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Tom
Heintzelman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 3, 1946 in Usa, MO, ST. CHARLES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1977   
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
1973 26 STL NL     4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1974 27 STL NL     4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 7 6 6
1975 28 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1976 29 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7
1977 30 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
1978 31 LAD NL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7
1979 32 LAD NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1980 33 LAD NL $ 2,257,143   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6
1981 34 LAD NL $ 2,999,999   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5
1982 35 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 36 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,999,999   7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
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
1973 26 AA   2 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 2.0  
    A   135 497 61 127 19 1 20 44 1 3 91 67 .256 .371 .419 .789 81.7  
1974 27 AA   136 506 63 143 21 3 17 82 2 0 71 60 .283 .371 .437 .808 83.4  
1975 28 STL NL 76 179 13 34 8 0 4 21 1 0 5 34 .190 .215 .302 .517 9.6 0.0
1976 29 STL NL 77 179 17 44 5 1 4 23 0 0 23 36 .246 .330 .352 .682 21.1 3.2
1977 30 PHN NL 148 465 49 120 14 0 5 58 1 0 39 78 .258 .313 .320 .633 44.6 5.2
1978 31 LAD NL 151 525 58 150 28 1 10 59 0 0 46 49 .286 .343 .400 .743 65.6 14.6
1979 32 LAD NL 126 419 57 103 11 0 3 45 0 0 41 56 .246 .315 .294 .608 36.7 4.8
1980 33 LAD NL 146 484 54 136 14 2 9 37 0 0 39 69 .281 .333 .374 .707 58.1 10.7
1981 34 LAD NL 100 268 20 69 9 1 2 20 0 0 18 45 .257 .307 .321 .628 24.9 4.9
1982 35 WAS NL 8 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 1.0 0.0
    AAA   62 72 4 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 11 .236 .286 .264 .550 5.4  
1983 36 OAK AL 27 54 6 15 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .278 .316 .296 .612 4.3 0.5
    AAA   47 146 19 49 6 1 3 19 0 0 10 19 .336 .378 .452 .830 23.3  
9 Years Sim 859 2588 277 675 90 5 37 267 3 0 214 376 .261 .317 .342 .659 266.1 43.8
2 Years AAA 109 218 23 66 8 1 3 26 0 0 15 30 .303 .343 .390 .733 28.6  
2 Years AA 138 513 64 145 21 3 18 83 3 0 72 60 .283 .370 .441 .811 85.4  
1 Years A 135 497 61 127 19 1 20 44 1 3 91 67 .256 .372 .419 .791 81.7  
5 Years Minors 382 1228 148 338 48 5 41 153 4 3 178 157 .275 .366 .423 .789 195.6  
162 Game Average 488 52 127 16 0 6 50 0 0 40 70 .261 .317 .342 .659 50.2  
Career Highs 151 525 58 150 28 2 10 59 1 0 46 78 .286 .343 .400 .743 65.6  
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   1572 162 387 51 3 22 144 0 0 117 257 .246 .298 .324 .623 153.0
vs LH   1016 115 288 39 2 15 123 3 0 97 119 .283 .345 .370 .715 131.4
Home 425 1268 126 333 39 2 13 114 3 0 94 198 .263 .313 .327 .640 131.1
Away 434 1320 151 342 51 3 24 153 0 0 120 178 .259 .321 .357 .678 153.3
RISP   635 0 158 23 1 9 225 0 0 71 92 .249 .320 .331 .651 71.4
Pinch Hitting   87 4 30 3 0 2 18 1 0 4 4 .345 .370 .448 .818 13.6
Close/Late   318 22 90 9 0 5 30 0 0 20 47 .283 .326 .358 .685 36.6
Mar/Apr 137 432 43 114 16 1 8 47 1 0 43 68 .264 .331 .361 .692 52.9
May 146 445 53 118 16 0 9 48 0 0 34 65 .265 .318 .362 .680 51.1
June 119 350 32 83 11 1 1 32 0 0 29 54 .237 .293 .283 .576 29.6
July 133 378 56 114 23 2 6 50 1 0 35 41 .302 .362 .421 .783 55.5
August 157 460 47 123 14 1 6 37 1 0 41 66 .267 .328 .341 .669 52.5
Sep/Oct 167 523 46 123 10 0 7 53 0 0 32 82 .235 .277 .294 .572 42.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 28 STL NL 3B 24 18 167.0 13 45 0 2 1.000 3.13   0.5
    SS 15 15 134.7 23 70 7 14 .930 6.22   0.3
    2B 25 8 105.7 31 63 1 15 .989 8.01   0.7
1976 29 STL NL 2B 41 27 262.0 70 117 0 30 1.000 6.42   0.9
    3B 15 8 80.3 8 23 2 0 .939 3.47   0.2
    SS 7 7 58.0 7 25 2 3 .941 4.97   0.1
    RF 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1977 30 PHN NL 2B 146 145 1171.7 298 558 11 119 .987 6.58   4.4
1978 31 LAD NL 2B 148 144 1262.3 274 511 10 104 .987 5.60   5.3
    3B 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 32 LAD NL 2B 121 116 1009.0 236 419 7 82 .989 5.84   4.8
    3B 3 1 16.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 33 LAD NL 2B 145 143 1241.3 293 563 10 137 .988 6.21   6.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 34 LAD NL 2B 79 54 508.7 130 249 2 57 .995 6.71   2.3
    3B 7 0 15.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 35 WAS NL 2B 6 3 35.7 9 15 0 4 1.000 6.06   0.2
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1983 36 OAK AL 2B 21 13 130.7 27 69 3 11 .970 6.61   0.8
    3B 3 0 6.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.1
    SS 3 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 732 653 5727.0 1368 2564 44 559 .989 6.18   25.6
  3B 56 27 290.0 24 77 2 3 .981 3.13   0.8
  SS 27 23 209.7 32 102 9 17 .937 5.75   0.4
  RF 3 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   819 703 6230.3 1425 2743 55 579 .987 6.02   26.9
Career Highs   150 145 1263.7 298 563 11 137 1.000 6.58    
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
1979 32 LAD NL 16 59 4 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 .237 .262 .254 .517
1982 35 WAS NL 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 18 65 5 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 13 .231 .254 .246 .500
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 74th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/4/1975, off Vida Blue (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1975, off Frank Tanana (MON)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles on 2/4/1978 (Going to LAD: 2B Tom Heintzelman, SS Chris Speier, C Bill Fahey. Going to PHN: C Tim Blackwell, SS U l Washington, SS Toby Harrah)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/1/1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Montreal on 5/28/1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/18/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to CLN: P Mike Garman. Going to LAD: RF Tom Brunansky, DH Roy Foster, 2B Tom Heintzelman, P Butch Metzger, CF Paul Blair)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 4/4/1981
 
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