Bert Heffernan
Bertram Alexander Heffernan
Born: March 3, 1965
Centereach, NY US
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, CF, LF, OF, P
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 185
Draft: Round 9 (1987 June Amateur Draft, Texas Rangers)
Draft: Round 9 (1988 June Amateur Draft, Milwaukee Brewers)
Draft: Round 1 (1991 Rule V (3A phase), Seattle Mariners)
School: Clemson
N/A
Career: 1988-2000
Major League Statistics
Bert Heffernan compiled a career batting average of .279 with 15 home runs and 263 RBI in his 673-game career with the Helena Brewers, Beloit Brewers, El Paso Diablos, Albuquerque Dukes, Jacksonville Suns, Calgary Cannons, Giants, Shreveport Captains, Phoenix Firebirds, Ottawa Lynx and Long Island Ducks. He began playing during the 1988 season and last took the field during the 2000 campaign.
 Helena Brewers |
 Beloit Brewers |
 El Paso Diablos |
 Albuquerque Dukes |
 Calgary Cannons |
 Jacksonville Suns |
 Phoenix Firebirds |
 Shreveport Captains |
 Ottawa Lynx |
 Long Island Ducks |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | AAA | PCL | Albuquerque Dukes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | R | PION | Helena Brewers | 65 | 263 | 196 | 47 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 61 | 40 | .281 | .444 | .408 | .853 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1988 | A | MIDW | Beloit Brewers | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .214 | .421 | .214 | .635 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1989 | A | MIDW | Beloit Brewers | 127 | 506 | 425 | 53 | 126 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 57 | .296 | .398 | .376 | .774 | 160 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1990 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 110 | 461 | 390 | 49 | 109 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 68 | .279 | .374 | .344 | .718 | 134 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1991 | AAA | PCL | Albuquerque Dukes | 67 | 188 | 161 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | .242 | .330 | .317 | .646 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1992 | AAA | PCL | Calgary Cannons | 15 | 53 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .304 | .396 | .413 | .809 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | AA | SOUL | Jacksonville Suns | 58 | 231 | 196 | 16 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | .286 | .380 | .362 | .742 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | AAA | PCL | Phoenix Firebirds | 16 | 59 | 49 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | .286 | .397 | .347 | .743 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | AA | TL | Shreveport Captains | 33 | 112 | 98 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .235 | .321 | .255 | .577 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | R | ARIZ | Giants | 7 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .320 | .452 | .320 | .772 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 36 | 115 | 102 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .216 | .277 | .294 | .571 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 64 | 215 | 198 | 20 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | .303 | .349 | .369 | .718 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 70 | 235 | 209 | 32 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 27 | .282 | .342 | .340 | .682 | 71 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 673 | 2488 | 2109 | 274 | 588 | 97 | 6 | 15 | 263 | 43 | 38 | 316 | 301 | .279 | .374 | .352 | .726 | 742 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | R | PION | Helena Brewers | C | 59 | 385 | 49 | 8 | 3 | .982 | 7.356 | 10 | |||
| 1988 | A | MIDW | Beloit Brewers | C | 5 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | A | MIDW | Beloit Brewers | C | 119 | 832 | 109 | 9 | 11 | .991 | 7.908 | 4 | |||
| 1989 | A | MIDW | Beloit Brewers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| 1990 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | C | 100 | 587 | 87 | 7 | 11 | .990 | 6.740 | 8 | |||
| 1991 | AAA | PCL | Albuquerque Dukes | C | 55 | 282 | 47 | 5 | 5 | .985 | 5.982 | 1 | |||
| 1991 | AAA | PCL | Albuquerque Dukes | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 1991 | AAA | PCL | Albuquerque Dukes | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 1992 | AA | SOUL | Jacksonville Suns | C | 50 | 311 | 36 | 4 | 6 | .989 | 6.940 | 3 | |||
| 1992 | AAA | PCL | Calgary Cannons | 3B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| 1992 | AAA | PCL | Calgary Cannons | C | 10 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 4.600 | 4 | |||
| 1992 | AAA | PCL | Calgary Cannons | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 1992 | AA | SOUL | Jacksonville Suns | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 1993 | R | ARIZ | Giants | C | 5 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 11.400 | 1 | |||
| 1993 | AA | TL | Shreveport Captains | C | 25 | 169 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .984 | 7.160 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | AA | TL | Shreveport Captains | 1B | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| 1993 | AAA | PCL | Phoenix Firebirds | C | 16 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 7.500 | 2 | |||
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | C | 28 | 140 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .987 | 5.536 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 35.0 |
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| 1995 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | C | 48 | 277 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 6.167 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 20.8 |
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 1996 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | C | 41 | 229 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .988 | 6.000 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 25.8 |
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 2B | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 2000 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Totals | 592 | 3473 | 444 | 56 | 59 | .986 | 6.617 | 39 | 74 | 25 | 25.3 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | R | Pioneer League | Helena Brewers | ML4 | ||
| 1988 | A | Midwest League | Beloit Brewers | ML4 | ||
| 1989 | A | Midwest League | Beloit Brewers | ML4 | ||
| 1990 | AA | Texas League | El Paso Diablos | ML4 | ||
| 1991 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Albuquerque Dukes | LAN | ||
| 1992 | AA | Southern League | Jacksonville Suns | SEA | ||
| 1992 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Calgary Cannons | SEA | ||
| 1993 | R | Arizona League | Giants | SFN | ||
| 1993 | AA | Texas League | Shreveport Captains | SFN | ||
| 1993 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Phoenix Firebirds | SFN | ||
| 1995 | AAA | International League | Ottawa Lynx | MON | ||
| 1996 | AAA | International League | Ottawa Lynx | MON | ||
| 2000 | Ind | Atlantic League | Long Island Ducks |
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