MLB / Players

Ken Heintzelman

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb
BornOctober 14, 1915 · Peruque, MO, USA
MLB debutOctober 3, 1937
Final gameAugust 13, 1952
Seasons13 (1937–1952)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1937–1942; Pittsburgh Pirates 1946; Philadelphia Phillies 1947; Pittsburgh Pirates 1947; Philadelphia Phillies 1948–1952

Percentile snapshot

1949 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
19.7
GS
32
77
W
17
78.7
L
10
59
SV
0
0
CG
15
65.6
SHO
5
90.2
H
239
23
ER
84
62.3
BB
93
36.1
SO
65
21.3
HR
19
18
IP
250.0
85.2
ERA
3.02
85.2
WHIP
1.328
68.9
K/9
2.34
8.2
FIP
4.13
27.9
FIP-
102.6
21.3
ERA+
133.0
85.2
sWAR
5.1
80.3

of 62 qualified 1949 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
96.6
24.4
sWAR
10.7
87.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19371442000000100.000.000.000.000-121.7-100.0.0000.2
19381000000000000-0.1
193917992210010100.222.222.333.55635.948.2.248-0.1
19404159544900002900.167.196.167.363-8.81.1.1750.3
194135716348100831900.127.167.143.310-23.5-12.3.1542.1
19422739351310042800.086.135.114.249-44.8-27.4.129-0.8
194632554446000351200.136.224.136.361-6.51.9.1931.0
194726514335000421100.116.156.116.272-37.5-31.5.1360.4
19482743371510020800.135.135.162.297-37.3-19.2.1350.5
1949339483313100662500.157.213.169.382-2.54.0.1895.1
195023423802000311300.053.077.053.130-83.1-64.7.0660.8
19513532281300021600.107.138.107.245-46.9-32.1.1200.5
195223520000000000.000.000.000.000-130.4-100.0.0000.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19371110010623409.02.001.0004.003.4087.8193.50.2
19381000000123102.09.002.0004.506.24164.442.1-0.1
19391721101135201818235.75.051.4864.544.04104.376.8-0.1
19403916883521938265717165.04.471.5643.873.6996.185.90.3
19413524111101322067583818196.03.441.4743.723.5697.8105.62.1
194227188110531436663399130.04.571.5852.704.04119.374.1-0.8
194632248121621656686577157.73.771.5923.253.81108.293.51.0
1947262071018015370525714140.04.501.4643.664.21105.588.40.4
1948271661125211762455710130.04.291.2463.953.7596.490.70.5
194933321710015523984936519250.03.021.3282.344.13102.6133.05.1
195023173904112257543910125.34.091.4042.804.16103.398.40.8
1951351261223011955535513118.34.181.4544.184.32112.791.70.5
19522311310041151220142.73.161.2424.222.6372.1115.20.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
321
PA
504
AB
440
R
25
H
56
2B
5
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
33
BB
22
SO
113
SB
0
BA
.1273
OBP
.1688
SLG
.1386
OPS
.3074

Pitching

G (P)
319
GS
183
W
77
L
98
SV
10
CG
66
SHO
18
292nd-most career SHO
IP
1,502
SO (P)
564
BB allowed
630
491st-most career BB allowed
ERA
3.932
WHIP
1.4451
K/9
3.38

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1940-09-01STL @ PIT Gameday424000004
1941-09-06CHC @ PIT Gameday402000302
1941-06-03PIT @ ATL Gameday402000202
1949-05-04STL @ PHI Gameday402000202
1948-08-15SF @ PHI Gameday312000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1951-05-28LAD @ PHI Gameday9.010441112
1948-08-21PHI @ SF Gameday8.0966383
1950-07-03ATL @ PHI Gameday8.0432281
1940-07-07PIT @ STL Gameday9.0811171
1940-08-06STL @ PIT Gameday9.0911170

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.