American baseball player (born 1957)
Baseball player
Daniel William Heep (born July 3, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder .
Heep, who batted and threw left-handed, 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 compiled a .331 batting average , 23 home runs and 108 runs batted in (RBI) 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] runs batted in . The second RBI was a game winner against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30.[ 2] Pacific Coast League batting champion with a .343 average with the Tucson Toros in 1980.[ 3]
After hitting .237 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 85 games with the Astros in 1982, he was acquired by the New York Mets for Mike Scott at the Winter Meetings on December 10.[ 3]
Danny Heep was the 4,000th strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan , on July 11, 1985.
NCAA coach
Heep was the head coach for the NCAA Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team in San Antonio from 1998-2017. 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.
Statistics overview
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) (2000–2010)
2000
Incarnate Word
20-28
2001
Incarnate Word
35-21
12-4
1st
2002
Incarnate Word
31-24
2003
Incarnate Word
30-27
2004
Incarnate Word
41-17
NCAA Regional
2005
Incarnate Word
35-19
1st
2006
Incarnate Word
38-21
1st
NCAA Regional
2007
Incarnate Word
34-21
2008
Incarnate Word
39-17
35-15
2nd
2009
Incarnate Word
36-17
32-14
2010
Incarnate Word
42-18
34-13
2nd
NCAA Regional
Incarnate Word (Lone Star Conference – DII) (2011–2013)
2011
Incarnate Word
37-18
24-9
1st
NCAA Regional
2012
Incarnate Word
23-21
16-11
3rd
2013
Incarnate Word
26-26
12-16
6th
Incarnate Word (Southland Conference – DI ) (2014–2017)
2014
Incarnate Word
18-32
9-15
11th
ineligible
2015
Incarnate Word
21-33
11-19
11th
ineligible
2016
Incarnate Word
13-38
5-22
13th
ineligible
2017
Incarnate Word
20-36
8-22
12th
ineligible
Incarnate Word (Div. I):
72-139
33-78
Total: 601-473
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
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