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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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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
1982 22 CLE AL 0 2 .000 5.23 8 4 0 0 0 0 31.0 32 21 18 1 16 0 14 0 0 4 142 79 1.548 9.3 0.3 4.6 4.1 0.88
1983 23 CLE AL 11 7 .611 4.16 39 16 19 4 3 7 149.1 157 79 69 11 44 10 75 1 0 1 637 103 1.346 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.5 1.70
1984 24 CLE AL 12 15 .444 5.21 38 34 2 4 1 0 198.2 231 128 115 21 75 5 75 0 1 3 880 79 1.540 10.5 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1985 25 CLE AL 9 17 .346 4.90 36 33 2 5 1 0 207.2 244 119 113 19 80 2 82 7 2 2 921 85 1.560 10.6 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03
1986 26 TOT AL 7 15 .318 4.08 33 29 2 5 0 1 198.2 201 102 90 26 81 8 90 2 0 4 850 104 1.419 9.1 1.2 3.7 4.1 1.11
1986 26 CLE AL 3 6 .333 4.24 12 12 0 2 0 0 74.1 73 42 35 8 34 4 24 1 0 2 324 98 1.439 8.8 1.0 4.1 2.9 0.71
1986 26 MIN AL 4 9 .308 3.98 21 17 2 3 0 1 124.1 128 60 55 18 47 4 66 1 0 2 526 107 1.408 9.3 1.3 3.4 4.8 1.40
1987 27 MON NL 13 10 .565 4.52 32 32 0 3 1 0 193.1 207 103 97 25 37 3 105 3 5 2 807 93 1.262 9.6 1.2 1.7 4.9 2.84
1988 28 MON NL 3 10 .231 4.99 32 11 7 0 0 2 97.1 98 54 54 14 43 5 43 3 5 1 415 72 1.449 9.1 1.3 4.0 4.0 1.00
1989 29 PIT NL 6 7 .462 3.05 42 18 5 1 0 0 147.1 127 55 50 12 55 12 67 6 5 4 620 110 1.235 7.8 0.7 3.4 4.1 1.22
1990 30 PIT NL 12 9 .571 3.45 30 24 2 0 0 0 146.0 143 66 56 17 38 1 68 2 1 4 599 104 1.240 8.8 1.0 2.3 4.2 1.79 AS
1991 31 PIT NL 3 3 .500 4.33 42 1 5 0 0 0 68.2 72 37 33 6 21 2 34 4 1 0 293 84 1.354 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.5 1.62
1992 32 TOT AL 3 1 .750 4.07 32 0 9 0 0 0 42.0 43 21 19 5 23 2 31 1 1 3 189 100 1.571 9.2 1.1 4.9 6.6 1.35
1992 32 KCR AL 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 43 21 19 5 22 2 29 1 1 3 185 98 1.585 9.4 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.32
1992 32 MIL AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1993 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 18 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 34 19 18 6 11 1 15 3 0 2 128 69 1.667 11.3 2.0 3.7 5.0 1.36
12 Seasons 80 96 .455 4.37 382 202 62 22 6 10 1507.0 1589 804 732 163 524 51 699 32 21 30 6481 91 1.402 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .455 4.37 44 24 7 3 1 1 175 185 94 85 19 61 6 81 4 2 3 755 91 1.402 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
CLE (5 yrs) 35 47 .427 4.77 133 99 23 15 5 7 661.0 737 389 350 60 249 21 270 9 3 12 2904 87 1.492 10.0 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.08
PIT (3 yrs) 21 19 .525 3.46 114 43 12 1 0 0 362.0 342 158 139 35 114 15 169 12 7 8 1512 102 1.260 8.5 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.48
MON (2 yrs) 16 20 .444 4.68 64 43 7 3 1 2 290.2 305 157 151 39 80 8 148 6 10 3 1222 86 1.325 9.4 1.2 2.5 4.6 1.85
KCR (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 43 21 19 5 22 2 29 1 1 3 185 98 1.585 9.4 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.32
MIN (1 yr) 4 9 .308 3.98 21 17 2 3 0 1 124.1 128 60 55 18 47 4 66 1 0 2 526 107 1.408 9.3 1.3 3.4 4.8 1.40
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 18 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 34 19 18 6 11 1 15 3 0 2 128 69 1.667 11.3 2.0 3.7 5.0 1.36
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
AL (7 yrs) 43 57 .430 4.66 204 116 43 18 5 8 854.1 942 489 442 89 330 28 382 14 4 19 3747 90 1.489 9.9 0.9 3.5 4.0 1.16
NL (5 yrs) 37 39 .487 4.00 178 86 19 4 1 2 652.2 647 315 290 74 194 23 317 18 17 11 2734 93 1.289 8.9 1.0 2.7 4.4 1.63

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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
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
14 Seasons 184 208 187 12 32 3 0 0 12 2 1 6 51 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 35 4 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 183 165 11 28 3 0 0 11 2 1 5 45 .171 .197 .187 .384 7 31 4 0 13 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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990

Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  13 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.262 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.722 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL  3 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  244 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  2.838 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1984 AL  15 (5th)
1985 AL  17 (3rd)
1986 AL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  115 (5th)
1985 AL  113 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  7 (9th)
1989 NL  6 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

June 20, 1986: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Minnesota Twins for John Butcher.

February 3, 1987: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Al Cardwood (minors), Yorkis Perez and Jeff Reed to the Montreal Expos for Tom Nieto and Jeff Reardon.

March 28, 1989: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brett Gideon.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 10, 1992: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.

July 30, 1992: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

August 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 15, 1992: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

February 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 27, 1993: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cleveland Indians$225,000
1986Cleveland Indians$310,000
1987Montreal Expos$400,000
1988Montreal Expos$625,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$650,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$1,000,000
1992Kansas City Royals$1,100,000
1993New York Yankees$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,260,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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