Chris Heintz

Christopher John Heintz

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 6, 1974 in Syosset, NY
High School: Countryside HS (Clearwater, FL)
School: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 19th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2005
Team: Twins 2005-2007

Final Game: September 26, 2007
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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
1996	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	72	291	259	32	71	19	1	3	30	2	2	27	48	.274	.348	.390	.738		101	3	3	1	1	1		SBN,BRS · MIDW,APPY
1997	22	CHW-min	A	107	432	388	57	110	28	1	2	54	1	3	28	57	.284	.342	.376	.718		146	6	9	2	5	0		HCK · SALL
1998	23	CHW-min	A+	130	556	508	66	147	21	4	8	79	10	8	31	87	.289	.331	.394	.725		200	17	5	3	9	0		WSM · CARL
1999	24	CHW-min	A+	118	466	417	55	122	33	2	7	60	6	3	40	72	.293	.359	.432	.790		180	7	4	3	2	1		WSM · CARL
2000	25	CHW-min	AA	73	267	239	27	64	15	1	2	34	4	1	21	33	.268	.320	.364	.684		87	2	0	1	6	0		BIR · SOUL
2001	26	CHW-min	AA,AAA	42	145	129	15	29	9	0	2	9	0	2	10	26	.225	.287	.341	.628		44	2	2	2	2	0		BIR,CHR · SOUL,IL
2002	27	STL-min	AA	105	397	373	40	117	29	1	7	45	1	0	19	61	.314	.349	.453	.802		169	13	2	2	1	3		NHV · EL
2003	28	PIT-min	AA	78	299	271	28	70	12	4	2	26	0	0	19	24	.258	.313	.354	.667		96	6	3	5	1	2		ATO · EL
2004	29	MIN-min	AAA	86	325	294	33	82	14	0	8	45	0	2	16	40	.279	.318	.408	.726		120	6	3	7	5	0		ROC · IL
2005	30	MIN-min	AAA	88	356	325	37	98	18	2	8	57	0	0	22	59	.302	.341	.443	.784		144	16	0	4	5	0		ROC · IL
2005	30	MIN	AL	8	26	25	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.200	.231	.320	.551	44	8	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2006	31	MIN-min	AAA	100	406	374	46	107	22	0	3	39	0	4	23	63	.286	.323	.369	.692		138	5	0	4	5	0		ROC · IL
2006	31	MIN	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2007	32	MIN-min	AAA	48	184	167	18	46	8	0	1	15	0	0	11	32	.275	.333	.341	.675		57	4	4	1	1	1		ROC · IL
2007	32	MIN	AL	24	61	56	0	14	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	12	.250	.288	.250	.538	47	14	2	0	2	0	0	2
2008	33	BAL-min	AAA	46	181	164	11	41	6	1	2	19	1	0	11	21	.250	.298	.335	.633		55	4	1	3	2	0		NFK · IL
3 Yrs				34	88	82	1	19	3	0	0	9	0	0	4	18	.232	.267	.268	.536	45	22	3	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	419	391	5	91	14	0	0	43	0	0	19	86	.232	.267	.268	.536	45	105	14	0	10	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
2005	30	MIN	AL	8	26	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/2
2006	31	MIN	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.485	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
2007	32	MIN	AL	24	61	-3	-1	-0	-5	1	-9	-0.8	2	-7	-0.6	.465	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-2	$380,000	2
3 Seasons				34	88	-6	-1	-1	-5	1	-11	-1.0	3	-8	-0.7	.468	.498	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$380,000

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
2005	30	MIN	AL	26	21	2	2.5	107	.263	.200	.270	.231	.334	.320	.429	.551	.762	44	.231	-2.0	-0.2	.429	.160	.120
2006	31	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.273	.000	.337	.000	.434	.000	.771	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2007	32	MIN	AL	61	46	4	2.3	103	.318	.250	.265	.288	.332	.250	.414	.538	.746	47	.194	-4.3	-0.4	.386	.054	.000
3 Yrs				88	68	6	2.4	104	.297	.232	.267	.267	.332	.268	.419	.536	.751	45	.201	-6.6	-0.6	.394	.085	.037
162 Game Avg.				419	324	29	2.4	104	.297	.232	.267	.267	.332	.268	.419	.536	.751	45	.201	-6.6	-0.6	.394	.085	.037

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	30	MIN	AL	26	0.0%	23.1%	3.9%	11.5%	60%	6.00	4.2		12.5	1.71	4.00	73%	16%	0.0%	0%
2006	31	MIN	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2007	32	MIN	AL	61	0.0%	19.7%	4.9%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.7		8.0	1.10	1.06	72%	13%	0.0%	14%
3 Yrs				88	0.0%	20.5%	4.6%	3.4%	16%	4.50	4.6		9.1	1.29	1.58	73%	14%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.3	32.6	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	30	MIN	AL	-2.0	-0.2	27	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.56	-0.3	-0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.92	-3.0		0
2006	31	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0.02	1
2007	32	MIN	AL	-4.3	-0.4	62	-0.2	0.9	-1.0	.94	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.93	-4.7	0.02	4
3 Yrs				-6.6	-0.6	90	-0.4	1.0	-1.5	.82	-0.8	0.3	-4.6	-0.4	0.93	-8.0	0.02	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2005	30	MIN	AL	0	17%	10	0	1		0	0	0	0	0
2006	31	MIN	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2007	32	MIN	AL	1	0%	27	2	2	22%	8	5	2	1	1
3 Yrs				1	4%	37	2	3	22%	8	5	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
2005	30	MIN	AL	26	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	14	2	14%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2006	31	MIN	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	32	MIN	AL	61	26%	14	0	0	4	2	0	2	0.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	13	2	15%	5	1	20%	42	7	17%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	0
3 Yrs				88	33%	19	0	0	5	2	0	2	0.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	16	3	19%	8	1	13%	57	9	16%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	30	MIN	AL	26	105	4.04	69	66%	28%	10%	35%	28%	72%	0%	48%	86%	23%	4%	1	0	12%	3	0	4%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
2006	31	MIN	AL	1	4	4.00	2	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	25%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2007	32	MIN	AL	61	199	3.26	138	69%	28%	19%	20%	33%	72%	0%	50%	74%	28%	5%	3	0	13%	8	1	7%	4	2	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				88	308	3.50	209	68%	28%	16%	25%	32%	72%	0%	49%	78%	26%	5%	4	0	14%	12	1	6%	5	3	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2005	30	8	26	25	1	5	3	2	1	6	.200	.231	.320	.551	44	8	1	0
2006	31	10	27	26	1	5	3	2	1	6	.192	.222	.308	.530	38	8	1	0
2007	32	34	88	82	1	19	3	9	4	18	.232	.267	.268	.536	45	22	3	2

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	30	8	26	25	1	5	3	2	1	6	.200	.231	.320	.551	2	8
2006	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2007	32	24	61	56	0	14	0	7	3	12	.250	.288	.250	.538	4	24
3 Yrs		34	88	82	1	19	3	9	4	18	.232	.267	.268	.536	6	34
162 Game Avg.		162	419	391	5	91	14	43	19	86	.232	.267	.268	.536	29	34

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