Bill
Heath
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 10, 1939 in Usa, CA, YUBA CITY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 27 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1967 28 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1968 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
1969 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
1970 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1971 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1972 33 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1973 34 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 27 AA   31 111 18 32 3 0 2 18 3 0 16 13 .288 .378 .369 .747 16.9  
    A   106 362 37 105 17 1 8 39 5 6 91 20 .290 .433 .409 .842 69.5  
1967 28 AA   137 499 65 126 20 1 6 46 8 3 94 37 .253 .371 .333 .704 70.2  
1968 29 MIN AL 20 40 4 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 8 2 .150 .292 .250 .542 2.8 0.0
1969 30 MIN AL 62 175 19 39 6 1 4 21 0 0 18 18 .223 .295 .337 .632 16.7 1.9
1970 31 MIN AL 89 293 43 73 13 2 4 36 3 1 30 29 .249 .320 .348 .668 32.8 4.8
1971 32 MIN AL 40 124 13 23 1 0 1 7 1 1 16 10 .185 .277 .218 .494 8.5 0.0
1972 33 MIN AL 40 119 14 38 3 1 1 12 0 2 11 11 .319 .377 .387 .763 15.0 3.1
1973 34 MIN AL 54 153 13 32 5 2 2 18 0 0 11 17 .209 .261 .307 .568 12.0 0.0
6 Years Sim 305 904 106 211 29 6 13 101 4 4 94 87 .233 .305 .322 .627 87.9 9.8
2 Years AA 168 610 83 158 23 1 8 64 11 3 110 50 .259 .372 .339 .712 87.1  
1 Years A 106 362 37 105 17 1 8 39 5 6 91 20 .290 .426 .409 .835 69.5  
3 Years Minors 274 972 120 263 40 2 16 103 16 9 201 70 .271 .393 .365 .759 156.7  
162 Game Average 480 56 112 15 3 6 53 2 2 49 46 .233 .305 .322 .627 46.7  
Career Highs 89 293 43 73 13 2 4 36 3 2 30 29 .319 .377 .387 .763 32.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   593 69 143 21 4 10 73 3 3 65 47 .241 .316 .341 .657 66.2
vs LH   311 37 68 8 2 3 28 1 1 29 40 .219 .284 .286 .571 26.1
Home 156 452 59 104 13 4 3 45 4 2 52 41 .230 .309 .296 .605 44.2
Away 149 452 47 107 16 2 10 56 0 2 42 46 .237 .302 .347 .649 48.0
RISP   220 0 56 10 3 5 88 0 0 27 27 .255 .335 .395 .730 30.0
Pinch Hitting   29 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .172 .273 .172 .445 1.6
Close/Late   111 18 25 4 2 2 20 0 0 11 9 .225 .295 .351 .646 11.8
Mar/Apr 56 155 24 29 3 1 2 19 0 0 22 22 .187 .292 .258 .550 13.0
May 59 179 28 39 4 1 4 18 0 2 17 15 .218 .286 .318 .604 16.4
June 56 193 20 51 10 2 1 19 2 1 16 13 .264 .318 .352 .670 21.6
July 47 126 15 31 4 2 3 19 0 0 15 13 .246 .326 .381 .707 16.3
August 50 147 12 36 3 0 3 15 2 0 14 13 .245 .309 .327 .635 15.9
Sep/Oct 37 104 7 25 5 0 0 11 0 1 10 11 .240 .307 .288 .595 9.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1968 29 MIN AL C 10 10 83.0 70 4 1 0 .987 8.02 11 3 .273 0 0.5
    1B 3 2 17.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 11.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 30 MIN AL C 54 49 430.3 343 18 3 0 .992 7.55 44 13 .295 0 1.5
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 31 MIN AL C 85 85 775.3 549 42 4 0 .993 6.86 100 32 .320 2 9.2
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 32 MIN AL C 33 32 276.7 191 19 1 0 .995 6.83 36 16 .444 1 1.8
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 1 0 3 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 33 MIN AL C 33 32 271.0 151 19 2 0 .988 5.65 31 12 .387 0 1.9
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 2 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 34 MIN AL C 34 32 268.7 142 17 2 0 .988 5.33 31 11 .355 1 1.3
    1B 8 6 60.0 66 5 0 6 1.000 10.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 249 240 2105.0 1446 119 13 0 .992 6.69 253 87 .344 4 16.1
  1B 19 8 96.0 109 8 0 13 1.000 10.97 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   270 248 2203.0 1556 127 13 13 .992 6.88 253 87 .344 4 16.3
Career Highs   86 85 778.3 553 42 4 6 .995 8.64 100 32 .444 2  
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  6. Carl Taylor (979)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 53rd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1966
Had first career hit on 5/15/1968, off Aubrey Gatewood (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/1968, off Frank Baumann (DET)
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration