Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1982
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1982
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 382
- W
- 80
- L
- 96
- ERA
- 4.37
- IP
- 1507.0
- K
- 699
- BB
- 524
- WHIP
- 1.40
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CLE | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 31.0 | 14 | 16 | 1.55 |
| 1983 | CLE | 39 | 11 | 7 | 4.16 | 149.1 | 75 | 44 | 1.35 |
| 1984 | CLE | 38 | 12 | 15 | 5.21 | 198.2 | 75 | 75 | 1.54 |
| 1985 | CLE | 36 | 9 | 17 | 4.90 | 207.2 | 82 | 80 | 1.56 |
| 1986 |  CLE/MIN | 33 | 7 | 15 | 4.08 | 198.2 | 90 | 81 | 1.42 |
| 1987 | WSH | 32 | 13 | 10 | 4.52 | 193.1 | 105 | 37 | 1.26 |
| 1988 | WSH | 32 | 3 | 10 | 4.99 | 97.1 | 43 | 43 | 1.45 |
| 1989 | PIT | 42 | 6 | 7 | 3.05 | 147.1 | 67 | 55 | 1.24 |
| 1990 | PIT | 30 | 12 | 9 | 3.45 | 146.0 | 68 | 38 | 1.24 |
| 1991 | PIT | 42 | 3 | 3 | 4.33 | 68.2 | 34 | 21 | 1.35 |
| 1992 |  KC/MIL | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4.07 | 42.0 | 31 | 23 | 1.57 |
| 1993 | NYY | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 27.0 | 15 | 11 | 1.67 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 91
- CG
- 22
- SHO
- 6
- K/9
- 4.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 30
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983 | CLE | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | CLE | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1985 | CLE | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | CLE/MIN | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | WSH | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | PIT | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1990 | PIT | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What were Neal Heaton's career stats?
Neal Heaton played 12 seasons for the Guardians, the Nationals, the Pirates and the Yankees. He had 80 wins and 699 strikeouts with a 4.37 ERA over 1,507.0 innings. His best season was 1987: 13 wins, a 4.52 ERA and 105 strikeouts.
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