Mike Heath

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: February 5, 1955 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: June 3, 1978 (Age 23-118d, 14,036th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 2, 1991 (Age 36-147d)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Michael Thomas Heath

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1978 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

4212

1061

.252

462

RBI

469

OBP

.300

SLG

.367

OPS

.667

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,11-4	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
5	6	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	9 (2)	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	11 (1)	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
8	14 (2)	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	19 (4)	Apr 28	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	20	Apr 29	DET		SEA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23 (2)	May 2	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	26 (2)	May 5	DET	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	27	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	28	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	31 (2)	May 10	DET	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	32	May 11	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
17	33	May 13	DET		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	35 (1)	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-10	GS	7	1.2	0	1	1	2	0	C
19	36	May 16	DET	@	MIL	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	37	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	38	May 18	DET	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	39	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,14-6	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	43 (3)	May 25	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	45 (1)	May 27	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	47 (1)	May 29	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	48	May 31	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	49	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
28	52 (2)	Jun 5	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
29	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
30	56 (2)	Jun 9	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	57	Jun 10	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
32	58	Jun 11	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	59	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	63 (3)	Jun 16	DET		TOR	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	64	Jun 17	DET		TOR	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
36	65	Jun 18	DET		TOR	W,6-1	GF	23	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF C
37	66	Jun 19	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	67	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	68	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	69	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	72 (2)	Jun 26	DET	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	76 (2)	Jul 1	DET		CAL	W,11-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	80 (3)	Jul 5	DET		SEA	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	81	Jul 6	DET		SEA	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	82	Jul 7	DET		OAK	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	85 (2)	Jul 10	DET		OAK	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	88 (2)	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,10-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	90	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	91	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	L,6-9	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
52	96 (4)	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
53	99 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	104 (4)	Aug 2	DET	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	108 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
56	110 (1)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	39	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	113 (2)	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	114	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	115	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-16	GF	20	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
60	116	Aug 14	DET	@	BOS	W,18-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	117	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	119 (1)	Aug 17	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
63	120	Aug 18	DET		CHW	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
64	124 (3)	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	127 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	128	Aug 27	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	17	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	129	Aug 28	DET	@	MIL	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
70	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	136 (3)	Sep 4	DET		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
72	137	Sep 5	DET		TOR	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	138	Sep 6	DET		TOR	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	140 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	141	Sep 9	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
76	143 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	144	Sep 12	DET	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	147 (2)	Sep 16	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	151 (3)	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
80	156 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	159 (2)	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	161 (1)	Oct 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	162	Oct 2	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
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