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 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
1957	18	BOS-min	D	6	3	.667	3.81	18	5					59.0	66	41	25	0	32								1.661	10.1	0.0	4.9			CRN · NYPL
1958	19	BOS-min	D	7	2	.778	3.31	10	8					68.0	63	30	25	2	31								1.382	8.3	0.3	4.1			CRN · NYPL
1959	20	BOS-min	D,A	9	5	.643	3.18	26	18		2	1		133.0	126	63	47	2	63	1	36	0	0	2			1.421	8.5	0.1	4.3	2.4	0.57	CRN,ALN · NYPL,EL
1960	21	BOS-min	A	16	9	.640	3.23	30	26					206.0	170	81	74	16	88								1.252	7.4	0.7	3.8			ALN · EL
1961	22	BOS-min	A,AAA	7	9	.438	5.20	23	22					123.0	151	88	71	14	51								1.642	11.0	1.0	3.7			JHN,SLE · EL,PCL
1962	23	BOS-min	A	13	10	.565	2.68	28	28		16	2		215.0	193	91	64	5	68	6	234	1	1	8			1.214	8.1	0.2	2.8	9.8	3.44	YOR · EL
1963	24	BOS-min	AAA	5	4	.556	1.92	12	11					89.0	68	22	19	6	30		71						1.101	6.9	0.6	3.0	7.2	2.37	SLE · PCL
1963	24	BOS	AL	4	9	.308	4.26	20	19	0	3	1	0	124.2	131	61	59	15	36	1	77	2	0	3	537	89	1.340	9.5	1.1	2.6	5.6	2.14
1964	25	BOS	AL	7	9	.438	4.08	55	10	21	1	1	6	158.2	152	81	72	20	44	6	112	3	0	5	661	95	1.235	8.6	1.1	2.5	6.4	2.55
1965	26	BOS-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.67	11	5		2	0		54.0	41	18	16	3	15	2	51	2	0	1			1.037	6.8	0.5	2.5	8.5	3.40	TTO · IL
1965	26	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	7.16	27	1	8	0	0	0	49.0	59	42	39	9	18	1	42	1	1	6	220	53	1.571	10.8	1.7	3.3	7.7	2.33
1966	27	CLE-min	AAA	15	8	.652	2.85	29	27		13	0		205.0	184	81	65	17	61	5	183	2	0	7			1.195	8.1	0.7	2.7	8.0	3.00	POR · PCL
1966	27	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	3.46	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.0	12	6	5	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	54	103	1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	4.8	2.33

1967	28	ANA-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.53	19	14		4	0		102.0	98	47	40	6	41	2	83	1	0	4			1.363	8.6	0.5	3.6	7.3	2.02	SLE · PCL
1968	29	ANA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.25	3	0		0	0		8.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0			0.875	6.8	0.0	1.1	10.1	9.00	SLE · PCL
1968	29	CAL	AL	0	0		2.25	7	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	3	0	0	1	33	137	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
5 Yrs				11	21	.344	4.51	114	31	34	4	2	6	353.1	360	192	177	45	107	9	241	6	1	16	1505	84	1.322	9.2	1.1	2.7	6.1	2.25
162 Game Avg.				5	10	.344	4.51	53	15	16	2	1	3	166	169	90	83	21	50	4	113	3	0	8	706	84	1.322	9.2	1.1	2.7	6.1	2.25

BOS (3 yrs)				11	20	.355	4.60	102	30	29	4	2	6	332.1	342	184	170	44	98	8	231	6	1	14	1418	83	1.324	9.3	1.2	2.7	6.3	2.36
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		2.25	7	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	3	0	0	1	33	137	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.46	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.0	12	6	5	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	54	103	1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	4.8	2.33

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	124.2	20	19	61	4.40	4.14	0.16	0.07	102.7	4.16	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.6	7	.489	.499	$
1964	25	BOS	AL	158.2	55	10	81	4.59	4.11	-0.26	-0.07	107.3	4.61	2	0.3	1.5	-0.2	1.2	14	.505	.502	$
1965	26	BOS	AL	49.0	27	1	42	7.71	4.14	-0.23	-0.15	106.3	4.48	-17	-1.9	.7	0.2	-1.3	-14	.431	.488	$
1966	27	CLE	AL	13.0	5	1	6	4.15	3.91	-0.05	-0.08	100.0	3.88	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$12,000

1968	29	CAL	AL	8.0	7	0	2	2.25	3.32	0.16	-0.14	108.1	3.25	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	1	.518	.501	$
5 Seasons				353.1	114	31	192	4.89	4.10	-0.09	-0.04	105.3	4.37	-16	-1.7	1.1	-0.2	0.8	10	.485	.498	$12,000

BOS (3 yrs)				332.1	102	30	184	4.98	4.13	-0.09	-0.03	105.4	4.42	-17	-1.8	1.2	-0.2	0.5	8	.482	.496	$
CAL (1 yr)				8.0	7	0	2	2.25	3.32	0.16	-0.14	108.1	3.25	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	1	.518	.501	$
CLE (1 yr)				13.0	5	1	6	4.15	3.91	-0.05	-0.08	100.0	3.88	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$12,000

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	20	537	491	61	131	21	2	15	7	1	36	77	.267	.318	.409	.728	.289	201	5	2	6	2	1	7
1964	25	BOS	AL	55	661	605	81	152	27	10	20	9	3	44	112	.251	.305	.428	.733	.278	259	13	3	8	1	6	8
1965	26	BOS	AL	27	220	195	42	59	9	4	9	1	4	18	42	.303	.361	.528	.889	.342	103	1	1	5	2	1	3
1966	27	CLE	AL	5	54	50	6	12	2	0	1	0	0	3	7	.240	.283	.340	.623	.262	17	1	0	1	0	0	1

1968	29	CAL	AL	7	33	25	2	6	2	1	0	0	1	6	3	.240	.375	.400	.775	.261	10	1	0	1	1	1	1
5 Yrs				114	1505	1366	192	360	61	17	45	17	9	107	241	.264	.319	.432	.750	.290	590	21	6	21	6	9	20
162 Game Avg.				53	706	641	90	169	29	8	21	8	4	50	113	.264	.319	.432	.750	.290	277	10	3	10	3	4	9
MLB Averages																.245	.308	.366	.673	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	24	BOS	AL	-4.0	-0.4	549	-0.5	9.7	-10.2	1.05	-0.6	0.1	-5.1	-0.5	1.05	-6.7	0	1	0
1964	25	BOS	AL	-3.9	-0.4	680	-1.5	11.5	-13.0	1.00	-0.6	-0.9	-3.4	-0.3	1.00	-5.9	16	10	19
1965	26	BOS	AL	-16.1	-1.6	233	-2.5	1.5	-4.0	.59	-1.6	-2.5	-22.5	-2.2	0.59	-18.1	4	9	11
1966	27	CLE	AL	-0.0	0.0	55	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.03	0.2	-0.4	0.9	0.1	1.03	2.1	1	0	3

1968	29	CAL	AL	0.9	0.1	35	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.75	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.75	-1.0	1	1	5
5 Yrs				-23.1	-2.4	1552	-4.8	24.0	-28.7	.95	-2.7	-2.3	-30.4	-3.0	0.95	-29.4	22	21	38

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	20	19	4	9	6	1	3	7	12	.368	3	1	3	1	9	47%	50.3	91	24	13	3	8	5	3.1	3.3	6.5
1964	25	BOS	AL	55	10	1	5	4	0	0	3	7	.300	1	2	1	1	2	20%	42.6	78	26	16	8	4	1	5.0	5.0	6.3
1965	26	BOS	AL	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	20.0	20	20	9	6	1	0	8.0	15.0	3.0
1966	27	CLE	AL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	2	2	1	0	2.0	4.5	4.3
4 Yrs				107	31	5	15	11	1	3	10	21	.323	4	4	4	2	11	35%	46	91	20	40	19	14	6	3.8	4.1	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	116	0					3.9	3.8	6.4

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.053	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1964	25	BOS	AL	55	45	21	6	4	5	6	1	120%	8	3	44	13	30%	5	.996	16	10	19	11	8	26	21	24	24	7	25	10	6.4
1965	26	BOS	AL	27	26	8	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	13	8	62%	7	.593	4	9	11	2	3	21	9	17	17	4	17	3	5.3
1966	27	CLE	AL	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	3	1.026	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	6.5

1968	29	CAL	AL	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	10	.746	1	1	5	0	1	6	4	3	2	5	2	1	3.4
5 Yrs				114	83	34	6	6	6	6	2	100%	9	3	67	24	36%		.953	22	21	38	14	12	57	36	47	45	17	46	14	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	24	BOS	AL	537	56%	2.8%	14.3%	6.7%	7.1%	29%	0.94	75%	86	5	6%
1964	25	BOS	AL	661	60%	3.0%	16.9%	6.7%	8.6%	38%	1.12	72%	106	13	12%
1965	26	BOS	AL	221	65%	4.1%	19.1%	8.2%	10.0%	37%	0.71	66%	45	1	2%
1966	27	CLE	AL	54	70%	1.9%	13.0%	5.6%	5.6%	25%	0.52	78%	12	1	8%

1968	29	CAL	AL	33	67%	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	9.1%	50%	0.46	70%	9	1	11%
5 Yrs				1506	60%	3.0%	16.0%	7.1%	8.2%	34%	0.94	72%	258	21	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.8%	7.9%	6.1%	28%	1.10	73%			10%

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
1963	24	BOS	AL	537	131			15	1	5	9	6	8	7	12	5	1	42%	7	3	0	207	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1964	25	BOS	AL	661	152			20	0	24	14	6	8	12	41	20	10	49%	8	5	2	211	9	3	75%	7	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1965	26	BOS	AL	220	59			9	0	6	4	5	6	3	15	15	1	100%	3	6	0	85	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
1966	27	CLE	AL	54	12			1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	2	3	40%	1	1	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1968	29	CAL	AL	33	6			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	40%	1	1	0	15	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0
5 Yrs				1505	360			45	1	37	27	18	23	22	78	44	15	56%	20	16	2	539	17	9	65%	15	7	2	2	0	0	2	1	35	1
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1963	24	4	9	.308	4.26	20	19	0	3	1	0	124.2	131	61	59	15	36	1	77	2	0	3	537	89	1.340	9.5	1.1	2.6	5.6	2.14	89
1964	25	11	18	.379	4.16	75	29	21	4	2	6	283.1	283	142	131	35	80	7	189	5	0	8	1198	92	1.281	9.0	1.1	2.5	6.0	2.36	92
1965	26	11	20	.355	4.60	102	30	29	4	2	6	332.1	342	184	170	44	98	8	231	6	1	14	1418	83	1.324	9.3	1.2	2.7	6.3	2.36	83
1966	27	11	21	.344	4.56	107	31	32	4	2	6	345.1	354	190	175	45	101	8	238	6	1	15	1472	84	1.318	9.2	1.2	2.6	6.2	2.36	84
1967	28	11	21	.344	4.56	107	31	32	4	2	6	345.1	354	190	175	45	101	8	238	6	1	15	1472	84	1.318	9.2	1.2	2.6	6.2	2.36	84
1968	29	11	21	.344	4.51	114	31	34	4	2	6	353.1	360	192	177	45	107	9	241	6	1	16	1505	84	1.322	9.2	1.1	2.7	6.1	2.25	84

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
1963	24	6	7	.462	4.50	122.0	133	68	61	15	37	75	2	1.393	9.8	2.7	5.5	2.03	1.1	20
1964	25	7	9	.438	4.29	153.0	152	81	73	20	44	108	3	1.281	8.9	2.6	6.4	2.45	1.2	55
1965	26	1	4	.200	7.66	47.0	60	44	40	9	18	40	1	1.660	11.5	3.4	7.7	2.22	1.7	27
1966	27	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	13	7	6	1	3	7	0	1.231	9.0	2.1	4.8	2.33	0.7	5

1968	29	0	0		4.50	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	2	0	2.333	10.5	10.5	3.0	0.29	0.0	7
5 Yrs		14	21	.400	4.83	341.0	365	203	183	45	109	232	6	1.390	9.6		6.1	2.13	1.2	114

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