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Mike
Heath		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 5, 1955 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1984    1985   
All-Star Selections 1985    1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1980 25 OAK AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1981 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1982 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1983 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1984 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1985 30 OAK AL $ 3,721,429   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1986 31 OAK AL $ 3,935,714   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1987 32 OAK AL $ 3,935,714   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1988 33 OAK AL $ 4,470,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1989 34 OAK AL $ 4,470,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1990 35 OAK AL $ 4,470,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,470,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
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
1978 23 AA   137 491 58 135 34 3 16 63 4 2 45 65 .275 .336 .454 .790 72.8  
1979 24 OAK AL 5 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 .176 .235 .412 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   106 353 47 93 10 2 16 41 1 4 22 28 .263 .307 .439 .746 46.2  
1980 25 AAA   131 466 44 105 22 1 11 41 4 4 31 56 .225 .274 .348 .621 43.5  
1981 26 OAK AL 67 229 26 56 4 1 3 25 3 1 11 23 .245 .279 .310 .589 17.6 1.7
    AAA   50 160 17 44 8 1 4 25 2 1 12 16 .275 .326 .413 .738 21.0  
1982 27 OAK AL 37 81 11 23 5 0 0 7 3 3 5 12 .284 .333 .346 .679 8.2 1.3
    AAA   18 23 5 7 5 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 .304 .360 .522 .882 3.9  
1983 28 OAK AL 111 297 26 83 16 0 3 37 3 5 13 37 .279 .308 .364 .671 29.1 4.3
1984 29 OAK AL 144 509 77 167 34 3 12 79 9 9 38 65 .328 .373 .477 .850 81.1 18.3
1985 30 OAK AL 151 562 70 176 35 3 17 85 4 9 35 75 .313 .354 .477 .831 84.0 16.8
1986 31 OAK AL 150 511 59 138 21 1 9 73 9 6 53 63 .270 .337 .368 .705 65.1 10.0
1987 32 OAK AL 142 509 60 138 22 2 14 65 2 4 44 69 .271 .328 .405 .733 63.4 10.3
1988 33 OAK AL 58 206 19 65 7 0 5 27 1 0 16 27 .316 .365 .422 .787 30.0 6.6
1989 34 OAK AL 144 506 52 142 22 3 7 62 3 4 24 88 .281 .313 .377 .690 55.6 10.2
1990 35 OAK AL 141 524 61 154 21 1 9 67 0 2 38 89 .294 .346 .389 .736 65.5 11.7
11 Years Sim 1150 3951 462 1145 188 14 79 527 37 43 277 550 .290 .336 .404 .741 499.3 91.2
4 Years AAA 305 1002 113 249 45 4 31 113 8 9 67 102 .249 .294 .394 .689 114.8  
1 Years AA 137 491 58 135 34 3 16 63 4 2 45 65 .275 .333 .454 .787 72.8  
5 Years Minors 442 1493 171 384 79 7 47 176 12 11 112 167 .257 .307 .414 .721 187.6  
162 Game Average 556 65 161 26 1 11 74 5 6 39 77 .290 .336 .404 .741 70.3  
Career Highs 151 562 77 176 35 3 17 85 9 9 53 89 .328 .373 .477 .850 84.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2829 330 814 136 9 53 364 29 33 196 408 .288 .334 .398 .733 359.5
vs LH   1122 132 331 52 5 26 163 8 10 81 142 .295 .342 .420 .762 153.9
Home 585 1948 221 587 90 9 39 271 25 21 151 254 .301 .351 .417 .768 273.3
Away 565 2003 241 558 98 5 40 256 12 22 126 296 .279 .322 .392 .715 240.1
RISP   1027 0 333 57 7 27 440 0 0 86 137 .324 .372 .472 .845 170.8
Pinch Hitting   108 6 39 6 0 1 21 0 2 8 16 .361 .403 .444 .848 17.2
Close/Late   514 58 179 27 1 12 86 0 0 49 77 .348 .404 .475 .878 91.8
Mar/Apr 198 678 59 184 29 1 15 85 7 9 41 87 .271 .311 .383 .694 77.9
May 210 710 89 202 30 3 20 108 4 7 45 96 .285 .325 .420 .745 93.0
June 196 676 70 182 27 4 8 76 7 6 44 98 .269 .315 .357 .671 73.5
July 180 616 88 197 35 2 10 80 8 9 48 87 .320 .373 .432 .805 91.3
August 188 672 85 191 33 3 15 85 8 6 45 97 .284 .328 .409 .737 87.1
Sep/Oct 178 599 71 189 34 1 11 93 3 6 54 85 .316 .374 .431 .805 90.5
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
1979 24 OAK AL C 3 3 26.0 14 1 1 0 .938 5.19 4 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 2 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 26 OAK AL C 66 66 575.7 299 28 4 0 .988 5.11 59 18 .305 3 3.3
1982 27 OAK AL RF 13 8 73.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 8 8 70.7 45 6 1 0 .981 6.50 9 4 .444 0 0.4
    LF 6 4 36.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 28 OAK AL 1B 26 26 211.3 240 22 8 21 .970 11.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 22 20 183.0 131 7 0 0 1.000 6.79 18 4 .222 1 0.7
    LF 4 4 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 2 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 29 OAK AL C 135 131 1181.0 919 52 14 1 .986 7.40 122 42 .344 2 8.2
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 OAK AL C 137 132 1199.3 928 79 4 2 .996 7.56 151 59 .391 2 10.3
    RF 7 0 14.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 12.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0  
1986 31 OAK AL C 130 127 1142.3 850 66 6 2 .993 7.22 111 40 .360 3 6.9
    RF 13 1 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 OAK AL C 127 124 1113.0 763 66 10 1 .988 6.70 108 41 .380 7 6.9
    RF 11 0 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 33 OAK AL C 55 50 444.0 319 18 3 1 .991 6.83 42 8 .190 3 2.3
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 OAK AL C 136 130 1155.3 799 66 8 1 .991 6.74 115 43 .374 2 8.4
    LF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 35 OAK AL C 22 21 197.7 131 4 1 0 .993 6.15 13 1 .077 0 0.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 841 812 7288.0 5198 393 52 8 .991 6.90 752 260 .346 23 48.3
  RF 62 13 211.3 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  1B 26 26 211.3 240 22 8 21 .970 11.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 21 9 96.0 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   954 860 7816.6 5502 419 60 29 .990 6.82 752 260 .346 23 49.7
Career Highs   147 133 1225.7 932 81 14 21 .996 8.16 151 59 .444 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 29 OAK AL 20 80 10 26 2 1 1 9 3 0 4 9 .325 .353 .413 .765
1985 30 OAK AL 7 27 4 11 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 5 .407 .429 .741 1.169
Career Post-Season Batting 27 107 14 37 2 1 4 15 3 0 5 14 .346 .372 .495 .867
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1984-5-.328
1985-7-.313
 Slugging Pct
1984-6-.477
 OPS
1984-7-.850
 Singles
1990-8-123
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Ron Pruitt (933)
  6. John Ellis (930)
  7. Frank House (924)
  8. Frankie Hayes (923)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 69th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1978
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 2/8/1979 (Going to NYG: P Bill Gogolewski. Going to OAK: C Mike Heath, P Mike Parrott)
Had first career hit on 4/16/1979, off Joe Sambito (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1981, off J.r. Richard (PHN)
Injured on 3/4/1982 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Injured on 9/15/1983 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1984, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Philadelphia on 9/5/1984
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1984
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,935,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,935,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,470,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1987, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 5/31/1988 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
 
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