Ben Heller

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Team: Pittsburgh Pirates (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: August 5, 1991 in Milwaukee, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL).

High School: Whitewater HS (Whitewater, WI)

School: Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 3.102 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Onyx Sports Management

Full Name: Benjamin Heller

Twitter: @BenHeller21

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.7

0.1

ERA

11.25

4.65

12.0

62.0

WHIP

2.083

1.516

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	21	-0.3	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	1	3	.250	3.13	3.86	21	1	8	0	0	2	37.1	37	16	13	0	14	1	39	2	0	4	163	1.366	8.9	0.0	3.4	9.4	2.79
2014	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	CLE	5	1	.833	2.38	2.72	45	0	22	0	0	5	53.0	27	16	14	4	29	0	81	5	1	6	218	1.057	4.6	0.7	4.9	13.8	2.79
2014	22	-0.7	Carolina	CARL	A+	CLE	1	0	1.000	2.25	3.38	17	0	5	0	0	1	16.0	8	6	4	1	13	0	17	3	0	2	70	1.313	4.5	0.6	7.3	9.6	1.31
2014	22	0.1	Lake County	MIDW	A	CLE	4	1	.800	2.43	2.43	28	0	17	0	0	4	37.0	19	10	10	3	16	0	64	2	1	4	148	0.946	4.6	0.7	3.9	15.6	4.00
2015	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CLE	0	2	.000	4.02	4.24	41	0	31	0	0	12	40.1	35	19	18	0	14	0	58	2	0	11	174	1.215	7.8	0.0	3.1	12.9	4.14
2015	23	-1.6	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		1.50	1.50	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	15	0	0	5	26	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	22.5	15.00
2015	23	0.1	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	CLE	0	2	.000	4.46	4.72	36	0	31	0	0	12	34.1	30	18	17	0	13	0	43	2	0	6	148	1.252	7.9	0.0	3.4	11.3	3.31
2016	24		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	3	3	.500	1.69	1.69	49	0	33	0	0	13	48.0	26	9	9	2	14	2	55	6	1	2	189	0.833	4.9	0.4	2.6	10.3	3.93
2016	24	-2.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	2	2	.500	2.49	2.49	28	0	13	0	0	5	25.1	20	7	7	1	7	2	25	4	1	2	104	1.066	7.1	0.4	2.5	8.9	3.57
2016	24	-2.7	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	1	.000	1.42	1.42	6	0	6	0	0	1	6.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	25	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	9.9	3.50
2016	24	-0.5	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	0	1.000	0.55	0.55	15	0	14	0	0	7	16.1	3	1	1	1	5	0	23	2	0	0	60	0.490	1.7	0.6	2.8	12.7	4.60
2016	24	-4.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	6.43	6.43	10	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	11	5	5	3	4	1	6	2	0	0	40	2.143	14.1	3.9	5.1	7.7	1.50
2017	25	-1.4	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	5	4	.556	2.88	3.36	41	0	29	0	0	6	56.1	34	21	18	6	21	1	82	3	0	8	223	0.976	5.4	1.0	3.4	13.1	3.90
2017	25	-3.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	9	0	0	1	43	1.000	4.1	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50

2019	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	NYY	0	0		0.66	0.66	11	6	1	0	0	1	13.2	8	1	1	0	4	0	15	1	0	2	51	0.878	5.3	0.0	2.6	9.9	3.75
2019	27	0.8	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		0.82	0.82	9	4	1	0	0	1	11.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	13	1	0	1	39	0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	10.6	4.33
2019	27	4.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	12	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
2019	27	-1.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		1.23	1.23	6	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	6	1	1	1	3	1	9	0	0	0	28	1.227	7.4	1.2	3.7	11.0	3.00
2020	28	-0.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		3.00	3.00	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	6	2	0	0	27	1.167	7.5	3.0	3.0	9.0	3.00

2022	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-AAA	MIN	0	1	.000	9.35	11.42	7	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	11	9	2	10	0	9	3	0	4	49	2.192	9.3	2.1	10.4	9.3	0.90
2022	30	3.0	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	0	0		21.60	27.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	5	4	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	13	4.200	21.6	10.8	16.2	16.2	1.00
2022	30	9.0	Twins	FCL	Rk	MIN	0	1	.000	6.43	7.71	4	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	6	5	0	7	0	6	3	0	3	36	1.714	6.4	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86
2023	31		2 Teams	IL	AAA	ATL-TBR	5	2	.714	3.27	4.91	32	0	5	0	0	1	44.0	39	24	16	2	15	1	57	11	1	4	197	1.227	8.0	0.4	3.1	11.7	3.80
2023	31	4.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	3	2	.600	3.95	6.59	18	0	5	0	0	1	27.1	30	20	12	2	8	1	34	9	0	2	131	1.390	9.9	0.7	2.6	11.2	4.25
2023	31	4.1	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	2	0	1.000	2.16	2.16	14	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	9	4	4	0	7	0	23	2	1	2	66	0.960	4.9	0.0	3.8	12.4	3.29
2023	31	1.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		3.86	4.34	19	0	5	0	0	0	18.2	16	9	8	2	11	0	16	2	0	4	82	1.446	7.7	1.0	5.3	7.7	1.45
2024	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	PIT	2	3	.400	3.16	3.41	33	0	14	0	0	4	37.0	22	14	13	6	13	1	63	3	0	3	149	0.946	5.4	1.5	3.2	15.3	4.85
2024	32	5.0	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2	3	.400	3.55	3.82	30	0	14	0	0	4	33.0	20	14	13	6	13	1	55	3	0	2	135	1.000	5.5	1.6	3.5	15.0	4.23
2024	32	10.1	Bradenton	FLOR	A	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	18.0
2024	32	2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	11.25	12.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	19	16	15	1	6	1	15	6	0	0	66	2.083	14.3	0.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		2	1	.667	4.65	4.94	58	0	18	0	0	0	62.0	62	34	32	9	32	3	61	12	0	5	286	1.516	9.0	1.3	4.6	8.9	1.91
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		21	19	.525	2.95	3.48	280	9	143	0	0	44	338.1	237	131	111	22	134	6	459	36	3	44	1413	1.097	6.3	0.6	3.6	12.2	3.43
All Levels (10 Seasons)							23	20	.535	3.21	3.71	338	9	161	0	0	44	400.1	299	165	143	31	166	9	520	48	3	49	1699	1.162	6.7	0.7	3.7	11.7	3.13

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	3.04	3.70	149	4	68	0	0	18	177.2	125	73	60	17	64	5	242	22	2	18	736	1.064	6.3	0.9	3.2	12.3	3.78
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.81	0.81	20	0	14	0	0	7	22.1	8	2	2	1	6	0	38	2	0	5	86	0.627	3.2	0.4	2.4	15.3	6.33
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	3.57	4.08	55	2	36	0	0	13	53.0	41	24	21	1	27	0	62	5	0	9	230	1.283	7.0	0.2	4.6	10.5	2.30
A (2 seasons)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.20	2.20	31	0	17	0	0	4	41.0	21	10	10	3	16	0	72	2	1	5	162	0.902	4.6	0.7	3.5	15.8	4.50
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	3	.250	3.13	3.86	21	1	8	0	0	2	37.1	37	16	13	0	14	1	39	2	0	4	163	1.366	8.9	0.0	3.4	9.4	2.79
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	6.43	7.71	4	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	6	5	0	7	0	6	3	0	3	36	1.714	6.4	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86