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Neal Heaton

Neal Heaton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: March 3, 1960 in South Ozone Park, NY
High School: Sachem HS (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1982
Teams (by GP): Indians/Pirates/Expos/Royals/Twins/... 1982-1993
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: June 26, 1993
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1982 22 CLE AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 23 CLE AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 24 CLE AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 25 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 26 TOT AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 26 CLE AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 26 MIN AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 MON NL 32 74 67 6 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 14 .209 .221 .239 .459 21 16 1 0 6 0 0 1
1988 28 MON NL 32 25 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1989 29 PIT NL 44 44 42 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 .214 .214 .214 .429 26 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1990 30 PIT NL 32 50 43 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 13 .047 .128 .047 .174 -49 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1991 31 PIT NL 44 15 14 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .286 .333 .357 .690 96 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 32 TOT AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 32 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 32 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 33 NYY AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 388 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 87 78 5 13 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 21 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 15 2 0 6 0 0
CLE (5 yrs) 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 120 109 99 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 1 5 31 .152 .192 .162 .354 2 16 3 0 5 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 64 99 88 7 17 2 0 0 8 1 0 1 20 .193 .202 .216 .418 12 19 1 0 10 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 184 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 22 CLE AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1983 23 CLE AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 24 CLE AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 25 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000 1
1986 26 CLE AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $310,000 1
1986 26 MIN AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1987 27 MON NL 32 74 -8 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $400,000 1
1988 28 MON NL 32 25 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $625,000 1
1989 29 PIT NL 44 44 -3 -1 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $650,000 1
1990 30 PIT NL 32 50 -9 0 -0 0 7 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $700,000 1 AS
1991 31 PIT NL 44 15 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $1,000,000 1
1992 32 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,100,000 1
1992 32 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1993 33 NYY AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1
12 Seasons 388 208 -24 -0 0 0 27 3 0.3 6 9 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.2 9 $5,260,000
CLE (5 yrs) 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $535,000
PIT (3 yrs) 120 109 -13 -1 0 0 13 0 0.0 3 3 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.1 3 $2,350,000
MON (2 yrs) 64 99 -11 0 0 0 13 3 0.3 3 6 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 6 $1,025,000
KCR (1 yr) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,100,000
MIN (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
NYY (1 yr) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000
MIL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1987 27 MON NL 74 60 4 1.8 108 .264 .209 .273 .221 .343 .239 .425 .459 .767 21 .144 -8.0 -0.8 .333 .060 .030 .0
1988 28 MON NL 25 22 1 1.2 93 .200 .143 .261 .143 .325 .143 .383 .286 .708 -19 .104 -3.4 -0.4 .167 .000 .000
1989 29 PIT NL 44 36 2 1.5 87 .346 .214 .249 .214 .316 .214 .371 .429 .687 26 .139 -4.2 -0.4 .235 -.024 .000
1990 30 PIT NL 50 47 0 0.0 95 .067 .047 .260 .128 .325 .047 .390 .174 .715 -49 .000 -8.8 -0.9 .159 .116 .000 .0
1991 31 PIT NL 15 10 2 5.4 93 .333 .286 .256 .333 .324 .357 .384 .690 .708 96 .612 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .143 .071
12 Yrs 208 175 9 1.4 98 .235 .171 .262 .197 .329 .187 .397 .384 .726 7 .107 -24.3 -2.5 .263 .053 .016 .0
162 Game Avg. 87 73 4 1.4 98 .235 .171 .262 .197 .329 .187 .397 .384 .726 7 .107 -24.3 -2.5 .263 .053 .016
PIT (3 yrs) 109 93 4 1.2 91 .221 .152 .255 .192 .321 .162 .381 .354 .703 2 .085 -13.0 -1.3 .239 .061 .010 .0
MON (2 yrs) 99 82 5 1.6 105 .250 .193 .270 .202 .338 .216 .415 .418 .753 12 .133 -11.3 -1.1 .292 .045 .023 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 PIT NL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 27 MON NL 74 0.0% 18.9% 1.4% 2.7% 14% 14.00 4.8 11.2 3.70 72%
1988 28 MON NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 10.5 2.25 4.00 60% 21% 0.0% 0%
1989 29 PIT NL 44 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 21.0 1.89 2.17 59% 14% 0.0% 33%
1990 30 PIT NL 50 0.0% 26.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 3.25 3.3 43.0 1.60 2.78 60% 15% 0.0% 20%
1991 31 PIT NL 15 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 6.7% 25% 2.00 7.0 14.0 2.00 3.00 80% 0% 0.0% 25%
12 Yrs 208 0.0% 24.5% 2.9% 1.4% 9% 8.50 3.7 15.6 1.85 3.10 65% 14% 0.0% 22%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.6% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.71 6.1 41.4 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1982 22 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1983 23 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1984 24 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1985 25 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1986 26 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1986 26 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1986 26 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1987 27 MON NL -8.0 -0.8 76 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .84 -0.8 -0.1 -6.6 -0.6 0.92 -8.3 0
1988 28 MON NL -3.4 -0.4 25 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 1.26 -0.4 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 1.06 -3.5 0
1989 29 PIT NL -4.2 -0.4 46 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.04 -0.4 -0.0 -5.2 -0.6 0.99 -4.6 1.46 2
1990 30 PIT NL -8.8 -0.9 51 -1.0 0.2 -1.1 .97 -1.0 0.0 -12.1 -1.3 1.06 -10.7 0
1991 31 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 15 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .37 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.85 0.3 0.00 0
1992 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1992 32 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1992 32 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1993 33 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
12 Yrs -24.3 -2.5 213 -2.5 1.6 -4.1 .93 -2.6 -0.1 -25.4 -2.6 0.98 -26.8 1.46 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 27 MON NL 1 0 40% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1988 28 MON NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 29 PIT NL 1 0 22% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 PIT NL 0 0 50% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22% 4 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 0
1991 31 PIT NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 2 0 32% 67 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 26% 11 10 1 2 1 1 6 2 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1987 27 MON NL 74 74% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 12 1 8% 13 4 31% 42 6 14% 7 2 29% 2 1 50% 0
1988 28 MON NL 25 48% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 8 0 0% 22 2 9% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1989 29 PIT NL 44 59% 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.46 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 7 1 14% 24 2 8% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1990 30 PIT NL 50 56% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 9 3 33% 11 5 45% 41 2 5% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1991 31 PIT NL 15 80% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
12 Yrs 208 64% 32 6 1 2 0 0 0 1.46 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 25 15 60% 37 4 11% 40 10 25% 137 13 9% 16 3 19% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 59% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 MON NL 23 71 3.09 54 76% 19% 13% 33% 35% 81% 0% 62% 84% 48% 0% 0 0 9% 2 0 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0
1989 29 PIT NL 44 138 3.14 104 75% 23% 16% 31% 27% 74% 0% 56% 75% 55% 0% 0 0 7% 3 3 2% 1 0 19% 0 0 3
1990 30 PIT NL 37 118 3.19 83 70% 17% 19% 31% 30% 81% 0% 57% 74% 54% 3% 1 0 11% 4 2 0% 0 0 25% 13 0 2
1991 31 PIT NL 15 52 3.47 34 65% 26% 9% 29% 35% 74% 0% 48% 88% 27% 7% 1 0 27% 4 1 7% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 119 379 3.18 275 73% 21% 16% 31% 31% 77% 0% 56% 78% 50% 2% 2 0 11% 13 6 2% 2 0 23% 15 0 5
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 27 186 74 67 6 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 14 .209 .221 .239 .459 21 16 1 0 6 0 0
1988 28 218 99 88 7 17 2 0 0 8 1 0 1 20 .193 .202 .216 .418 12 19 1 0 10 0 0
1989 29 262 143 130 9 26 2 0 0 10 1 1 1 36 .200 .206 .215 .421 16 28 1 0 12 0 0
1990 30 294 193 173 12 28 2 0 0 11 2 1 5 49 .162 .185 .173 .359 -0 30 4 0 15 0 0
1991 31 338 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0
1992 32 370 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0
1993 33 388 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 27 32 73 66 5 13 2 0 0 5 1 1 14 .197 .209 .227 .436 3 32
1988 28 32 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
1989 29 44 44 42 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 .214 .214 .214 .429 2 44
1990 30 32 50 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13 .000 .085 .000 .085 0 32
1991 31 44 15 14 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .333 .357 .690 2 44
5 Yrs 184 207 186 7 26 3 0 0 8 2 6 51 .140 .167 .156 .323 7 184
162 Game Avg. 162 182 164 6 23 3 0 0 7 2 5 45 .140 .167 .156 .323 6 184

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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All-Star Games
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