Bob Heffner
Robert Frederic Heffner
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 13, 1938 in Allentown, PA
High School: Allentown (Allentown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1963
Final Game: May 20, 1968
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 94 1.235 8.6 1.1 2.5 6.4 2.55
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 52 1.571 10.8 1.7 3.3 7.7 2.33
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 99 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 4.8 2.33
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 33 128 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
5 Seasons 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 33 128 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 99 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 4.8 2.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
1965 26 BOS AL 27 221 195 42 59 9 4 9 1 4 18 42 .303 .361 .528 .889 .342 103 1 1 5 2 1
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
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
5 Seasons 114 1506 1366 192 360 61 17 45 17 9 107 241 .264 .319 .432 .750 .290 590 21 6 21 6 9
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 24 BOS AL 20 19 4 9 6 1 3 7 12 .368 2 1 3 1 9 47% 50 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% 43 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 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 37 37 2 2 1 0 2.0 4.5 4.3
4 Seasons 107 31 5 15 11 1 3 10 21 .323 3 4 4 2 11 35% 46 91 20 40 19 14 6 3.8 4.1 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1963 24 BOS AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.062 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 1.032 16 13 16 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 0.628 4 9 12 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 1.003 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 0.862 1 4 2 0 1 6 4 3 2 5 2 1 3.4
5 Seasons 114 83 34 6 6 6 6 2 100% 9 3 67 24 36% 0.979 22 27 33 14 12 57 36 47 45 17 46 14 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1963 24 BOS AL 537 44% 2.8% 14.3% 6.7% 7.1% 29% 0.94 75% 86 5 6%
1964 25 BOS AL 661 40% 3.0% 16.9% 6.7% 8.6% 38% 1.12 72% 106 13 12%
1965 26 BOS AL 221 35% 4.1% 19.0% 8.1% 10.0% 37% 0.71 66% 45 1 2%
1966 27 CLE AL 54 30% 1.9% 13.0% 5.6% 5.6% 25% 0.52 78% 12 1 8%
1968 29 CAL AL 33 33% 0.0% 9.1% 18.2% 9.1% 50% 0.46 70% 9 1 11%
5 Seasons 1506 40% 3.0% 16.0% 7.1% 8.2% 34% 0.94 72% 258 21 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 83 1.318 9.2 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.36 83
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 83 1.318 9.2 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.36 83
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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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4.54 121.0 135 68 61 15 37 75 2 1.421 10.0 2.8 5.6 2.03 1.1 20
1964 25 7 9 .438 4.41 151.0 155 82 74 20 45 107 3 1.325 9.2 2.7 6.4 2.38 1.2 55
1965 26 1 4 .200 7.83 46.0 61 44 40 9 19 39 1 1.739 11.9 3.7 7.6 2.05 1.8 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 Seasons 14 21 .400 4.91 337.0 371 204 184 45 111 230 6 1.430 9.9 6.1 2.07 1.2 114

* 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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