Neal Heaton
Cleveland Indians 1982–1986; Minnesota Twins 1986; Montreal Expos 1987–1988; Pittsburgh Pirates 1989–1991; Kansas City Royals 1992; Milwaukee Brewers 1992; New York Yankees 1993
Percentile snapshot
1987 season — qualified pitchers
of 78 qualified 1987 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 1983 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
| 1985 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| 1986 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 32 | 74 | 67 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .221 | .239 | .459 | 12.5 | 20.7 | .210 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -36.8 | -18.7 | .133 | -0.8 |
| 1989 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 17.2 | 25.4 | .199 | 2.1 |
| 1990 | 32 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .047 | .128 | .047 | .174 | -51.9 | -48.8 | .103 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 100.1 | 97.1 | .322 | 0.2 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 31.0 | 5.23 | 1.548 | 4.06 | 3.75 | 91.5 | 78.5 | -0.1 |
| 1983 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 157 | 69 | 44 | 75 | 11 | 149.3 | 4.16 | 1.346 | 4.52 | 3.68 | 87.4 | 101.4 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 38 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 231 | 115 | 75 | 75 | 21 | 198.7 | 5.21 | 1.540 | 3.40 | 4.50 | 110.4 | 78.2 | -0.6 |
| 1985 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 244 | 113 | 80 | 82 | 19 | 207.7 | 4.90 | 1.560 | 3.55 | 4.40 | 106.0 | 84.7 | 0.3 |
| 1986 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 201 | 90 | 81 | 90 | 26 | 198.7 | 4.08 | 1.419 | 4.08 | 4.84 | 114.3 | 103.9 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 97 | 37 | 105 | 25 | 193.3 | 4.52 | 1.262 | 4.89 | 4.08 | 97.6 | 92.7 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 54 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 97.3 | 4.99 | 1.449 | 3.98 | 5.11 | 143.2 | 71.5 | -0.8 |
| 1989 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 50 | 55 | 67 | 12 | 147.3 | 3.05 | 1.235 | 4.09 | 4.05 | 119.5 | 111.0 | 2.1 |
| 1990 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 56 | 38 | 68 | 17 | 146.0 | 3.45 | 1.240 | 4.19 | 4.21 | 114.9 | 106.2 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 68.7 | 4.33 | 1.354 | 4.46 | 4.03 | 111.7 | 83.4 | 0.2 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 42.0 | 4.07 | 1.571 | 6.64 | 4.58 | 114.0 | 98.6 | 0.4 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 27.0 | 6.00 | 1.667 | 5.00 | 6.33 | 150.5 | 70.1 | -0.3 |
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
Pitching
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-05-18 | SF @ WSH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987-06-08 | PIT @ WSH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987-05-13 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989-05-07 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987-10-02 | CHC @ WSH Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-08-11 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986-07-11 | NYY @ MIN Gameday | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 1987-07-24 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1983-09-17 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 1987-05-18 | SF @ WSH Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.