Al Heist

Alfred Michael Heist

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 5, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Automotive Trades HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1960
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Colt.45's 1960-1962

Final Game: September 27, 1962
Died: October 2, 2006 in Tahlequah, OK
Buried: Cookson Proctor Cemetery, Cookson, OK
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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
1949	21	BAL-min	D	122	491	491		160	34	7	11						.326	.326	.491	.817		241							RED · FARW
1950	22	STK	C	124	423	423		124	23	8	3						.293	.293	.407	.700		172							STK · CALL
1951	23	STK	C	140	434	434		111	19	6	10						.256	.256	.396	.652		172							STK · CALL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1953	25	BAL-min	A	133	488	488		140	38	17	8						.287	.287	.484	.770		236							LEW · WINT
1954	26	BAL-min	A	138	518	518		155	36	10	10						.299	.299	.465	.764		241							LEW · WINT
1955	27	SAC	Opn	135	543	470	58	123	14	4	7	33	8		61	93	.262	.348	.353	.701		166	5	3	6	3			SAC · PCL
1956	28	SAC	Opn	158	626	547	81	157	21	13	12	71	12		67	79	.287	.364	.439	.803		240	18	2	5	5			SAC · PCL
1957	29	SAC	Opn	166	669	557	68	143	21	9	8	62	6		91	83	.257	.359	.370	.729		206	8	1	14	6			SAC · PCL
1958	30	SAC	AAA	139	530	473	50	125	19	3	2	54	4		42	61	.264	.324	.330	.654		156	10	3	6	6			SAC · PCL
1959	31	ATL-min	AAA	136	559	473	57	117	20	4	6	67	2	2	68	73	.247	.338	.345	.683		163		1	9	8			SAC · PCL
1960	32	ATL-min	AAA	89	347	311	43	93	23	4	13	66	4	1	36	45	.299	.372	.524	.896		163							SAC · PCL
1960	32	CHC	NL	41	113	102	11	28	5	3	1	6	3	1	10	12	.275	.339	.412	.751	107	42	2	0	1	0	0	8/7
1961	33	CHC	NL	109	366	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	3	3	39	51	.255	.337	.383	.720	91	123	7	1	4	1	0	8
1962	34	HOU	NL	27	76	72	4	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.222	.263	.236	.499	40	17	5	1	0	0	0	8
1963	35	HOU-min	AAA	130	398	346	40	102	13	7	11	55	3	0	52	63	.295	.387	.468	.855		162							OKC · PCL
1964	36	HOU-min	AAA	101	320	281	40	80	14	2	6	40	1	0	35	38	.285	.363	.413	.775		116		1	0	3			OKC · PCL
1965	37	HOU-min	AAA	60	137	121	13	20	4	2	1	14	0	0	9	35	.165	.227	.256	.483		31		1	5	1			OKC · PCL
3 Yrs				177	555	495	63	126	20	6	8	46	6	4	52	72	.255	.327	.368	.695	87	182	14	2	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	508	453	58	115	18	5	7	42	5	4	48	66	.255	.327	.368	.695	87	167	13	2	5	1	0

CHC (2 yrs)				150	479	423	59	110	19	6	8	43	6	4	49	63	.260	.338	.390	.728	95	165	9	1	5	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				27	76	72	4	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.222	.263	.236	.499	40	17	5	1	0	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
1960	32	CHC	NL	41	113	1	1	-0	3	-0	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.511	.503	0.5	0.3	5	$	8/7
1961	33	CHC	NL	109	366	-2	-1	-1	2	-0	-2	-0.2	12	11	1.0	.498	.499	0.8	0.2	8	$	8
1962	34	HOU	NL	27	76	-4	0	-1	-5	-0	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.8	.461	.494	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$	8
3 Seasons				177	555	-5	-1	-2	0	-1	-8	-0.8	19	11	1.0	.496	.498	1.0	-0.0	11	$

CHC (2 yrs)				150	479	-1	-1	-1	5	-1	2	0.2	16	19	1.8	.502	.501	1.3	0.5	13	$
HOU (1 yr)				27	76	-4	0	-1	-5	-0	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.8	.461	.494	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$

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
1960	32	CHC	NL	113	78	14	4.8	98	.303	.275	.261	.339	.326	.412	.400	.751	.727	107	.547	0.8	0.1	.701	.255	.137	1.5
1961	33	CHC	NL	366	254	42	4.4	106	.284	.255	.270	.337	.337	.383	.421	.720	.757	91	.476	-3.7	-0.4	.655	.249	.128	4.2
1962	34	HOU	NL	76	61	4	1.8	97	.254	.222	.262	.263	.328	.236	.397	.499	.725	40	.149	-6.0	-0.6	.344	.056	.014
3 Yrs				555	393	60	4.1	103	.284	.255	.267	.327	.333	.368	.413	.695	.746	87	.447	-8.9	-0.9	.615	.222	.113	6.9
162 Game Avg.				508	360	55	4.1	103	.284	.255	.267	.327	.333	.368	.413	.695	.746	87	.447	-8.9	-0.9	.615	.222	.113	6

CHC (2 yrs)				479	332	56	4.5	104	.289	.260	.268	.338	.334	.390	.416	.728	.750	95	.492	-2.9	-0.3	.666	.251	.130	6.9
HOU (1 yr)				76	61	4	1.8	97	.254	.222	.262	.263	.328	.236	.397	.499	.725	40	.148	-6.0	-0.6	.344	.056	.014

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	32	CHC	NL	113	0.9%	10.6%	8.9%	8.0%	32%	1.20	8.5	102.0	17.0	0.89	79%
1961	33	CHC	NL	366	1.9%	13.9%	10.7%	6.6%	29%	1.31	6.3	45.9	8.7	0.77	72%
1962	34	HOU	NL	76	0.0%	11.8%	4.0%	1.3%	6%	3.00	8.0		24.0	1.00	83%
3 Yrs				555	1.4%	13.0%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.38	6.9	61.9	10.8	0.82	75%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.8%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.4	37.1	8.2	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	32	CHC	NL	0.6	0.1	119	-0.7	1.4	-2.2	.95	-0.1	-0.6	-4.7	-0.5	0.92	-1.3	0.87	10
1961	33	CHC	NL	-4.1	-0.4	379	-0.2	7.2	-7.4	1.12	0.3	-0.4	4.4	0.4	0.96	0.3	1.62	8
1962	34	HOU	NL	-6.0	-0.6	76	-0.5	1.1	-1.5	1.02	-0.6	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.86	-5.4	1.66	5
3 Yrs				-9.5	-0.9	574	-1.4	9.7	-11.1	1.07	-0.4	-0.9	-4.2	-0.5	0.94	-6.4	1.31	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	32	CHC	NL	1	27%	45	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	3	33%	8	7	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1961	33	CHC	NL	6	36%	158	3	3	50%	3	3	2	1	6	11	44%	18	12	6	8	6	2	10	2	8
1962	34	HOU	NL	3	20%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				10	32%	233	6	4	60%	6	4	2	1	6	15	43%	30	22	8	8	6	2	16	3	13

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
1960	32	CHC	NL	113	56%	28			10	2	0	1	0.87	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	8	1	13%	62	5	8%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	0
1961	33	CHC	NL	366	42%	82			8	1	0	0	1.62	7	1	15	5	2	5	2	0	5	4	80%	58	7	12%	21	6	29%	194	31	16%	10	4	40%	5	3	60%	0
1962	34	HOU	NL	76	51%	16			5	0	0	1	1.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	5	45%	3	0	0%	39	4	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				555	46%	126			23	3	0	2	1.31	8	1	20	5	3	5	3	0	6	5	83%	84	14	17%	32	7	22%	295	40	14%	16	5	31%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1960	32	41	113	102	11	28	5	3	1	6	3	1	10	12	.275	.339	.412	.751	107	42	2	0	1	0
1961	33	150	479	423	59	110	19	6	8	43	6	4	49	63	.260	.338	.390	.728	95	165	9	1	5	1
1962	34	177	555	495	63	126	20	6	8	46	6	4	52	72	.255	.327	.368	.695	87	182	14	2	5	1

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	32	43	119	107	12	30	5	3	1	7	3	11	13	.280	.347	.411	.759	16	41
1961	33	114	380	334	49	84	14	3	7	37	3	40	53	.251	.332	.374	.707	42	109
1962	34	27	77	73	5	17	1	0	0	3	0	3	9	.233	.273	.247	.519	5	27
3 Yrs		184	576	514	66	131	20	6	8	47	6	54	75	.255	.327	.364	.691	63	177
162 Game Avg.		162	507	453	58	115	18	5	7	41	5	48	66	.255	.327	.364	.691	55	177

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