Bob Heffner

Robert Frederic Heffner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 13, 1938 in Allentown, PA
High School: Allentown HS (Allentown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1963
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels/Indians 1963-1968

Final Game: May 20, 1968
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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
1957	18	BOS-min	D	24	30	30		12	1	1	0						.400	.400	.500	.900		15							CRN · NYPL
1958	19	BOS-min	D	17	39	39		8	2	0	1						.205	.205	.333	.538		13							CRN · NYPL
1959	20	BOS-min	D,A	32	58	58		20	2	1	2						.345	.345	.431	.776		25							CRN,ALN · NYPL,EL
1960	21	BOS-min	A	46	97	92	8	16	3	0	3	11	0		5	21	.174	.216	.304	.521		28							ALN · EL
1961	22	BOS-min	A,AAA	36	65	60	12	13	3	0	1	8	0	0	5	19	.217	.277	.317	.594		19							JHN,SLE · EL,PCL
1962	23	BOS-min	A	30	88	81	4	10	0	0	1	7	0		2	17	.123	.145	.160	.305		13		0	5	0	0		YOR · EL
1963	24	BOS-min	AAA	14	31	31	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.194	.194	.226	.419		7							SLE · PCL
1963	24	BOS	AL	21	46	43	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.116	.136	.186	.322	-12	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
1964	25	BOS	AL	55	46	44	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	11	.159	.178	.250	.428	15	11	1	0	1	0	0	1
1965	26	BOS-min	AAA	13	21	19	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.263	.263	.263	.526		5		0	2	0			TTO · IL
1965	26	BOS	AL	27	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	27	CLE-min	AAA	33	92	80	3	15	4	1	0	10	0	0	7	22	.188	.261	.263	.524		21		1	4	0			POR · PCL
1966	27	CLE	AL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1967	28	ANA-min	AAA	20	38	32	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	.250	.314	.281	.596		9		0	3	0			SLE · PCL
1968	29	ANA-min	AAA	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1968	29	CAL	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Yrs				115	102	94	5	12	4	0	1	6	0	0	4	22	.128	.163	.202	.365	0	19	1	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	144	132	7	17	6	0	1	8	0	0	6	31	.128	.163	.202	.365	0	27	1	0	6	0	0

BOS (3 yrs)				103	99	93	5	12	4	0	1	6	0	0	2	22	.129	.147	.204	.352	-4	19	1	0	4	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	59	0	0	0	0	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
1963	24	BOS	AL	21	46	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1964	25	BOS	AL	55	46	-4	0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	2	$	1
1965	26	BOS	AL	27	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1966	27	CLE	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$12,000	/1

1968	29	CAL	AL	7	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				115	102	-13	-0	1	0	12	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.1	2	$12,000

BOS (3 yrs)				103	99	-13	-0	1	0	11	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.1	1	$
CAL (1 yr)				7	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$12,000

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	46	40	1	0.7	97	.147	.116	.259	.136	.326	.186	.399	.322	.725	-12	.034	-6.5	-0.7	.237	.093	.070
1964	25	BOS	AL	46	39	2	1.4	100	.188	.159	.261	.178	.330	.250	.406	.428	.736	15	.114	-5.3	-0.6	.316	.114	.091	.0
1965	26	BOS	AL	7	7	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.257	.000	.328	.000	.394	.000	.723	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1966	27	CLE	AL	2	1	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.248	.500	.315	.000	.383	.500	.698	59	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1968	29	CAL	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.301						.000	0.3	0.0
5 Yrs				102	87	3	0.9	98	.155	.128	.260	.163	.328	.202	.402	.365	.729	0	.060	-13.0	-1.3	.277	.117	.074	.0
162 Game Avg.				144	123	4	0.9	98	.155	.128	.260	.163	.328	.202	.402	.365	.729	0	.060	-13.0	-1.3	.277	.117	.074

BOS (3 yrs)				99	86	3	0.9	98	.157	.129	.260	.147	.328	.204	.402	.352	.730	-4	.061	-13.4	-1.4	.256	.097	.075	.0
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0						1.000	.301							0.3	0.0
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.248	.500	.315	.000	.383	.500	.698	59	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	24	BOS	AL	46	0.0%	19.6%	2.2%	6.5%	60%	9.00	4.8		21.5	1.38	74%
1964	25	BOS	AL	46	2.2%	23.9%	2.2%	4.4%	29%	11.00	4.0	44.0	11.0	2.86	70%
1965	26	BOS	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.50	57%
1966	27	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%

1968	29	CAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
5 Yrs				102	1.0%	21.6%	3.9%	4.9%	42%	5.50	4.3	94.0	15.7	1.78	70%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.7%	7.8%	6.1%	28%	2.00	5.7	43.3	9.4	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1963	24	BOS	AL	-6.5	-0.7	47	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.94	-0.6	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.88	-6.3	0
1964	25	BOS	AL	-5.3	-0.6	48	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.01	-0.4	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.94	-4.6	0
1965	26	BOS	AL	-1.6	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.06	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-1.0	0
1966	27	CLE	AL	0.1	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.58	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.73	0.2	0

1968	29	CAL	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.67	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	0.3	0
5 Yrs				-13.0	-1.3	105	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.97	-1.0	0.0	-11.2	-1.1	0.91	-11.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	24	BOS	AL	0	0	33%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1964	25	BOS	AL	1	0	29%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1965	26	BOS	AL	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	27	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1968	29	CAL	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	27%	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	40%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	46	48%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	11	0	0%	12	3	25%	25	2	8%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1964	25	BOS	AL	46	11%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	33%	6	1	17%	8	1	13%	29	3	10%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1965	26	BOS	AL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	27	CLE	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1968	29	CAL	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				102	29%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	67%	19	1	5%	22	5	23%	59	5	8%	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			10%			30%			13%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1963	24	21	46	43	2	5	3	0	2	1	9	.116	.136	.186	.322	-12	8	0	2
1964	25	76	92	87	5	12	4	1	6	2	20	.138	.157	.218	.376	2	19	1	3
1965	26	103	99	93	5	12	4	1	6	2	22	.129	.147	.204	.352	-4	19	1	4
1966	27	108	101	94	5	12	4	1	6	3	22	.128	.155	.202	.357	-3	19	1	4
1967	28	108	101	94	5	12	4	1	6	3	22	.128	.155	.202	.357	-3	19	1	4
1968	29	115	102	94	5	12	4	1	6	4	22	.128	.163	.202	.365	0	19	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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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
1963	24	21	46	43	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	1	9	.116	.136	.186	.322	1	21
1964	25	55	46	44	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	1	11	.159	.178	.250	.428	2	55
1965	26	27	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27
1966	27	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	5

1968	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	7
5 Yrs		115	102	94	5	12	4	0	1	6	0	4	22	.128	.163	.202	.365	3	115
162 Game Avg.		162	144	132	7	17	6	0	1	8	0	6	31	.128	.163	.202	.365	4	115

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