Neal Heaton
Neal Heaton
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 3, 1960 in South Ozone Park, NY
High School: Sachem (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1982
Final Game: June 26, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CLE AL 22 P 8 4 31.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.63 .960 1.80 0.72
1983 CLE AL 23 P 39 16 149.1 21 7 14 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.54 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 CLE AL 24 P 38 34 198.2 30 9 19 2 0 .933 1.27 0.74 .960 1.79 0.70
1985 CLE AL 25 P 36 33 207.2 30 8 21 1 1 .967 1.26 0.81 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 26 P 33 29 198.2 38 13 24 1 1 .974 1.68 1.12 .955 1.83 0.68
1986 CLE AL 26 P 12 12 74.1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.57 1.08 .954 1.83 0.68
1986 MIN AL 26 P 21 17 124.1 25 11 13 1 1 .960 1.74 1.14 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 MON NL 27 P 32 32 193.1 36 5 28 3 1 .917 1.54 1.03 .956 1.91 0.62
1988 MON NL 28 P 32 11 97.1 21 6 14 1 2 .952 1.85 0.63 .957 1.96 0.69
1989 PIT NL 29 P 42 18 147.1 35 6 28 1 1 .971 2.08 0.81 .946 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 30 P 30 24 146.0 29 5 22 2 1 .931 1.66 0.90 .959 1.80 0.58 AS
1991 PIT NL 31 P 42 1 68.2 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.18 0.21 .960 1.86 0.59
1992 TOT AL 32 P 32 0 42.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 1.50 0.22 .962 1.71 0.56
1992 KCR AL 32 P 31 0 41.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 1.54 0.23 .962 1.71 0.56
1992 MIL AL 32 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
1993 NYY AL 33 P 18 0 27.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.33 0.39 .957 1.80 0.56
12 Seasons P 382 202 1507.0 270 68 189 13 7 .952 1.53 0.67 .956 1.84 0.65
12 Seasons TOT 382 202 1507.0 270 68 189 13 7 .952 1.53 0.67 .907 1.84 0.65

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 CLE AL 22 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 23 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CLE AL 24 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 25 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 26 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE AL 26 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MON NL 27 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MON NL 28 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 PIT NL 29 44 18 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1990 PIT NL 30 32 24 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1991 PIT NL 31 44 1 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1992 KCR AL 32 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 32 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 33 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 388 86 184 382 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1982 CLE AL 22 147 80% 24% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 CLE AL 23 651 82% 22% 12 83% 0 7 0 6 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 CLE AL 24 913 84% 23% 17 88% 0 9 0 9 19 11 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1985 CLE AL 25 956 82% 26% 21 90% 0 8 1 5 21 15 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1986 MIN AL 26 551 79% 26% 11 91% 1 11 1 5 13 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1986 CLE AL 26 338 83% 30% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 MON NL 27 856 83% 30% 26 88% 1 5 0 4 31 20 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1988 MON NL 28 435 80% 30% 13 100% 0 6 0 4 16 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1989 PIT NL 29 646 80% 31% 28 100% 0 5 1 3 29 21 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1990 PIT NL 30 631 83% 35% 17 94% 0 5 0 5 22 12 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 100%
1991 PIT NL 31 304 81% 31% 8 100% 0 1 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1992 KCR AL 32 197 74% 26% 3 100% 1 5 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 32 4 25% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 33 132 78% 36% 9 67% 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6761 81% 28% 174 92% 3 67 3 51 194 122 12 13 1 4 8 3 6 3 5 1 44 98%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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