Joe Heving

Q: When was Joe Heving born?

Joe Heving was born on September 2, 1900.

Q: Where was Joe Heving born?

Joe Heving was born in Covington, KY .

Q: How tall was Joe Heving?

Joe Heving was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Joe Heving weigh when playing?

Joe Heving weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Joe Heving in the Hall of Fame?

Joe Heving has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Joe Heving have?

Joe Heving had 429 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Joe Heving played for?

Joe Heving played for 5 teams; the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves.

Q: When did Joe Heving retire?

Joe Heving last played in 1945.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: September 2, 1900 in Covington, KY us

Died: April 11, 1970 in Covington, KY

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, KY

Debut: April 29, 1930 (Age 29-239d, 7,083rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1945 (Age 44-337d)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Joseph William Heving

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Relatives: Brother of Johnnie Heving

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.2

ERA

3.90

430

1038.2

429

WHIP

1.460

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1930	29	NYG	NL	7	5	.583	5.22	41	2	22	0	0	6	89.2	109	57	52	7	27	2	37	1	0	2	398	91	3.98	1.517	10.9	0.7	2.7	3.7	1.37
1931	30	STL-min	AA	0	2	.000	7.00	5						18.0	20	16	14		9									1.611	10.0		4.5			ROC IL
1931	30	NYG	NL	1	6	.143	4.89	22	0	14	0	0	4	42.1	48	27	23	4	11	3	26	2	0	0	190	76	4.06	1.394	10.2	0.9	2.3	5.5	2.36

1933	32	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	2.67	40	6	20	3	1	6	118.0	113	50	35	6	27	0	47	2	0	1	491	158	3.50	1.186	8.6	0.5	2.1	3.6	1.74
1934	33	CHW	AL	1	7	.125	7.26	33	2	21	0	0	4	88.0	133	85	71	12	48	5	40	3	0	3	448	65	5.79	2.057	13.6	1.2	4.9	4.1	0.83

1936	35	DET-min	AA	19	12	.613	3.48	41			20			256.0	255	108	99		87		123	3	0	5				1.336	9.0		3.1	4.3	1.41	MLW AA
1937	36	CLE	AL	8	4	.667	4.83	40	0	20	0	0	5	72.2	92	53	39	6	30	2	35	2	0	2	337	93	4.63	1.679	11.4	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.17
1938	37	CLE-min	AA	8	8	.500	4.60	19	17	2	12	2		131.0	144	77	67		33		54	4	1	3				1.351	9.9		2.3	3.7	1.64	MLW AA
1938	37	TOT	AL	9	2	.818	4.09	19	11	3	7	1	2	88.0	104	43	40	5	27	4	34	1	1	0	388	121	3.97	1.489	10.6	0.5	2.8	3.5	1.26
1938	37	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	6	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	32	54	5.55	2.500	15.0	0.0	7.5	0.0	0.00
1938	37	BOS	AL	8	1	.889	3.73	16	11	2	7	1	2	82.0	94	35	34	5	22	3	34	1	1	0	356	133	3.86	1.415	10.3	0.5	2.4	3.7	1.55
1939	38	BOS	AL	11	3	.786	3.70	46	5	26	1	0	8	107.0	124	65	44	8	34	3	43	2	1	3	471	128	3.77	1.477	10.4	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.26
1940	39	BOS	AL	12	7	.632	4.01	39	7	21	4	0	3	119.0	129	63	53	7	42	3	55	3	0	1	525	112	3.97	1.437	9.8	0.5	3.2	4.2	1.31
1941	40	CLE	AL	5	2	.714	2.29	27	3	13	2	1	5	70.2	63	21	18	2	31	10	18	1	1	0	298	173	4.00	1.330	8.0	0.3	3.9	2.3	0.58
1942	41	CLE	AL	5	3	.625	4.86	27	2	14	0	0	3	46.1	52	28	25	4	25	1	13	2	0	0	216	71	4.38	1.662	10.1	0.8	4.9	2.5	0.52
1943	42	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	2.75	30	1	18	0	0	9	72.0	58	23	22	1	34	8	34	2	0	1	296	113	3.39	1.278	7.3	0.1	4.3	4.3	1.00
1944	43	CLE	AL	8	3	.727	1.96	63	1	38	0	0	10	119.2	106	42	26	2	41	3	46	2	0	1	499	169	3.21	1.228	8.0	0.2	3.1	3.5	1.12
1945	44	BSN	NL	1	0	1.000	3.38	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	22	122	4.58	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	1.7	0.33
13 Yrs				76	48	.613	3.90	430	40	232	17	3	65	1038.2	1136	559	450	64	380	45	429	24	3	14	4579	108	4.00	1.460	9.8	0.6	3.3	3.7	1.13
162 Game Avg.				11	7	.613	3.90	62	6	34	2	0	9	150	164	81	65	9	55	7	62	3	0	2	662	108	4.00	1.460	9.8	0.6	3.3	3.7	1.13

CLE (6 yrs)				28	14	.667	3.16	190	7	104	2	1	32	387.1	381	175	136	15	166	25	146	9	1	4	1678	116	3.83	1.412	8.9	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.88
BOS (3 yrs)				31	11	.738	3.83	101	23	49	12	1	13	308.0	347	163	131	20	98	9	132	6	2	4	1352	123	3.87	1.445	10.1	0.6	2.9	3.9	1.35
NYG (2 yrs)				8	11	.421	5.11	63	2	36	0	0	10	132.0	157	84	75	11	38	5	63	3	0	2	588	86	4.01	1.477	10.7	0.8	2.6	4.3	1.66
CHW (2 yrs)				8	12	.400	4.63	73	8	41	3	1	10	206.0	246	135	106	18	75	5	87	5	0	4	939	95	4.48	1.558	10.7	0.8	3.3	3.8	1.16
BSN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.38	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	22	122	4.58	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	1.7	0.33

AL (10 yrs)				67	37	.644	3.72	364	38	194	17	3	55	901.1	974	473	373	53	339	39	365	20	3	12	3969	112	3.99	1.457	9.7	0.5	3.4	3.6	1.08
NL (3 yrs)				9	11	.450	5.05	66	2	38	0	0	10	137.1	162	86	77	11	41	6	64	4	0	2	610	87	4.03	1.478	10.6	0.7	2.7	4.2	1.56

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1930	29	NYG	NL	-0.1	41	24	22	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.227	.227	.273	.500	21	.222	-1	6		0	2	0	1
1931	30	NYG	NL	0.0	22	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	.116	-70	1		0	2	0	1

1933	32	CHW	AL	0.0	40	41	38	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.211	.231	.263	.494	34	.231	26	10		0	1	0	1
1934	33	CHW	AL	0.1	33	30	27	2	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.185	.267	.296	.563	44	.263	36	8		0	0	0	1

1937	36	CLE	AL	0.1	40	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.263	.263	.316	.579	46	.267	34	6		0	2	0	1
1938	37	2TM	AL	-0.2	19	35	31	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.129	.156	.161	.318	-22	.145	-60	5		0	3	0	1
1938	37	CLE	AL	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.047	-169	0		0	0	0	/1
1938	37	BOS	AL	-0.2	16	34	30	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.161	.167	.328	-19	.151	-56	5		0	3	0	1
1939	38	BOS	AL	-0.1	46	35	32	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.219	.406	2	.186	-26	7	0	0	3	0	1
1940	39	BOS	AL	0.0	39	46	40	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.200	.273	.200	.473	23	.234	16	8	2	1	2	0	1
1941	40	CLE	AL	-0.1	27	19	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	.123	-52	0	0	0	1	0	1
1942	41	CLE	AL	-0.1	27	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	.097	-74	0	0	0	1	0	1
1943	42	CLE	AL	0.0	30	19	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.071	.235	.071	.307	-6	.184	2	1	1	0	2	0	1
1944	43	CLE	AL	-0.1	63	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	6	.167	-19	4	0	0	2	0	1
1945	44	BSN	NL	0.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.006	-345	0	0	0	1	0	/1
13 Yrs				-0.4	430	315	276	23	47	9	0	0	18	0	0	15	42	.170	.216	.203	.419	10	.200	-7	56	3	1	22	0	1
162 Game Avg				-0.1	162	119	104	9	18	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	16	.170	.216	.203	.419	10	.200	-7	21		0	8	0

CLE (6 Yrs)				-0.1	190	93	78	4	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	7	11	.128	.200	.141	.341	-4	.174	-16	11	1	0	8	0	1
BOS (3 Yrs)				-0.3	101	115	102	11	18	2	0	0	11	0	0	4	17	.176	.215	.196	.411	4	.195	-18	20	2	1	8	0	1
CHW (2 Yrs)				0.1	73	71	65	5	13	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.200	.246	.277	.523	38	.245	30	18		0	1	0	1
NYG (2 Yrs)				-0.1	63	34	30	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.233	.433	8	.194	-16	7		0	4	0	1
BSN (1 Yr)				0.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.006	-345	0	0	0	1	0	/1

AL (10 Yrs)				-0.3	364	279	245	20	41	8	0	0	18	0	0	15	38	.167	.218	.200	.418	11	.202	-4	49	3	1	17	0	1
NL (3 Yrs)				-0.1	66	36	31	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.194	.194	.226	.419	5	.188	-25	7	0	0	5	0	1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1930	29	NYG	NL	P	41	2	0	90.0	46	11	33	2	2	.957	.964	4.40	2.21	1.07	2.18	2	10	3	23.1	43.7	1
1931	30	NYG	NL	P	22	0	0	42.0	14	2	12	0	0	1.000	.959	3.00	2.23	0.64	2.19	0	6	1	14.3	51.4	0

1933	32	CHW	AL	P	40	6	3	118.0	32	3	28	1	1	.969	.960	2.36	2.28	0.78	2.27	1	9	2	18.2	47.2	0
1934	33	CHW	AL	P	33	2	0	88.0	30	10	18	2	2	.933	.956	2.86	2.14	0.85	2.11	3	15	2	11.8	37.6	1

1937	36	CLE	AL	P	40	0	0	73.0	21	3	18	0	1	1.000	.954	2.59	2.05	0.53	2.01	2	7	6	46.2	39.2	0
1938	37	2TM	AL	P	19	11	7	88.0	31	8	22	1	4	.968	.952	3.07	2.11	1.58	2.06	0	10	1	9.1	36.8	0
1938	37	CLE	AL	P	3	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.10	0.00	2.07	0	1	1	50.0	37.0	0
1938	37	BOS	AL	P	16	11	7	82.0	31	8	22	1	4	.968	.952	3.29	2.11	1.88	2.06	0	9	0	0.0	36.8	0
1939	38	BOS	AL	P	46	5	1	107.0	28	8	17	3	2	.893	.951	2.10	1.92	0.54	1.89	3	5	0	0.0		0
1940	39	BOS	AL	P	39	7	4	119.0	34	8	22	4	3	.882	.956	2.27	2.04	0.77	2.01	1	12	1	7.7	42.1	0
1941	40	CLE	AL	P	27	3	2	71.0	30	8	22	0	0	1.000	.960	3.80	2.14	1.11	2.11	0	6	2	25.0	41.5	1
1942	41	CLE	AL	P	27	2	0	46.0	15	3	10	2	1	.867	.957	2.54	2.31	0.48	2.30	0	6	3	33.3		0
1943	42	CLE	AL	P	30	1	0	72.0	28	8	20	0	0	1.000	.963	3.50	2.28	0.93	2.30	1	2	3	60.0		1
1944	43	CLE	AL	P	63	1	0	120.0	38	5	29	4	0	.895	.960	2.55	2.09	0.54	2.10	1	3	2	40.0		0
1945	44	BSN	NL	P	3	0	0	5.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	.963	7.20	2.16	1.33	2.17	0	0	0			0
13 Yrs					430	40	17	1039.0	351	77	255	19	16	.946	.958	2.88	2.13	0.77	2.12	14	91	26	22.2	33.2	4

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Joe Heving born?

Joe Heving was born on September 2, 1900.

Where was Joe Heving born?

Joe Heving was born in Covington, KY.

How tall was Joe Heving?

Joe Heving was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Joe Heving weigh when playing?

Joe Heving weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Joe Heving play?

Joe Heving played 13 seasons.

Is Joe Heving in the Hall of Fame?

Joe Heving has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Joe Heving play?

Joe Heving was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Joe Heving have?

Joe Heving had 429 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Joe Heving played for?

Joe Heving played for 5 teams; the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves.

When did Joe Heving retire?

Joe Heving last played in 1945.

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