	TUC · PCL
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	125	1.242	9.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	1.67
1988	28	HOU-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.08	16	13	0	1	1	0	79.2	88	45	45	11	19	1	49	2	4	0			1.343	9.9	1.2	2.1	5.5	2.58	TUC · PCL
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	58	1.581	9.6	0.6	4.6	3.5	0.75
1989	29	HOU-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.73	28	28	0	4	2	0	183.1	202	90	76	8	30	2	73	6	2	4			1.265	9.9	0.4	1.5	3.6	2.43	TUC · PCL
1990	30	ANA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.52	8	4	1	0	0	0	26.1	42	23	22	3	6	1	11	1	1	0			1.823	14.4	1.0	2.1	3.8	1.83	EDM · PCL
4 Yrs				9	9	.500	3.76	56	13	18	1	0	3	158.0	146	79	66	16	42	7	64	4	2	4	654	95	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	95	1.190	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.6	1.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1983	23	HOU	NL	28.0	6	3	14	4.50	4.05	0.23	-0.06	94.7	3.56	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.447	.498	$

1985	25	HOU	NL	56.1	14	7	25	3.99	3.81	-0.18	0.03	101.8	4.09	0	0.0	.7	-0.1	0.4	6	.502	.500	$

1987	27	HOU	NL	42.2	19	2	15	3.16	4.57	-0.18	-0.21	94.9	4.31	5	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.9	10	.528	.503	$67,500
1988	28	HOU	NL	31.0	17	1	25	7.26	3.87	-0.25	-0.25	97.3	3.76	-12	-1.3	.8	0.1	-1.0	-9	.422	.492	$72,000
4 Seasons				158.0	56	13	79	4.50	4.07	-0.12	-0.11	97.8	3.99	-10	-1.1	1.0	0.0	0.2	6	.481	.498	$139,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	3

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	4

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	0
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	2
4 Yrs				56	654	593	79	146	32	7	16	10	5	42	64	.246	.297	.405	.702	.250	240	9	4	8	7	7	9
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	9
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.392	.717	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	23	HOU	NL	-0.5	-0.1	116	-0.1	1.6	-1.7	.94	0.2	-0.3	-0.5	-0.1	0.94	3.3	1	0	2

1985	25	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	236	0.1	4.2	-4.2	1.02	-0.3	0.3	3.0	0.3	1.02	-2.6	1	2	3

1987	27	HOU	NL	4.7	0.5	182	0.2	3.2	-3.1	1.00	-0.1	0.3	8.9	0.9	1.00	1.1	7	3	7
1988	28	HOU	NL	-10.0	-1.0	148	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	.96	-0.4	-0.5	-12.9	-1.4	0.96	-6.6	5	1	8
4 Yrs				-5.5	-0.6	682	-0.7	11.0	-11.7	.99	-0.6	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.99	-4.8	14	6	20

Starting Pitching*

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%	47.7	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	2	3	1	0	3	43%	48.6	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%	39.0	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%	47.0	47	47	1	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	82	0	1	0	0	82
4 Yrs				56	13	4	3	6	0	0	8	5	.615	2	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													.500						51%	51	98	-5					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.941	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	1.021	1	2	3	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	.995	7	3	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	.961	5	1	8	0	5	11	4	12	10	1	11	3	5.1	25
4 Yrs				56	43	18	5	6	4	3	1	75%	6	1	27	8	30%		.987	14	6	20	8	11	24	14	29	26	5	27	6	5.8	25

Ratio Pitching*

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	47%	0.9%	10.8%	3.6%	7.2%	42%		0.67	84%				10	0	0%

1985	25	HOU	NL	226	60%	4.0%	11.1%	5.8%	8.9%	40%		1.14	78%				33	5	15%

1987	27	HOU	NL	174	52%	2.3%	8.6%	5.2%	8.1%	32%		0.76	82%				26	4	15%
1988	28	HOU	NL	143	60%	1.4%	8.4%	11.2%	9.1%	39%	0.79	1.00	76%	21%	5.4%	39%	25	0	0%
4 Yrs				654	56%	2.5%	9.8%	6.4%	8.4%	38%	0.79	0.91	80%	21%	5.4%	39%	94	9	10%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	144	486	3.38	288	59%	18%	12%	30%	40%	82%	12%	49%	85%	60%	10%	14	5	18%	26	16	2	25%	3	3	-1	0	0
1 Yr				144	486	3.38	288	59%	18%	12%	30%	40%	82%	12%	49%	85%	60%	10%	14	5	18%	26	16	2	25%	3	3	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	0	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	1	28.0	19	14	10	1	4	0	12	1	1	0	111	107	0.821	6.1	0.3	1.3	3.9	3.00	107
1984	24	2	1	.667	3.21	6	3	2	0	1	28.0	19	14	10	1	4	0	12	1	1	0	111	107	0.821	6.1	0.3	1.3	3.9	3.00	107
1985	25	5	2	.714	3.31	20	10	7	1	2	84.1	69	39	31	10	17	0	37	2	1	2	337	105	1.020	7.4	1.1	1.8	3.9	2.18	105
1986	26	5	2	.714	3.31	20	10	7	1	2	84.1	69	39	31	10	17	0	37	2	1	2	337	105	1.020	7.4	1.1	1.8	3.9	2.18	105
1987	27	9	4	.692	3.26	39	12	9	1	3	127.0	113	54	46	14	26	1	52	3	2	3	511	111	1.094	8.0	1.0	1.8	3.7	2.00	111
1988	28	9	9	.500	3.76	56	13	18	1	3	158.0	146	79	66	16	42	7	64	4	2	4	654	95	1.190	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.6	1.52	95

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3.86	28.0	21	13	12	1	4	12	1	0.893	6.8	1.3	3.9	3.00	0.3	6

1985	25	2	3	.400	4.08	53.0	53	27	24	10	14	23	1	1.264	9.0	2.4	3.9	1.64	1.7	14

1987	27	2	2	.500	3.38	40.0	45	17	15	4	9	14	1	1.350	10.1	2.0	3.2	1.56	0.9	19
1988	28	1	2	.333	6.90	30.0	36	26	23	2	17	11	1	1.767	10.8	5.1	3.3	0.65	0.6	17
4 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.41	151.0	155	83	74	17	44	60	4	1.318	9.2		3.6	1.36	1.0	56

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