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Andy Van Hekken

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: July 31, 1979 in Holland, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Holland HS (Holland, MI).

High School: Holland HS (Holland, MI)

Debut: September 3, 2002 (Age 23-034d, 18,162nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 27, 2002 (Age 23-058d)
vs. TOR 6.2 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Andrew William Van Hekken

Pronunciation: \HECK-in\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

3.00

30.0

WHIP

1.467

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1998	18	SEA-min	Rk	6	3	.667	4.43	11	8	0	0	0	0	40.2	34	23	20	1	18	0	55	2	1	7	179			1.279	7.5	0.2	4.0	12.2	3.06	MRE ARIZ
1999	19	DET-min	A-	4	2	.667	2.15	11	10	0	0	0	0	50.1	44	17	12	3	16	0	50	3	0	1	210			1.192	7.9	0.5	2.9	8.9	3.13	ONE NYPL
2000	20	DET-min	A	16	6	.727	2.45	26	25	1	3	1	1	158.0	139	48	43	3	37	0	126	7	0	3	648			1.114	7.9	0.2	2.1	7.2	3.41	WMI MIDW
2001	21	DET-min	A+,AA	15	4	.789	3.63	27	27	0	2	0	0	158.2	168	72	64	13	41	0	111	6	0	2	670			1.317	9.5	0.7	2.3	6.3	2.71	LAK,ERI FLOR,EL
2002	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	9	7	.563	3.29	28	28	0	2	1	0	183.1	179	83	67	14	45	0	116	9	2	9	759			1.222	8.8	0.7	2.2	5.7	2.58	ERI,TOL EL,IL
2002	22	DET	AL	1	3	.250	3.00	5	5	0	1	1	0	30.0	38	13	10	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	131	143	4.10	1.467	11.4	0.6	1.8	1.5	0.83
2003	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	9	12	.429	4.89	26	25	0	1	1	0	152.2	182	88	83	24	36	1	57	3	0	4	658			1.428	10.7	1.4	2.1	3.4	1.58	ERI,TOL EL,IL
2004	24	DET-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.96	28	27	0	0	0	0	152.1	179	97	84	13	59	1	101	8	0	8	672			1.562	10.6	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.71	TOL IL
2005	25	CIN-ATL-min	AAA,AA	3	3	.500	5.20	37	11	3	0	0	0	88.1	102	52	51	11	34	0	53	2	1	7	387			1.540	10.4	1.1	3.5	5.4	1.56	LOU,RMD,CNG,MSS IL,SOUL
2006	26	KCR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.36	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.2	60	32	26	7	11	0	33	0	0	2	227			1.323	10.1	1.2	1.8	5.5	3.00	OMA PCL
2008	28	HOU-min	AA	6	3	.667	3.19	11	11	0	0	0	0	67.2	82	30	24	6	10	0	56	1	0	3	289			1.360	10.9	0.8	1.3	7.4	5.60	CPC TL
2009	29	HOU-min	AA,AAA	8	6	.571	4.01	33	13	6	0	0	0	123.1	137	60	55	8	26	1	75	4	1	7	522			1.322	10.0	0.6	1.9	5.5	2.88	CPC,RRK TL,PCL
2010	30	HOU-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.36	29	27	0	2	0	0	177.1	184	92	86	14	50	2	114	5	1	8	751			1.320	9.3	0.7	2.5	5.8	2.28	RRK PCL
2011	31	HOU-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.40	35	19	5	0	0	1	129.2	152	56	49	7	47	0	111	1	1	2	572			1.535	10.6	0.5	3.3	7.7	2.36	OKC PCL
1 Yr				1	3	.250	3.00	5	5	0	1	1	0	30.0	38	13	10	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	131	143	4.10	1.467	11.4	0.6	1.8	1.5	0.83
162 Game Avg.				7	20	.250	3.00	34	34	0	7	7	0	204	258	88	68	14	41	0	34	0	0	7	891	143	4.10	1.467	11.4	0.6	1.8	1.5	0.83

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