Rick Heismann  
Center Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
In past seasons, Heismann has been a bit of a liability with men on base. The book on Heismann is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Heismann always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field. He hangs in well against lefthanders' breaking balls, and some of the pitchers he hits best are the southpaw specialists often brought in to face him. It's hard to explain but Rick Heismann plays much better on the road then he does at home. It's unfortunate too, with Heismann signing a hefty contract. You gotta imagine management wants a little better relationship between him and the fans.

Baserunning & Defense
Heismann has below-average speed and is a poor baserunner. Minor league scouts have accused Heismann of being a liability in the field. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Heismann to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA CF 33 25 40 47 54 47 45 46 49 32 0 Free Agent 26 27 . 148
1999 FA CF 33 25 39 47 54 47 45 46 49 33 0 Free Agent 26 26 . 145
2000 FA CF 32 24 36 47 54 47 45 46 49 34 0 Free Agent 26 26 . 137
2001 FA CF 31 24 34 47 54 47 45 46 49 35 0 Free Agent 26 25 . 131
2002 FA CF 30 23 31 47 54 47 45 46 49 36 0 Free Agent 25 24 . 122
2003 FA CF 29 22 28 47 54 47 45 46 49 37 0 Free Agent 25 24 . 114
Ratings Delta     -1 -1 -3             +1           -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.