Danny Heep

Danny Heep
Outfielder
Born: (1957-07-03) July 3, 1957
San Antonio, Texas
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 31, 1979, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
June 8, 1991, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average .257
Home runs 30
Runs batted in 229
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Daniel William Heep (born July 3, 1957), is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.

Heep played for five different ballclubs during his 13-year career: the Houston Astros (1979–1982), New York Mets (1983–1986), Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1988), Boston Red Sox (1989–1990), and Atlanta Braves (1991).

Heep played for two different World Series champions: the New York Mets in 1986, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988.

Baseball career

Heep played baseball for, and graduated from, Lee High School in San Antonio.

Heep played for St. Mary's University in San Antonio where he was twice an All-American, in 1976 and 1978, as a pitcher. At St. Mary's he earned his bachelor's degree in physical education, and he is a member of that school's Athletic Hall of Fame.

Originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, he would compile a .331 batting average, 23 home runs and 108 RBIs in a little over a year in the minors to earn his first major league call up. His major league debut came on August 31, 1979 against the New York Mets.[1] He would remain with the Astros through the end of the season, compiling just a .143 average and two runs batted in. The second RBI, however, was a game winner against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30.[2]

He was traded to the New York Mets for future Cy Young Award winner Mike Scott.

Danny Heep was the 4000th strikeout victim to Nolan Ryan on July 11, 1985.

NCAA coach

Currently, Heep is the head coach for the NCAA Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team in San Antonio. Since becoming head coach in 1998, the program has won two conference championships. In 2014, they became a Division I program in the Southland Conference.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Heep's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Incarnate Word (Heart of Texas Conference – DII) (1998–1999)
1998 Incarnate Word 33-17
1999 Incarnate Word 30-22 12-8
Incarnate Word (Heartland Conference – DII) (2000–2013)
2000 Incarnate Word 20-28
2001 Incarnate Word 35-21 12-4
2002 Incarnate Word 31-24
2003 Incarnate Word 30-27
2004 Incarnate Word 40-17 1st NCAA Regional
2005 Incarnate Word 35-19
2006 Incarnate Word 38-21 1st NCAA Regional
2007 Incarnate Word 34-21
2008 Incarnate Word 39-17
2009 Incarnate Word 36-17
2010 Incarnate Word 42-18 NCAA Regional
2011 Incarnate Word 37-18 NCAA Regional
2012 Incarnate Word 23-21
2013 Incarnate Word 26-26
Incarnate Word (Southland Conference – DI) (2014–present)
2014 Incarnate Word 18-32 9-15 11th
Incarnate Word (Div. I): 18-32 9-15
Total: 547-366

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal

His uncle was former major league catcher Matt Batts, who played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs between 1947 and 1956.

References

  1. ↑ "Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 0". Baseball-Reference.com. August 31, 1979.
  2. ↑ "Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2". Baseball-Reference.com. September 30, 1979.

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