Bob Heffner
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[edit] Biography
Born on September 13, 1938 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Bob Heffner (Robert Frederic Heffner) played for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and California Angels over the course of his 5 year career. Heffner broke into the bigs on June 19, 1963 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.26 ERA in 124.2 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Heffner's best season was 1964, when he posted a 4.08 ERA and struck out 112 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BOS | A | 20 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 4.26 | 77 | 61 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 124.2 | 131 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1964 | BOS | A | 55 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4.08 | 112 | 81 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 158.2 | 152 | 20 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 1965 | BOS | A | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7.16 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 59 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 1966 | CLE | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.46 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | CAL | A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 114 | 31 | 11 | 21 | 4.51 | 241 | 192 | 177 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 353.1 | 360 | 45 | 107 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BOS | A | P | 20 | 19 | 124.2 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .969 |
| 1964 | BOS | A | P | 55 | 10 | 158.2 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .941 |
| 1965 | BOS | A | P | 27 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1966 | CLE | A | P | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1968 | CAL | A | P | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 114 | 31 | 353.1 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .959 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BOS | A | 21 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .116 | .136 | .186 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BOS | A | 55 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .159 | .178 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | BOS | A | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CLE | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | CAL | A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 94 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .128 | .163 | .202 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (June 12, 1957).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 26, 1962).
- Returned to Boston Red Sox (@March, 1963).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 29, 1965).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to New York Mets (October 15, 1966).
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