Neal Heaton | Major Leaguer 1982-1993

Full Name: Neal Heaton
Born: March 3,1960 in Jamaica, New York
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Sachem East (Farmingville,NY)
College: University of Miami

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Drafted: Selected by New York Mets in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1979 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg) ... Selected by Cleveland Indians in 2nd Round (39th overall) of 1981 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 20,1986] - Traded by Indians to Twins for John Butcher. [Feb 3,1987] - Traded by Twins with Jeff Reed, Yorkis Perez and Al Cardwood to Expos for Tom Nieto and Jeff Reardon. [Mar 28,1989] - Traded by Expos to Pirates for Brett Gideon. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 6,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Mar 10,1992] - Traded by Pirates to Royals for Kirk Gibson. [Jul 30,1992] - Released by Royals. [Aug 12,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Oct 15,1992] - Released by Brewers. [Feb 2,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Jul 27,1993] - Released by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1981	Chattga	Sou	21	Cle	AA	4	4	3.97	11	11	4	0	0	0	77.0	61	42	34	13	27	50	2		7.13	1.52	3.16	5.84	1.14	--
1982	Charleston	IL	22	Cle	AAA	10	5	4.01	29	29	5	2	0	0	172.2	194	97	77	16	66	105	7		10.11	0.83	3.44	5.47	1.51	--
	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	0	2	5.23	8	4	0	0	0	0	31.0	32	21	18	1	16	14	4	0	9.29	0.29	4.65	4.06	1.55	39%
1983	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	11	7	4.16	39	16	4	3	19	7	149.1	157	79	69	11	44	75	1	0	9.46	0.66	2.65	4.52	1.35	34%
1984	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	12	15	5.21	38	34	4	1	2	0	198.2	231	128	115	21	75	75	3	1	10.47	0.95	3.40	3.40	1.54	42%
1985	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	9	17	4.90	36	33	5	1	2	0	207.2	244	119	113	19	80	82	2	2	10.57	0.82	3.47	3.55	1.56	46%
1986	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	4	9	3.98	21	17	3	0	2	1	124.1	128	60	55	18	47	66	2	0	9.27	1.30	3.40	4.78	1.41	49%
	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	3	6	4.24	12	12	2	0	0	0	74.1	73	42	35	8	34	24	2	0	8.84	0.97	4.12	2.91	1.44	51%
1987	Montreal	NL	27	Mtl	MLB	13	10	4.52	32	32	3	1	0	0	193.1	207	103	97	25	37	105	2	5	9.64	1.16	1.72	4.89	1.26	48%
1988	Montreal	NL	28	Mtl	MLB	3	10	4.99	32	11	0	0	7	2	97.1	98	54	54	14	43	43	1	5	9.06	1.29	3.98	3.98	1.45	41%
1989	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	6	7	3.05	42	18	1	0	5	0	147.1	127	55	50	12	55	67	4	5	7.76	0.73	3.36	4.09	1.24	48%
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	12	9	3.45	30	24	0	0	2	0	146.0	143	66	56	17	38	68	4	1	8.82	1.05	2.34	4.19	1.24	44%
1991	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	3	3	4.33	42	1	0	0	5	0	68.2	72	37	33	6	21	34	0	1	9.44	0.79	2.75	4.46	1.35	45%
1992	Denver	Amer	32	Mil	AAA	2	1	3.52	6	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	23	10	9	1	8	9	0		9.00	0.39	3.13	3.52	1.35	--
	Milwaukee	AL	32	Mil	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	9.00	18.00	1.00	32%
	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	3	1	4.17	31	0	0	0	8	0	41.0	43	21	19	5	22	29	3	1	9.44	1.10	4.83	6.37	1.59	43%
1993	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	1	0	6.00	18	0	0	0	9	0	27.0	34	19	18	6	11	15	2	0	11.33	2.00	3.67	5.00	1.67	57%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						80	96	4.37	382	202	22	6	62	10	1,507.0	1589	804	732	163	524	699	30	21	9.49	0.97	3.13	4.17	1.40	45%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						16	10	3.97	46	44	9	2	0	0	272.2	278	149	120	30	101	164	9		9.19	0.99	3.34	5.42	1.39	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1982	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Montreal	NL	27	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	67	6	14	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	14	0	0	6	0	1	.209	.221	.239	460	75%
1988	Montreal	NL	28	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	21	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	87%
1989	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	44	42	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.214	.214	428	71%
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	43	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	13	0	0	3	0	3	.047	.128	.047	175	50%
1991	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	44	14	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	690	37%
1992	Milwaukee	AL	32	Mil	MLB	p	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								388	187	12	32	3	0	0	12	2	1	6	51	0	0	15	0	4	.171	.197	.187	384	67%

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981	Chattga	Sou	21	Cle	AA	P	11			2	10	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1982	Charleston	IL	22	Cle	AAA	P	29			5	27	4	36	3	-	-	-	.889	--
1982	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	P	8		31	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

1983	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	39		149.1	7	14	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.27

1984	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	38		198.2	9	19	2	30	0	-	-	-	.933	1.27

1985	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	36		207.2	8	21	1	30	1	-	-	-	.967	1.26

1986	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	12		74.1	2	11	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.57
1986	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	P	21		124.1	11	13	1	25	1	-	-	-	.960	1.74

1987	Montreal	NL	27	Mtl	MLB	P	32		193.1	5	28	3	36	1	-	-	-	.917	1.54

1988	Montreal	NL	28	Mtl	MLB	P	32		97.1	6	14	1	21	2	-	-	-	.952	1.85

1989	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	42		147.1	6	28	1	35	1	-	-	-	.971	2.08

1990	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	30		146	5	22	2	29	1	-	-	-	.931	1.66

1991	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	42		68.2	1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.18

1992	Denver	Amer	32	Mil	AAA	P	6			3	1	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	P	31		41	5	2	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.54
1992	Milwaukee	AL	32	Mil	MLB	P	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1993	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	18		27	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.33

Awards

[1990] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	225,000		299,108	45
1986	310,000		325,466	40
1987	400,000		292,853	28
1988	625,000		325,305	21
1989	650,000		375,257	21
1990	700,000		426,358	24
1991	1,000,000		617,627	22
1992	1,100,000		798,185	26
1993	250,000		815,723	46

Career:	$5,260,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1990)

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