Danny Heep

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: July 3, 1957 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX).

High School: Robert E. Lee HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: August 31, 1979 (Age 22-059d, 14,222nd in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 8, 1991 (Age 33-340d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Daniel William Heep

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Relatives: Nephew of Matt Batts

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

1961

503

.257

208

RBI

229

OBP

.330

SLG

.358

OPS

.688

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 30 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 7 go ahead

3 Tms
NYM	21
BOS	5
HOU	4

Platoon
vs RHP	30

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	14

Outs
2	12
1	9
0	9

14 Opps
CHC	5
MON	5
PHI	3
STL	3
SDP	2
CLE	2
CIN	2
HOU	2
KCR	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

27 Pitchers
Charlie Lea	3
Dick Ruthven	2
Chris Bosio	1
John Farrell	1
Danny Cox	1
Kent Tekulve	1
Kurt Kepshire	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Tom Henke	1
Kevin Gross	1
Len Barker	1
John Dopson	1
Pat Zachry	1
Mario Soto	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Frank Pastore	1
Luis Aquino	1
Tom Filer	1
Ray Burris	1
Rod Nichols	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
John Stuper	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Greg Booker	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Joe Niekro	1
Ken Howell	1

13 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	13
Astrodome (HOU)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	11
8	4
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	24
1	2
5	2
4	1
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	5
12-	4
--3	2
-2-	1
1-3	1

48 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	17
1 on	8
2 on	5
Any on	13

Inning
1	3
2	1
3	2
4	6
5	1
6	6
7	2
8	6
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	6
4-6	13
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	2
+1	7
Tied	6
-1	3
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	11
Tied	6
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	24
0-0	2
3-1	2
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	14
LF	8
PH	5
1B	2
CF	1

OrderPos
6th	10
5th	8
9th	4
4th	3
8th	2
3rd	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-05-14	HOU		CHC	Dick Tidrow	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---		1	9	3	0.038	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1982-05-29	HOU	@	NYM	Pat Zachry	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---		1	5	3	0.135	64%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1982-07-19	HOU	@	CHC	Tom Filer	behind 1-3	t 3	2	--3		2	5	9	0.197	46%		Home Run; T. Puhl Scores
4	4	4	1	1982-08-26 (2)	HOU	@	MON	Ray Burris	behind 0-1	t 4	2	12-		3	6	9	0.354	72%		Home Run; P. Garner Scores; J. Cruz Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1983-04-13	NYM	@	PHI	Dick Ruthven	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---		1	5	9	0.086	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1983-04-15	NYM	@	STL	John Stuper	behind 1-5	t 8	2	---		1	2	9	0.017	3%		Home Run (CF-RF)
7	7	3	1	1983-05-06	NYM		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 0-3	b 8	2	---		1	8	PH	0.045	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1983-06-14	NYM		CHC	Dick Ruthven	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---		1	9	PH	0.275	88%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	5	1	1983-07-12	NYM		CIN	Frank Pastore	behind 0-6	b 8	2	---		1	9	PH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	1983-08-04	NYM		MON	Charlie Lea	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---		1	9	PH	0.140	38%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	7	1	1983-08-12	NYM		CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---		1	4	7	0.115	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
12	12	8	1	1983-10-02 (1)	NYM		MON	Charlie Lea	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	9	0.111	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1984-06-23	NYM		MON	Charlie Lea	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---		1	5	7	0.106	89%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1985-05-15	NYM	@	HOU	Joe Niekro	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---		1	6	9	0.106	70%		Home Run
15	15	2	1	1985-06-02	NYM	@	SDP	Greg Booker	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	1--		2	5	9	0.088	97%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores
16	16	3	1	1985-06-03	NYM	@	LAD	Ken Howell	tied 2-2	t 9	2	1--		2	6	9	0.491	93%		Home Run; K. Hernandez Scores
17	17	4	1	1985-06-07	NYM		STL	Kurt Kepshire	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---		1	6	9	0.167	56%		Home Run
18	18	5	1	1985-06-12	NYM	@	PHI	Kent Tekulve	behind 1-3	t 8	0	1--		2	6	8	0.309	50%		Home Run; G. Foster Scores
19	19	6	1	1985-07-20	NYM		ATL	Len Barker	ahead 10-1	b 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	6	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	7	1	1985-09-15	NYM	@	MON	John Dopson	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-		3	5	9	0.201	84%		Home Run; K. Hernandez Scores; G. Carter Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1986-04-20	NYM		PHI	Kevin Gross	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1-3		3	6	7	0.210	86%		Home Run; K. Hernandez Scores; G. Carter Scores
22	22	2	1	1986-05-15	NYM	@	HOU	Nolan Ryan	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	--3		2	6	7	0.054	96%		Home Run; D. Strawberry Scores
23	23	3	1	1986-06-02	NYM		SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	-2-		2	5	9	0.121	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Carter Scores
24	24	4	1	1986-08-07	NYM	@	CHC	Scott Sanderson	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---		1	6	9	0.089	86%		Home Run
25	25	5	1	1986-08-17 (2)	NYM		STL	Danny Cox	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--		2	5	7	0.148	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Strawberry Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1989-07-02	BOS	@	TOR	Tom Henke	tied 1-1	t 11	2	12-	1,(0-0) ..X	3	8	PH	0.485	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Romine Scores; R. Gedman Scores
27	27	2	1	1989-07-28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	Rod Nichols	behind 0-2	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	0.053	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
28	28	3	1	1989-08-05	BOS		CLE	John Farrell	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	7	0.179	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	1989-08-09	BOS	@	KCR	Luis Aquino	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) SBBBX	2	4	7	0.220	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Burks Scores
30	30	5	1	1989-08-17	BOS	@	MIL	Chris Bosio	behind 0-6	t 6	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	9	0.069	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Reed Scores; M. Greenwell Scores