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Joe Heving

Joseph William Heving

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 2, 1900 in Covington, KY(All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1930 (Age 29)
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/WhiteSox/Giants/Braves 1930-1945

Final Game: August 5, 1945 (Age 44)
Died: April 11, 1970 in Covington, KY
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, KY
Relatives: Brother of Johnnie Heving
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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
1930 29 NYG NL 41 24 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .227 .273 .500 21 6 0 2 1
1931 30 NYG NL 22 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 2 1
1933 32 CHW AL 40 40 38 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .211 .231 .263 .494 34 10 0 1 1
1934 33 CHW AL 33 30 27 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .185 .267 .296 .563 44 8 0 0 1
1937 36 CLE AL 40 21 19 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .263 .263 .316 .579 46 6 0 2 1
1938 37 TOT AL 19 35 31 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .129 .156 .161 .318 -22 5 0 3 1
1938 37 CLE AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1938 37 BOS AL 16 34 30 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .133 .161 .167 .328 -19 5 0 3 1
1939 38 BOS AL 46 35 32 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .219 .406 2 7 0 0 3 1
1940 39 BOS AL 39 46 40 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .200 .273 .200 .473 23 8 2 1 2 1
1941 40 CLE AL 27 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 1 1
1942 41 CLE AL 27 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 1
1943 42 CLE AL 30 18 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .071 .235 .071 .307 -6 1 1 0 2 1
1944 43 CLE AL 63 24 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 6 4 0 0 2 1
1945 44 BSN NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
13 Yrs 430 313 276 23 47 9 0 0 18 0 0 15 42 .170 .216 .203 .419 10 56 3 1 22
162 Game Avg. 162 118 104 9 18 3 0 0 7 0 6 16 .170 .216 .203 .419 10 21 0 8
CLE (6 yrs) 190 92 78 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 11 .128 .200 .141 .341 -4 11 1 0 8
BOS (3 yrs) 101 115 102 11 18 2 0 0 11 0 0 4 17 .176 .215 .196 .411 4 20 2 1 8
NYG (2 yrs) 63 34 30 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .233 .433 8 7 0 4
CHW (2 yrs) 73 70 65 5 13 5 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .200 .246 .277 .523 38 18 0 1
BSN (1 yr) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
AL (10 yrs) 364 277 245 20 41 8 0 0 18 0 0 15 38 .167 .218 .200 .418 11 49 3 1 17
NL (3 yrs) 66 36 31 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .194 .194 .226 .419 5 7 0 0 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1930 29 NYG NL 41 24 -3 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1931 30 NYG NL 22 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 1
1933 32 CHW AL 40 40 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $4,950 1
1934 33 CHW AL 33 30 -3 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $6,000 1
1937 36 CLE AL 40 21 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $4,000 1
1938 37 CLE AL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .493 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,500 /1
1938 37 BOS AL 16 34 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1939 38 BOS AL 46 35 -5 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $8,000 1
1940 39 BOS AL 39 46 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $8,500 1
1941 40 CLE AL 27 19 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $10,000 1
1942 41 CLE AL 27 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $6,500 1
1943 42 CLE AL 30 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $6,000 1
1944 43 CLE AL 63 24 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $6,500 1
1945 44 BSN NL 3 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .489 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
13 Seasons 430 313 -40 0 0 0 33 -6 -0.6 11 4 -0.6 .499 .500 -0.6 0.1 4 $66,950
CLE (6 yrs) 190 92 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 1 $39,500
BOS (3 yrs) 101 115 -17 0 0 0 13 -4 -0.3 4 0 -0.3 .497 .499 -0.3 0.0 0 $16,500
NYG (2 yrs) 63 34 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0
CHW (2 yrs) 73 70 -6 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 4 $10,950
BSN (1 yr) 3 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .489 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0

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
1930 29 NYG NL 24 19 1 1.4 125 .263 .227 .309 .227 .367 .273 .460 .500 .827 21 .068 -2.8 -0.2 .353 .045 .045
1931 30 NYG NL 10 9 0 0.0 102 .143 .125 .283 .125 .341 .125 .399 .250 .740 -32 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1933 32 CHW AL 40 31 2 1.7 101 .235 .211 .273 .231 .344 .263 .394 .494 .737 34 .136 -3.6 -0.4 .367 .079 .053
1934 33 CHW AL 30 22 2 2.4 114 .238 .185 .291 .267 .365 .296 .419 .563 .784 44 .209 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .222 .111
1937 36 CLE AL 21 16 2 3.3 115 .278 .263 .287 .263 .362 .316 .428 .579 .790 46 .300 -1.6 -0.2 .429 .053 .053
1938 37 TOT AL 35 30 1 0.9 122 .174 .129 .296 .156 .376 .161 .441 .318 .817 -22 .036 -6.2 -0.6 .222 .065 .032
1938 37 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .288 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1938 37 BOS AL 34 29 1 0.9 123 .174 .133 .296 .161 .376 .167 .442 .328 .818 -19 .039 -5.8 -0.5 .231 .067 .033
1939 38 BOS AL 35 29 1 0.9 117 .214 .188 .291 .188 .367 .219 .431 .406 .798 2 .041 -5.0 -0.5 .269 .031 .031
1940 39 BOS AL 46 36 2 1.5 114 .235 .200 .284 .273 .358 .200 .431 .473 .788 23 .099 -4.7 -0.4 .353 .075 .000
1941 40 CLE AL 19 16 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .167 .345 .000 .397 .167 .742 -52 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .200 .200 .000
1942 41 CLE AL 9 8 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .259 .125 .332 .000 .362 .125 .694 -62 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1943 42 CLE AL 18 16 0 0.0 81 .083 .071 .248 .235 .321 .071 .342 .307 .663 -6 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .286 .214 .000
1944 43 CLE AL 24 20 1 1.4 88 .235 .182 .263 .182 .329 .182 .360 .364 .689 6 .119 -2.7 -0.3 .222 .000 .000
1945 44 BSN NL 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .377 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Yrs 313 254 12 1.3 109 .201 .170 .283 .216 .354 .203 .413 .419 .767 10 .077 -37.1 -3.6 .310 .087 .033
162 Game Avg. 118 96 5 1.3 109 .201 .170 .283 .216 .354 .203 .413 .419 .767 10 .077 -37.1 -3.6 .310 .087 .033
CLE (6 yrs) 92 77 3 1.0 97 .149 .128 .267 .200 .339 .141 .381 .341 .720 -4 .067 -11.1 -1.1 .261 .103 .013
BOS (3 yrs) 115 94 4 1.1 118 .212 .176 .290 .215 .366 .196 .434 .411 .800 4 .060 -15.5 -1.4 .291 .059 .020
NYG (2 yrs) 34 28 1 0.9 119 .231 .200 .302 .200 .360 .233 .444 .433 .804 8 .039 -4.3 -0.4 .292 .033 .033
CHW (2 yrs) 70 53 4 2.0 106 .236 .200 .281 .246 .353 .277 .404 .523 .757 38 .167 -5.8 -0.6 .423 .138 .077
BSN (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .377 .000 .720 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (10 yrs) 277 224 11 1.3 108 .198 .167 .280 .218 .354 .200 .409 .418 .763 11 .085 -32.5 -3.2 .314 .094 .033
NL (3 yrs) 36 30 1 0.9 118 .222 .194 .301 .194 .360 .226 .442 .419 .801 5 .035 -4.6 -0.4 .280 .032 .032

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
1930 29 NYG NL 24 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 4.2% 20% 7.3 79%
1931 30 NYG NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 70%
1933 32 CHW AL 40 0.0% 10.0% 2.5% 5.0% 25% 4.00 9.5 85%
1934 33 CHW AL 30 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 10.0% 60% 2.00 4.5 27.0 70%
1937 36 CLE AL 21 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 4.8% 20% 19.0 6.3 86%
1938 37 TOT AL 35 0.0% 22.9% 2.9% 2.9% 25% 8.00 3.9 15.5 66%
1938 37 CLE AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1938 37 BOS AL 34 0.0% 20.6% 2.9% 2.9% 25% 7.00 4.3 15.0 68%
1939 38 BOS AL 35 0.0% 11.4% 0.0% 2.9% 17% 8.0 10.7 80%
1940 39 BOS AL 46 0.0% 13.0% 6.5% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.7 6.7 74%
1941 40 CLE AL 19 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 0.0% 0.67 7.5 7.5 68%
1942 41 CLE AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.00 78%
1943 42 CLE AL 18 0.0% 11.1% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.67 7.0 67%
1944 43 CLE AL 24 0.0% 20.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.4 22.0 71%
1945 44 BSN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50%
13 Yrs 313 0.0% 13.4% 4.8% 2.9% 19% 2.80 6.6 15.3 75%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 1.02 10.3 67.4 8.0 0.93 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1930 29 NYG NL -2.8 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1931 30 NYG NL -1.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 32 CHW AL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 33 CHW AL -2.3 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 36 CLE AL -1.6 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 37 TOT AL -6.2 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 37 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 37 BOS AL -5.8 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 38 BOS AL -5.0 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 39 BOS AL -4.7 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 40 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 41 CLE AL -1.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 42 CLE AL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 43 CLE AL -2.7 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 44 BSN NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
13 Yrs -37.1 -3.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 44 BSN NL 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 0 37% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 44 BSN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 2 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 46% 2677% 214% 38% 15% 53% 57%

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
1930 29 41 24 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .227 .273 .500 21 6 0 2
1931 30 63 34 30 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .233 .433 8 7 0 4
1932 31 63 34 30 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .233 .433 8 7 0 4
1933 32 103 74 68 6 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .206 .217 .250 .467 22 17 0 5
1934 33 136 104 95 8 19 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .200 .232 .263 .495 29 25 0 5
1935 34 136 104 95 8 19 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .200 .232 .263 .495 29 25 0 5
1936 35 136 104 95 8 19 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .200 .232 .263 .495 29 25 0 5
1937 36 176 125 114 11 24 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 .211 .237 .272 .509 32 31 0 7
1938 37 195 160 145 13 28 8 0 0 6 0 0 5 23 .193 .220 .248 .468 20 36 0 10
1939 38 241 195 177 18 34 9 0 0 9 0 0 5 27 .192 .214 .243 .457 16 43 0 0 13
1940 39 280 241 217 22 42 9 0 0 15 0 0 8 33 .194 .226 .235 .461 18 51 2 1 15
1941 40 307 260 232 22 42 9 0 0 17 0 0 11 35 .181 .221 .220 .441 13 51 2 1 16
1942 41 334 269 239 22 42 9 0 0 17 0 0 12 35 .176 .218 .213 .432 11 51 2 1 17
1943 42 364 287 253 22 43 9 0 0 17 0 0 15 37 .170 .219 .206 .425 11 52 3 1 19
1944 43 427 311 275 23 47 9 0 0 18 0 0 15 42 .171 .216 .204 .420 10 56 3 1 21
1945 44 430 313 276 23 47 9 0 0 18 0 0 15 42 .170 .216 .203 .419 10 56 3 1 22

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
1930 29 43 24 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .227 .409 1 41
1931 30 23 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1933 32 43 42 40 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 .220 .250 .470 2 40
1934 33 35 31 28 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 3 6 .179 .258 .286 .544 2 33
1937 36 42 21 19 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .211 .211 .263 .474 1 40
1938 37 20 38 34 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 8 .147 .171 .176 .348 1 19
1939 38 48 35 32 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .156 .156 .188 .344 1 46
1940 39 41 47 41 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 3 6 .195 .267 .195 .462 2 39
1941 40 28 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 .000 .158 .000 .158 0 27
1942 41 29 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 27
1943 42 32 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 30
1944 43 66 26 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .208 .208 .208 .417 1 63
1945 44 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
13 Yrs 453 325 287 21 44 9 0 0 17 0 15 42 .153 .198 .185 .383 11 430
162 Game Avg. 162 116 103 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 5 15 .153 .198 .185 .383 4 430

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1900-09-02 (6th)
1939 AL  born 1900-09-02 (4th)
1940 AL  born 1900-09-02 (2nd)
1941 AL  born 1900-09-02 (2nd)
1942 AL  born 1900-09-02 (1st)
1943 AL  born 1900-09-02 (1st)
1944 AL  born 1900-09-02 (1st)
1945 NL  born 1900-09-02 (2nd)

                                         

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