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Rickey Henderson League
4-8-2071
Willie Heard Catcher
Retired (1999, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .246 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .681 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 794 Age at Death 63 Date of Birth 01-17-1963
HR 91 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1982)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(96 games)
RBI 418
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B D  (13.2%) LF D+ (23.1%) Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF C+ (45.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1985 CHA
50
185
11
30
7
0
2
18
14
 43 0 0
0
 0 6
.454
.221
.232
.070
.162
1986 CHA
97
369
28
86
14
1
8
42
23
 84 2 1
0
 0 6
.622
.281
.341
.108
.233
1987 CHA
104
393
36
93
16
1
6
42
31
 86 2 3
0
 0 17
.622
.294
.328
.092
.237
1988 CHA
103
306
37
87
10
2
8
36
20
 62 1 0
0
 0 8
.739
.330
.408
.124
.284
1989 CHA
104
283
24
62
7
0
5
32
19
 61 1 0
0
 0 12
.567
.271
.297
.078
.219
1990 CHA
95
304
23
62
8
1
3
34
20
 56 1 2
0
 0 9
.520
.254
.266
.063
.204
1991 CHA
72
231
31
72
12
3
6
28
20
 40 1 0
0
 0 7
.837
.369
.468
.156
.312
1992 CHA
104
313
39
87
9
2
17
50
37
 58 0 1
0
 0 7
.836
.353
.482
.204
.278
1993 CHA
59
167
16
38
5
2
4
24
17
 31 1 1
0
 0 6
.654
.301
.353
.126
.228
1994 CHA
53
139
22
38
5
2
10
25
7
 26 0 2
0
 0 4
.858
.304
.554
.281
.273
1995 CHA
17
37
3
6
2
0
1
6
4
 7 0 2
0
 0 1
.530
.233
.297
.135
.162
1996 CHA
33
84
10
22
3
0
7
19
9
 15 0 1
0
 0 3
.877
.330
.548
.286
.262
1997 CHA
33
108
21
34
7
1
6
22
13
 20 3 1
0
 0 2
.965
.400
.565
.250
.315
1998 CHA
40
153
19
40
6
0
6
24
12
 33 1 1
0
 0 2
.736
.317
.418
.157
.261
1999 CHA
41
151
17
37
8
0
2
16
13
 36 0 0
0
 0 1
.643
.305
.338
.093
.245
Total
1005
3223
337
794
119
15
91
418
259
 658 13 15
0
 0 91
.681
.304
.377
.131
.246
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1999-11-01Willie Heard has retired from the Chicago Black Sox
1997-06-16Willie Heard of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1993-08-11Willie Heard of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1988-09-16Willie Heard of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1987-05-22Willie Heard of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1986-05-08The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Willie Heard to the major league team.
1985-08-26The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Rogers Weintraub to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Willie Heard to the minors.
1985-04-01The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Bob Slapyanicka to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Rod Leiper to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Willie Heard to the major league team.