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Ken Heintzelman

Kenneth Alphonse Heintzelman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 14, 1915 in Peruque, MO
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates 1937-1952

Final Game: August 13, 1952
Died: August 14, 2000 in St. Peters, MO
Buried: All Saints Cemetery, St. Peters, MO
Relatives: Father of Tom Heintzelman
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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
1937 21 PIT NL 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1938 22 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 23 PIT NL 17 9 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 49 3 0 0 0 1
1940 24 PIT NL 41 59 54 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .167 .196 .167 .363 1 9 3 0 3 1
1941 25 PIT NL 35 71 63 4 8 1 0 0 8 0 3 19 .127 .167 .143 .310 -12 9 2 0 5 1
1942 26 PIT NL 27 39 35 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 8 .086 .135 .114 .249 -28 4 0 0 2 1
1946 30 PIT NL 32 56 44 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 12 .136 .224 .136 .361 2 6 4 0 6 1
1947 31 TOT NL 26 51 43 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 11 .116 .156 .116 .272 -25 5 0 0 6 1
1947 31 PIT NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
1947 31 PHI NL 24 50 43 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 .116 .136 .116 .253 -31 5 0 0 6 1
1948 32 PHI NL 27 43 37 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 .135 .135 .162 .297 -19 6 0 0 6 1
1949 33 PHI NL 33 94 83 3 13 1 0 0 6 0 6 25 .157 .213 .169 .382 5 14 2 0 5 1 MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 23 42 38 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 13 .053 .077 .053 .130 -65 2 0 0 3 1
1951 35 PHI NL 35 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .107 .138 .107 .245 -33 3 1 0 3 1
1952 36 PHI NL 23 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 1
13 Yrs 321 505 440 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 61 12 0 42
162 Game Avg. 162 255 222 13 28 3 0 0 17 0 11 57 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 31 6 0 21
PIT (8 yrs) 156 239 209 18 28 3 0 0 17 0 13 50 .134 .185 .148 .333 -6 31 9 0 16
PHI (6 yrs) 165 266 231 7 28 2 0 0 16 0 0 9 63 .121 .154 .130 .284 -22 30 3 0 26

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 Awards
1937 21 PIT NL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .424 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1938 22 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1939 23 PIT NL 17 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1940 24 PIT NL 41 59 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1941 25 PIT NL 35 71 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1942 26 PIT NL 27 39 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1946 30 PIT NL 32 56 -6 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1947 31 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1947 31 PHI NL 24 50 -9 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1948 32 PHI NL 27 43 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1949 33 PHI NL 33 94 -12 -0 -0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 23 42 -10 -1 1 0 5 -5 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .479 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1951 35 PHI NL 35 32 -6 0 -0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1952 36 PHI NL 23 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
13 Seasons 321 505 -75 -1 1 0 54 -21 -2.3 17 -4 -2.2 .493 .499 -2.2 -0.0 -4 $
PIT (8 yrs) 156 239 -31 0 0 0 25 -5 -0.6 8 3 -0.7 .496 .500 -0.7 -0.0 3 $
PHI (6 yrs) 165 266 -44 -1 1 0 29 -16 -1.6 9 -6 -1.5 .490 .498 -1.5 -0.0 -6 $

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
1937 21 PIT NL 4 4 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .279 .000 .340 .000 .396 .000 .736 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1939 23 PIT NL 9 7 1 3.8 102 .250 .222 .278 .222 .343 .333 .397 .556 .740 49 .418 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .111 .111
1940 24 PIT NL 59 51 2 1.1 97 .200 .167 .271 .196 .335 .167 .389 .363 .724 1 .070 -7.4 -0.8 .229 .037 .000
1941 25 PIT NL 71 62 2 0.9 94 .182 .127 .266 .167 .336 .143 .375 .310 .711 -12 .053 -9.6 -1.0 .211 .063 .016
1942 26 PIT NL 39 34 1 0.8 89 .111 .086 .259 .135 .332 .114 .360 .249 .692 -28 .053 -5.8 -0.6 .188 .086 .029
1946 30 PIT NL 56 48 1 0.6 95 .188 .136 .266 .224 .342 .136 .372 .361 .714 2 .026 -5.8 -0.6 .262 .114 .000
1947 31 TOT NL 51 44 1 0.6 102 .156 .116 .268 .156 .343 .116 .397 .272 .740 -25 .023 -7.7 -0.8 .184 .047 .000
1947 31 PIT NL 1 0 0 1.000 .354 .000 0.3 0.0
1947 31 PHI NL 50 44 1 0.6 102 .156 .116 .268 .136 .342 .116 .397 .253 .740 -31 .023 -8.0 -0.8 .158 .023 .000
1948 32 PHI NL 43 38 1 0.7 99 .172 .135 .265 .135 .339 .162 .393 .297 .732 -19 .033 -6.1 -0.6 .188 .027 .027
1949 33 PHI NL 94 77 3 1.0 101 .224 .157 .267 .213 .340 .169 .399 .382 .739 5 .062 -11.2 -1.1 .278 .084 .012
1950 34 PHI NL 42 39 0 0.0 106 .080 .053 .267 .077 .344 .053 .414 .130 .758 -65 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .083 .026 .000
1951 35 PHI NL 32 29 0 0.0 102 .136 .107 .265 .138 .339 .107 .402 .245 .740 -33 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .154 .036 .000
1952 36 PHI NL 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
13 Yrs 505 438 12 0.7 98 .171 .127 .267 .169 .339 .139 .389 .307 .728 -15 .036 -70.3 -7.2 .210 .061 .011
162 Game Avg. 255 221 6 0.7 98 .171 .127 .267 .169 .339 .139 .389 .307 .728 -15 .036 -70.3 -7.2 .210 .061 .011
PIT (8 yrs) 239 206 7 0.9 95 .176 .134 .267 .185 .337 .148 .377 .333 .714 -6 .059 -30.0 -3.2 .232 .077 .014
PHI (6 yrs) 266 232 5 0.6 102 .167 .121 .267 .154 .341 .130 .400 .284 .741 -22 .022 -40.3 -4.0 .189 .048 .009

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 34 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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
1937 21 PIT NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1939 23 PIT NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 50% 9.0 9.0 89%
1940 24 PIT NL 59 0.0% 15.3% 3.4% 0.0% 0% 4.50 6.0 76%
1941 25 PIT NL 71 0.0% 26.8% 4.2% 1.4% 13% 6.33 3.3 7.9 62%
1942 26 PIT NL 39 0.0% 20.5% 5.1% 2.6% 33% 4.00 4.4 8.8 69%
1946 30 PIT NL 56 0.0% 21.4% 8.9% 0.0% 0% 2.40 3.7 14.7 57%
1947 31 TOT NL 51 0.0% 21.6% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 5.50 3.9 10.8 63%
1947 31 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 .0 0%
1947 31 PHI NL 50 0.0% 22.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 11.00 3.9 14.3 64%
1948 32 PHI NL 43 0.0% 18.6% 0.0% 2.3% 20% 4.6 18.5 6.50 67%
1949 33 PHI NL 94 0.0% 26.6% 6.4% 1.1% 8% 4.17 3.3 13.8 3.63 62%
1950 34 PHI NL 42 0.0% 31.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 13.00 2.9 12.7 7.00 60%
1951 35 PHI NL 32 0.0% 18.8% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.7 14.0 2.80 69%
1952 36 PHI NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 40%
13 Yrs 505 0.0% 22.4% 4.4% 1.0% 9% 5.14 3.9 13.3 4.21 65%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.5 59.2 8.3 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1937 21 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 22 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 24 PIT NL -7.4 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 25 PIT NL -9.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 26 PIT NL -5.8 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 PIT NL -5.8 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 TOT NL -7.8 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 PIT NL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 PHI NL -8.1 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 32 PHI NL -6.2 -0.6 24 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.00 -0.3 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4 1.02 -3.9 0
1949 33 PHI NL -11.2 -1.1 71 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .97 -0.8 -0.1 -6.9 -0.7 0.94 -8.3 0
1950 34 PHI NL -9.2 -0.9 42 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 .86 -0.9 0.0 -7.8 -0.8 0.99 -8.6 0
1951 35 PHI NL -5.3 -0.5 28 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 1.17 -0.5 0.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.95 -5.0 0
1952 36 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 5 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.68 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.18 -0.3 0
13 Yrs -70.4 -7.2 170 -2.4 1.1 -3.5 1.00 -2.4 -0.0 -23.0 -2.3 0.97 -26.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 32 PHI NL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 33 PHI NL 0 0 16% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1950 34 PHI NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1951 35 PHI NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 36 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 0 1 32% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18% 7 6 1 1 1 0 3 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
1948 32 PHI NL 43 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 300% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 33 PHI NL 94 28% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 12 2 17% 12 4 33% 47 4 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1950 34 PHI NL 42 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 9 0 0% 9 3 33% 29 3 10% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1951 35 PHI NL 32 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 20 2 10% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1952 36 PHI NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 216 26% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 42 247% 35 12 34% 34 10 29% 119 9 8% 10 5 50% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 366% 37% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 21 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1938 22 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1939 23 19 13 13 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .154 .154 .231 .385 3 3 0 0 0
1940 24 60 72 67 8 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 11 .164 .188 .179 .368 2 12 3 0 3
1941 25 95 143 130 12 19 2 0 0 9 0 5 30 .146 .178 .162 .339 -5 21 5 0 8
1942 26 122 182 165 13 22 3 0 0 13 0 7 38 .133 .169 .152 .320 -10 25 5 0 10
1943 27 122 182 165 13 22 3 0 0 13 0 7 38 .133 .169 .152 .320 -10 25 5 0 10
1944 28 122 182 165 13 22 3 0 0 13 0 7 38 .133 .169 .152 .320 -10 25 5 0 10
1945 29 122 182 165 13 22 3 0 0 13 0 7 38 .133 .169 .152 .320 -10 25 5 0 10
1946 30 154 238 209 17 28 3 0 0 16 0 12 50 .134 .181 .148 .329 -7 31 9 0 16
1947 31 180 289 252 20 33 3 0 0 20 0 14 61 .131 .177 .143 .320 -10 36 9 0 22
1948 32 207 332 289 21 38 4 0 0 22 0 14 69 .131 .172 .145 .317 -11 42 9 0 28
1949 33 240 426 372 24 51 5 0 0 28 0 20 94 .137 .181 .151 .332 -7 56 11 0 33
1950 34 263 468 410 24 53 5 0 0 31 0 21 107 .129 .172 .141 .313 -13 58 11 0 36
1951 35 298 500 438 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .128 .170 .139 .309 -14 61 12 0 39
1952 36 321 505 440 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 61 12 0 42

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1937 21 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1939 23 18 10 10 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .300 .300 .500 .800 1 17
1940 24 43 62 57 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .175 .203 .175 .379 2 41
1941 25 36 76 67 6 10 1 0 0 11 0 4 20 .149 .197 .164 .361 2 35
1942 26 29 43 38 2 4 1 0 0 8 0 3 8 .105 .171 .132 .302 1 27
1946 30 33 55 45 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 13 .111 .184 .111 .295 1 32
1947 31 27 54 46 5 6 0 0 0 6 0 2 11 .130 .167 .130 .297 1 26
1948 32 28 45 39 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 .154 .154 .179 .333 1 27
1949 33 34 98 87 3 14 1 0 0 6 0 6 26 .161 .215 .172 .387 3 33
1950 34 24 44 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .024 .000 .024 0 23
1951 35 36 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .033 .000 .033 0 35
1952 36 24 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
12 Yrs 333 529 464 30 58 6 0 0 38 0 23 117 .125 .166 .138 .304 12 320
162 Game Avg. 162 257 226 15 28 3 0 0 18 0 11 57 .125 .166 .138 .304 6 320

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (9, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.8 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1915-10-14 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1937 NL  born 1915-10-14 (9th)

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