Neal Heaton
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 1982
| CLE
| A
| P
| 8
| 4
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 16
| 149.1
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CLE
| A
| P
| 38
| 34
| 198.2
| 9
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 9
| 2
| .933
|
| 1985
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 33
| 207.2
| 8
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 10
| 2
| .967
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| P
| 21
| 17
| 124.1
| 11
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 4
| .960
|
| 1986
| CLE
| A
| P
| 12
| 12
| 74.1
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| TOT
| A
| P
| 33
| 29
| 198.2
| 13
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 10
| 5
| .974
|
| 1987
| MON
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 193.1
| 5
| 28
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 23
| 11
| 5
| .917
|
| 1988
| MON
| N
| P
| 32
| 11
| 97.1
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 4
| 5
| .952
|
| 1989
| PIT
| N
| P
| 42
| 18
| 147.1
| 6
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 1
| .971
|
| 1990
| PIT
| N
| P
| 30
| 24
| 146
| 5
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 13
| 6
| .931
|
| 1991
| PIT
| N
| P
| 42
| 1
| 68.2
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 0
| .900
|
| 1992
| MIL
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 41
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1992
| TOT
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 42
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1993
| NY
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 27
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 382
| 202
| 1507
| 68
| 189
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 14
| 139
| 66
| 30
| .952
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1982
| CLE
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CLE
| A
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CLE
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| MON
| N
| 32
| 67
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 6
| .209
| .221
| .239
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1988
| MON
| N
| 32
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| PIT
| N
| 44
| 42
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .214
| .214
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 43
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .047
| .128
| .047
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1991
| PIT
| N
| 44
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .286
| .333
| .357
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| MIL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| NY
| A
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 184
| 187
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 12
| .171
| .197
| .187
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 51
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 204
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 388
| 187
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 12
| .171
| .197
| .187
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 51
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 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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