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Tom Heintzelman

Thomas Kenneth Heintzelman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 3, 1946 in St. Charles, MO
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1973
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1973-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
Relatives: Son of Ken 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
1969 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1970 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1973 26 STL NL 23 33 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .310 .375 .310 .685 93 9 1 0 1 0 2 /4
1974 27 STL NL 38 83 74 10 17 4 0 1 6 0 0 9 14 .230 .313 .324 .638 79 24 0 0 0 0 0 4/56
1977 30 SFG NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 31 SFG NL 27 37 35 2 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 5 .229 .270 .429 .699 97 15 0 0 0 0 0 /453
4 Yrs 90 155 140 17 34 5 0 3 12 0 0 14 22 .243 .312 .343 .655 84 48 1 0 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 279 252 31 61 9 0 5 22 0 0 25 40 .243 .312 .343 .655 84 86 2 0 2 0 4
SFG (2 yrs) 29 39 37 2 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 5 .216 .256 .405 .662 86 15 0 0 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 61 116 103 15 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 17 .252 .330 .320 .651 83 33 1 0 1 0 2

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
1973 26 STL NL 23 33 -1 0 -0 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ /4
1974 27 STL NL 38 83 -2 1 1 -0 1 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $ 4/56
1977 30 SFG NL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .473 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
1978 31 SFG NL 27 37 -0 -0 0 2 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.4 .509 .501 0.1 0.3 1 $ /453
4 Seasons 90 155 -4 1 1 3 1 1 0.2 5 6 0.6 .502 .500 0.2 0.5 3 $
SFG (2 yrs) 29 39 -1 -0 0 2 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .506 .501 0.0 0.3 1 $
STL (2 yrs) 61 116 -3 1 1 1 1 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.2 0.2 2 $

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
1973 26 STL NL 33 22 3 3.7 97 .346 .310 .263 .375 .332 .310 .390 .685 .722 93 .430 -0.2 -0.0 .571 .103 .000
1974 27 STL NL 83 57 8 3.8 95 .271 .230 .262 .313 .334 .324 .379 .638 .714 79 .447 -2.0 -0.2 .579 .216 .095 .0
1977 30 SFG NL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .408 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 31 SFG NL 37 27 4 4.0 91 .214 .229 .257 .270 .324 .429 .379 .699 .703 97 .476 -0.4 -0.1 .630 .257 .200 .0
4 Yrs 155 108 15 3.7 94 .270 .243 .261 .312 .331 .343 .382 .655 .713 84 .442 -3.2 -0.3 .579 .200 .100 .0
162 Game Avg. 279 194 27 3.7 94 .270 .243 .261 .312 .331 .343 .382 .655 .713 84 .442 -3.2 -0.3 .579 .200 .100
SFG (2 yrs) 39 29 4 3.7 92 .200 .216 .258 .256 .325 .405 .380 .662 .705 86 .441 -1.0 -0.1 .586 .243 .189 .0
STL (2 yrs) 116 79 11 3.8 95 .294 .252 .262 .330 .334 .320 .382 .651 .716 83 .442 -2.2 -0.2 .577 .184 .068 .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
1973 26 STL NL 33 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.7 1.00 79%
1974 27 STL NL 83 1.2% 16.9% 10.8% 6.0% 29% 1.56 5.3 74.0 12.3 1.53 71%
1977 30 SFG NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1978 31 SFG NL 37 5.4% 13.5% 5.4% 8.1% 38% 2.50 7.0 17.5 5.8 0.69 76%
4 Yrs 155 1.9% 14.2% 9.0% 5.2% 24% 1.57 6.4 46.7 11.7 1.13 74%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.1% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.51 6.8 47.0 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 26 STL NL -0.2 -0.0 33 0.0 0.7 -0.6 1.53 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.93 -0.6 1.57 15
1974 27 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 84 -0.6 1.0 -1.7 1.14 -0.3 -0.3 -1.6 -0.2 1.02 -1.5 1.67 7
1977 30 SFG NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .63 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.74 -0.5 0.63 2
1978 31 SFG NL -0.4 -0.1 37 0.0 1.1 -1.1 1.74 0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.06 -0.4 2.17 19
4 Yrs -3.2 -0.3 156 -0.6 2.8 -3.4 1.36 -0.4 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.00 -3.0 1.81 43

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
1973 26 STL NL 0 0 42% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1974 27 STL NL 0 0 36% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 40% 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
1977 30 SFG 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
1978 31 SFG NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 31% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 33% 6 6 0 2 2 0 4 0 4

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
1973 26 STL NL 33 58% 9 15 4 0 0 1.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 16 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1974 27 STL NL 83 37% 17 7 1 0 0 1.67 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 12 6 50% 53 5 9% 3 2 67% 8 4 50% 0
1977 30 SFG NL 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 31 SFG NL 37 57% 8 19 4 1 4 2.17 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 30 4 13% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 155 47% 34 43 9 1 4 1.81 3 0 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 100% 28 1 4% 20 8 40% 99 9 9% 8 4 50% 10 5 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 49% 53%

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
1973 26 23 33 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .310 .375 .310 .685 93 9 1 0 1 0 2
1974 27 61 116 103 15 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 17 .252 .330 .320 .651 83 33 1 0 1 0 2
1975 28 61 116 103 15 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 17 .252 .330 .320 .651 83 33 1 0 1 0 2
1976 29 61 116 103 15 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 17 .252 .330 .320 .651 83 33 1 0 1 0 2
1977 30 63 118 105 15 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 17 .248 .325 .314 .639 79 33 1 0 1 0 2
1978 31 90 155 140 17 34 5 0 3 12 0 0 14 22 .243 .312 .343 .655 84 48 1 0 1 0 2

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
1973 26 23 34 30 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .333 .394 .333 .727 4 23
1974 27 38 85 75 11 18 4 0 1 6 0 10 14 .240 .329 .333 .663 8 38
1977 30 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1978 31 27 38 36 2 9 1 0 2 7 0 2 5 .250 .289 .444 .734 5 27
4 Yrs 90 159 143 19 37 5 0 3 13 0 15 22 .259 .329 .357 .686 17 90
162 Game Avg. 162 286 257 34 67 9 0 5 23 0 27 40 .259 .329 .357 .686 31 90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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