Don Heinkel
American baseball player (born 1959)
Baseball player
| Don Heinkel | |
|---|---|
 Heinkel with the Nashville Sounds in 1986 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1959-10-20) October 20, 1959 (age 64) Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 7, 1988, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 18, 1989, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–1 |
| Earned run average | 4.74 |
| Strikeouts | 46 |
| Teams | |
Donald Elliott Heinkel (born October 20, 1959) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the Major League level for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. Heinkel notched his lone major league save on April 29, 1988. He went 2 scoreless innings to preserve a 9–6 victory over the Mariners.[1] He was drafted by the Tigers in the 30th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Heinkel played his first professional season with their Rookie league Bristol Tigers, Class A-Advanced Lakeland Tigers, and Double-A Birmingham Barons in 1982, and his last with the San Diego Padres' Double-A Wichita Wranglers in 1993.
Heinkel now[when?] resides in Alabama with his wife and 11 children. He practices medicine in the Muscle Shoals, Alabama area.[citation needed][2]
References
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Baseball Gauge
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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Members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
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- Rusty Adkins
- Bill Almon
- Steve Arlin
- Joe Arnold
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- Kirk Dressendorfer
- J. D. Drew
- Alex Fernandez
- Mike Fiore
- Terry Francona
- Eddy Furniss
- Mike Fuentes
- Nomar Garciaparra
- Ralph Garr
- Gary Gentry
- Jim Gideon
- Danny Goodwin
- Alex Gordon
- Dick Groat
- Neal Heaton
- Don Heinkel
- Todd Helton
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(pre-1947 era)
- Everett Barnes
- Dave Keilitz
- Dennis Poppe
- Randy Christal
- Jim Garman
- C.J. Mitchell
- Tony Thompson
- Dave Yeast
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