What years did Danny Heep play?

Danny Heep played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1991.

Was Danny Heep a pitcher?

No. Danny Heep was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Danny Heep hit?

Danny Heep hit 30 career home runs with 503 hits.

What was Danny Heep's career batting average?

Danny Heep batted .257 over his career, with 503 hits in 1,961 at bats.

How many RBI did Danny Heep have?

Danny Heep drove in 229 runs in his career.

What was Danny Heep's career ERA?

Danny Heep finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Danny Heep

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1979-1991)

Danny Heep was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1991 for 5 teams, including the Houston Astros, a span of 13 seasons. In 883 career games, he hit .257 with 503 hits, 30 home runs, and 229 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .257

HR 30

RBI 229

H 503

OPS .687

PIV -461

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 185 lb
Born: 7/3/1957 in San Antonio, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1979-08-31
Last Game: 1991-06-08

Full name: Daniel William Heep

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Career Batting Statistics

Danny Heep — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
883	1,961	208	503	96	6	30	229	12	220	242	.257	.330	.357	.687	-461

Career AVG .257 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .330 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .357 vs. league average .388 across their career seasons — 7.9% below league average.

Career OPS .687 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Danny Heep Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1979	HOU	NL	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	HOU	NL	33	87	6	24	8	0	0	6	0	8	9	.276	.264 (+4%)	.326 (+4%)	.387 (-5%)	.714 (-1%)	-6.0
1981	HOU	NL	33	96	6	24	3	0	0	11	0	10	11	.250	.255 (-2%)	.320 (avg)	.368 (-24%)	.688 (-13%)	-152.6
1982	HOU	NL	85	198	16	47	14	1	4	22	0	21	31	.237	.261 (-9%)	.324 (-4%)	.388 (-3%)	.712 (-3%)	-113.3
1983	NYN	NL	115	253	30	64	12	0	8	21	3	29	40	.253	.260 (-3%)	.324 (avg)	.389 (+2%)	.714 (+1%)	49.2
1984	NYN	NL	99	199	36	46	9	2	1	12	3	27	22	.231	.259 (-11%)	.322 (-1%)	.384 (-19%)	.707 (-11%)	-319.0
1985	NYN	NL	95	271	26	76	17	0	7	42	2	27	27	.280	.257 (+9%)	.323 (+5%)	.390 (+8%)	.714 (+7%)	308.9
1986	NYN	NL	86	195	24	55	8	2	5	33	1	30	31	.282	.257 (+9%)	.325 (+16%)	.395 (+6%)	.720 (+11%)	481.8
1987	LAN	NL	60	98	7	16	4	0	0	9	1	8	10	.163	.262 (-38%)	.331 (-32%)	.415 (-51%)	.746 (-42%)	-675.3
1988	LAN	NL	95	149	14	36	2	0	0	11	2	22	13	.242	.254 (-5%)	.317 (+7%)	.377 (-32%)	.695 (-14%)	-228.3
1989	BOS	AL	113	320	36	96	17	0	5	49	0	29	26	.300	.254 (+18%)	.319 (+11%)	.375 (+7%)	.694 (+9%)	552.4
1990	BOS	AL	41	69	3	12	1	1	0	8	0	7	14	.174	.257 (-33%)	.324 (-21%)	.385 (-44%)	.710 (-33%)	-358.5
1991	ATL	NL	14	12	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	.417	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			883	1,961	208	503	96	6	30	229	12	220	242	.257	—	—	—	—	-461

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Danny Heep — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	1	0	0	9.00	0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 3.80 across their career seasons — 137.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Danny Heep — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	LAN	NL	1	2.0	2	2	9.00	—	0.0
1990	BOS	AL	1	1.0	4	1	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	3.0	6	3	9.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Danny Heep — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
19	27	0	4	1	0	0	3	2	6	.148

Playoff Batting by Year

Danny Heep — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1990	ALCS	BOS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	NLCS	LAN	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000
1988	WS	LAN	3	8	2	1	0	0	2	.250
1986	NLCS	NYN	5	4	1	0	1	0	2	.250
1986	WS	NYN	5	11	1	0	2	1	1	.091
1980	NLCS	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Danny Heep — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	442	929	104	251	14	101	.270
Away	441	1032	104	252	16	128	.244

Pitching — Home / Away

Danny Heep — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	2.0	2	2	0	0	9.00
Away	1	1.0	4	1	0	0	9.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Danny Heep — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO
1991-06-08	ATL	WSN	W	1	0	0	0	0	1
1991-06-07	ATL	WSN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991-06-05	ATL	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
1991-06-04	ATL	PHI	W	0	1	0	0	0	0
1991-06-01	ATL	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
1991-05-26	ATL	SFG	L	1	1	1	1	1	0
1991-05-25	ATL	SFG	L	1	0	1	0	1	0
1991-05-23	ATL	SDP	L	1	1	1	0	1	0
1991-05-20	ATL	SDP	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991-05-15	ATL	CHC	L	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Danny Heep — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1990-05-25	BOS	MIN	—	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0
1988-07-30	LAD	HOU	—	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Danny Heep — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	131	105	925	66	13	71
OF	429	344	633	16	9	7
P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Danny Heep — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1979	HOU	OF	2	1	7	0	0	0
1980	HOU	1B	22	21	188	8	2	8
1981	HOU	1B	22	22	198	9	2	12
1981	HOU	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1982	HOU	1B	16	14	130	4	1	9
1982	HOU	OF	39	37	62	2	0	1
1983	NYN	1B	14	8	69	7	0	11
1983	NYN	OF	61	46	90	4	0	1
1984	NYN	1B	10	6	51	6	1	3
1984	NYN	OF	48	38	86	1	3	1
1985	NYN	1B	4	2	28	4	1	3
1985	NYN	OF	78	68	126	1	3	0
1986	NYN	OF	56	50	83	2	1	1
1987	LAN	1B	6	3	29	4	0	2
1987	LAN	OF	22	13	23	2	1	1
1988	LAN	1B	12	10	84	9	3	5
1988	LAN	OF	32	21	45	1	0	0
1988	LAN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989	BOS	1B	19	15	124	12	2	17
1989	BOS	OF	75	61	92	2	1	1
1990	BOS	1B	5	4	23	3	1	1
1990	BOS	OF	14	8	19	1	0	1
1990	BOS	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991	ATL	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1991	ATL	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Danny Heep Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	131
Left Field	181
Center Field	26
Right Field	232
Designated Hitter	15

Salary History

Danny Heep — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1990	BOS	AL	$595,000
1989	BOS	AL	$365,000
1988	LAN	NL	$300,000
1987	LAN	NL	$300,000
1986	NYN	NL	$350,000
1985	NYN	NL	$260,000
Total Career Earnings			$2,170,000

College History

Danny Heep — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
St. Mary's University	San Antonio	TX	1976, 1977, 1978

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Career Spans

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Danny Heep: the record in brief

Danny Heep played a first major league game on August 31, 1979 and a last one on June 8, 1991. The team column moves through the Houston Astros (1979 through 1982), the New York Mets (1983 to 1986), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987 through 1988), the Boston Red Sox (1989 through 1990), and the Atlanta Braves (1991). Listed as an outfielder, Heep batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 185 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame. Heep was born on July 3, 1957, in San Antonio, TX, USA. The given name on file is Daniel William Heep.

Heep's career batting table shows 883 games, 1,961 at bats and 503 hits, a .257 average; the totals also include 30 home runs and 229 RBI. Reaching base at a .330 clip and slugging .357, Heep finished with a .687 OPS. Against a .259 league average for those years, Heep's .257 average was near the norm. 1989 produced Heep's most hits, 96 of them for the Boston Red Sox. Heep drove in a season-high 49 runs in 1989.

Frequently Asked Questions about Danny Heep

What years did Danny Heep play?: Danny Heep played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1991.
Was Danny Heep a pitcher?: No. Danny Heep was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Danny Heep hit?: Danny Heep hit 30 career home runs with 503 hits.
What was Danny Heep's career batting average?: Danny Heep batted .257 over his career, with 503 hits in 1,961 at bats.
How many RBI did Danny Heep have?: Danny Heep drove in 229 runs in his career.
What was Danny Heep's career ERA?: Danny Heep finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.