Mike Heath (baseball)
American baseball player (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Thomas Heath (born February 5, 1955) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees (1978), Oakland Athletics (1979–1985), St. Louis Cardinals (1986), Detroit Tigers (1986–1990), and Atlanta Braves (1991).
For other people with the same name, see Michael Heath (disambiguation).
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Mike Heath | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1955-02-05) February 5, 1955 (age 69) Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 3, 1978, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 2, 1991, for the Atlanta Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .252 |
Home runs | 86 |
Runs batted in | 469 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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While Heath played most of his games as a catcher, he started his professional baseball career as a shortstop and played every position except pitcher during his major league career. He played 1,083 games at catcher, 142 games in right field, 79 games in left field, 39 games as a DH, 38 games at third base, four games each at first base and shortstop, and one game each at second base and center field.