Bob Heffner
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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