Neal Heaton

Full Name: Neal Heaton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/197	First Game: September 3, 1982
Birthdate: March 3, 1960	Final Game: June 26, 1993
Birthplace: South Ozone Park, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 3, 1960 in South Ozone Park, New York, Neal Heaton (Neal Heaton) played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career. Heaton broke into the bigs on September 3, 1982 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.16 ERA in 149.1 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Neal Heaton's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1983, when he posted a 4.16 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 75 batters. However, others believe that it was 1987, when he posted a 4.52 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 105 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1982	CLE	A	8	4	0	2	5.23	14	21	18	0	0	0	31	32	1	16	0	4	0
1983	CLE	A	39	16	11	7	4.16	75	79	69	4	3	7	149.1	157	11	44	10	1	1
1984	CLE	A	38	34	12	15	5.21	75	128	115	4	1	0	198.2	231	21	75	5	3	0
1985	CLE	A	36	33	9	17	4.90	82	119	113	5	1	0	207.2	244	19	80	2	2	7
1986	MIN	A	21	17	4	9	3.98	66	60	55	3	0	1	124.1	128	18	47	4	2	1
1986	CLE	A	12	12	3	6	4.24	24	42	35	2	0	0	74.1	73	8	34	4	2	1
1986	TOT	A	33	29	7	15	4.08	90	102	90	5	0	1	198.2	201	26	81	8	4	2
1987	MON	N	32	32	13	10	4.52	105	103	97	3	1	0	193.1	207	25	37	3	2	3
1988	MON	N	32	11	3	10	4.99	43	54	54	0	0	2	97.1	98	14	43	5	1	3
1989	PIT	N	42	18	6	7	3.05	67	55	50	1	0	0	147.1	127	12	55	12	4	6
1990	PIT	N	30	24	12	9	3.45	68	66	56	0	0	0	146	143	17	38	1	4	2
1991	PIT	N	42	1	3	3	4.33	34	37	33	0	0	0	68.2	72	6	21	2	0	4
1992	MIL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1992	KC	A	31	0	3	1	4.17	29	21	19	0	0	0	41	43	5	22	2	3	1
1992	TOT	A	32	0	3	1	4.07	31	21	19	0	0	0	42	43	5	23	2	3	1
1993	NY	A	18	0	1	0	6.00	15	19	18	0	0	0	27	34	6	11	1	2	3
Total	NL		178	86	37	39	4.00	317	315	290	4	1	2	652.2	647	74	194	23	11	18
Total	AL		204	116	43	57	4.66	382	489	442	18	5	8	854.1	942	89	330	28	19	14
Total			382	202	80	96	4.37	699	804	732	22	6	10	1507	1589	163	524	51	30	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1982	CLE	A	P	8	4	31	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1983	CLE	A	P	39	16	149.1	7	14	0	0	1	8	4	4	1.000
1984	CLE	A	P	38	34	198.2	9	19	2	0	2	18	9	2	.933
1985	CLE	A	P	36	33	207.2	8	21	1	1	1	19	10	2	.967
1986	MIN	A	P	21	17	124.1	11	13	1	1	1	10	6	4	.960
1986	CLE	A	P	12	12	74.1	2	11	0	0	1	7	4	1	1.000
1986	TOT	A	P	33	29	198.2	13	24	1	1	2	17	10	5	.974
1987	MON	N	P	32	32	193.1	5	28	3	1	2	23	11	5	.917
1988	MON	N	P	32	11	97.1	6	14	1	2	2	5	4	5	.952
1989	PIT	N	P	42	18	147.1	6	28	1	1	3	12	3	1	.971
1990	PIT	N	P	30	24	146	5	22	2	1	1	15	13	6	.931
1991	PIT	N	P	42	1	68.2	1	8	1	0	0	9	2	0	.900
1992	MIL	A	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	KC	A	P	31	0	41	5	2	1	0	0	9	0	0	.875
1992	TOT	A	P	32	0	42	5	2	1	0	0	9	0	0	.875
1993	NY	A	P	18	0	27	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	382	202	1507	68	189	13	7	14	139	66	30	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1982	CLE	A	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	A	39	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CLE	A	38	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CLE	A	36	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	MIN	A	21	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	A	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	TOT	A	33	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MON	N	32	67	6	14	6	.209	.221	.239	2	1	14	6	1	1
1988	MON	N	32	21	1	3	2	.143	.143	.143	0	0	6	4	0	0
1989	PIT	N	44	42	2	9	2	.214	.214	.214	0	0	16	2	0	0
1990	PIT	N	32	43	3	2	1	.047	.128	.047	0	4	13	3	1	3
1991	PIT	N	44	14	0	4	1	.286	.333	.357	1	1	2	0	0	0
1992	MIL	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	KC	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	TOT	A	32	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	NY	A	18	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		184	187	12	32	12	.171	.197	.187	3	6	51	15	2	4
Total	AL		204	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			388	187	12	32	12	.171	.197	.187	3	6	51	15	2	4

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 9, 1979).
Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for John Butcher (June 20, 1986).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Al Cardwood, Yorkis Perez and Jeff Reed to Montreal Expos in exchange for Jeff Reardon and Tom Nieto (February 3, 1987).
Traded by Montreal Expos to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Brett Gideon (March 28, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 6, 1989).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Kirk Gibson (March 10, 1992).
Released by Kansas City Royals (July 30, 1992).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (August 12, 1992).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 15, 1992).
Signed by New York Yankees (February 2, 1993).
Released by New York Yankees (July 27, 1993).

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