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Aaron Heilman

Aaron Michael Heilman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 12, 1978 in Logansport, IN
High School: Logansport (Logansport, IN)
School: University of Notre Dame
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 2003
Teams (by GP): Mets/Diamondbacks/Cubs 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2011, 1 yr/$2M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2010): 5.123, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Mark Rodgers [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Pete Alexander… #4. Lefty Grove… #5. Christy Mathewson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Pedro Martinez…

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Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 2003
- 2008
- 2004
- 2009
- 2005
- 2010
- 2006
- 2011
- 2007
Splits [+]
- Career
- 2003
- 2008
- 2004
- 2009
- 2005
- 2010
- 2006
- 2011
- 2007
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2003	24	NYM	NL	2	7	.222	6.75	14	13	0	0	0	0	65.1	79	53	49	13	41	2	51	3	0	5	315	63	1.837	10.9	1.8	5.6	7.0	1.24
2004	25	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	5.46	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	27	17	17	4	13	0	22	0	0	0	119	79	1.429	8.7	1.3	4.2	7.1	1.69
2005	26	NYM	NL	5	3	.625	3.17	53	7	20	1	1	5	108.0	87	40	38	6	37	4	106	6	1	1	439	130	1.148	7.3	0.5	3.1	8.8	2.86
2006	27	NYM	NL	4	5	.444	3.62	74	0	14	0	0	0	87.0	73	37	35	5	28	2	73	3	0	5	356	121	1.161	7.6	0.5	2.9	7.6	2.61
2007	28	NYM	NL	7	7	.500	3.03	81	0	28	0	0	1	86.0	72	36	29	8	20	1	63	5	0	2	352	142	1.070	7.5	0.8	2.1	6.6	3.15
2008	29	NYM	NL	3	8	.273	5.21	78	0	23	0	0	3	76.0	75	48	44	10	46	8	80	9	0	2	356	81	1.592	8.9	1.2	5.4	9.5	1.74
2009	30	CHC	NL	4	4	.500	4.11	70	0	11	0	0	1	72.1	68	34	33	9	34	4	65	1	0	4	313	109	1.410	8.5	1.1	4.2	8.1	1.91
2010	31	ARI	NL	5	8	.385	4.50	70	0	26	0	0	6	72.0	73	37	36	9	26	4	55	5	0	8	316	95	1.375	9.1	1.1	3.3	6.9	2.12
2011	32	ARI	NL	4	0	1.000	8.68	17	0	4	0	0	0	18.2	30	19	18	5	5	0	20	1	0	0	90	48	1.875	14.5	2.4	2.4	9.6	4.00
9 Seasons				35	45	.438	4.39	462	25	126	1	1	16	613.1	584	321	299	69	250	25	535	33	1	27	2656	98	1.360	8.6	1.0	3.7	7.9	2.14
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.438	4.39	65	3	18	0	0	2	86	82	45	42	10	35	3	75	5	0	4	371	98	1.360	8.6	1.0	3.7	7.9	2.14

NYM (6 yrs)				22	33	.400	4.24	305	25	85	1	1	9	450.1	413	231	212	46	185	17	395	26	1	15	1937	100	1.328	8.3	0.9	3.7	7.9	2.14
ARI (2 yrs)				9	8	.529	5.36	87	0	30	0	0	6	90.2	103	56	54	14	31	4	75	6	0	8	406	79	1.478	10.2	1.4	3.1	7.4	2.42
CHC (1 yr)				4	4	.500	4.11	70	0	11	0	0	1	72.1	68	34	33	9	34	4	65	1	0	4	313	109	1.410	8.5	1.1	4.2	8.1	1.91

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2003	24	NYM	NL	65.1	13	53	39	-1	1.1	-14	-1.5	$
2004	25	NYM	NL	28.0	5	17	17	0	.9	0	0.0	$
2005	26	NYM	NL	108.0	7	40	60	2	.9	20	1.6	$
2006	27	NYM	NL	87.0	0	37	50	4	1.5	13	0.8	$359,000
2007	28	NYM	NL	86.0	0	36	49	3	1.3	13	0.8	$453,000
2008	29	NYM	NL	76.0	0	48	44	0	1.4	-4	-1.1	$1,200,000
2009	30	CHC	NL	72.1	0	34	45	0	1.2	11	0.6	$1,625,000
2010	31	ARI	NL	72.0	0	37	37	1	1.5	-0	0.0	$2,150,000
2011	32	ARI	NL	18.2	0	19	10	0	.7	-9	-0.7	$
9 Seasons				613.1	25	321	351	9	1.2	30	0.5	$5,787,000

NYM (6 yrs)				450.1	25	231	259	8	1.2	28	0.6	$2,012,000
ARI (2 yrs)				90.2	0	56	47	1	1.3	-9	-0.7	$2,150,000
CHC (1 yr)				72.1	0	34	45	0	1.2	11	0.6	$1,625,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	27	NYM	NL	NLDS	W	LAD	0		3.00	3	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	12	1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	3.0
2006	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	L	STL	1	.000	4.15	3	1	4.1	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	1	18	1.154	8.3	2.1	2.1	10.4	5.00
1 Season (2 Series)							1	.000	3.68	6	1	7.1	7	3	3	2	1	1	6	1	30	1.091	8.6	2.5	1.2	7.4	6.00
1 NLDS							0		3.00	3	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	12	1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	3.0
1 NLCS							1	.000	4.15	3	1	4.1	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	1	18	1.154	8.3	2.1	2.1	10.4	5.00

Standard Batting

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- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2003	24	NYM	NL	14	23	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.045	.087	.045	.132	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	25	NYM	NL	5	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	/1
2005	26	NYM	NL	53	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
2006	27	NYM	NL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	28	NYM	NL	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	29	NYM	NL	78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	30	CHC	NL	70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	31	ARI	NL	70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	32	ARI	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Seasons				462	54	47	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.021	.061	.021	.083	-77	1	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.021	.061	.021	.083	-77	0	0	0	2	0	0

NYM (6 yrs)				305	51	44	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	23	.023	.065	.023	.088	-75	1	0	0	5	0	0
ARI (2 yrs)				87	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	24	NYM	NL	23	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2004	25	NYM	NL	10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
2005	26	NYM	NL	17	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1

2008	29	NYM	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,200,000	1
2009	30	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,625,000	1
2010	31	ARI	NL	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$2,150,000	1
2011	32	ARI	NL	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$	1
7 Seasons				54	-12	0	0	0	0	6	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$4,975,000

NYM (4 yrs)				51	-11	0	0	0	0	6	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$1,200,000
ARI (2 yrs)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$2,150,000
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,625,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2006	27	NYM	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	3
2006	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	STL	L	3
1 Season (2 Series)							6
1 NLDS							3
1 NLCS							3

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
2003	NYM	NL	24	P	14	13	0	65.1	17	3	12	2	0	.882	0	0	2.07	1.07	.959	1.85	1.83	4	1	20%
2004	NYM	NL	25	P	5	5	0	28.0	12	5	5	2	2	.833	0	0	3.21	2.00	.967	1.83	1.82	1	0	0%
2005	NYM	NL	26	P	53	7	1	108.0	24	5	19	0	3	1.000	2	4	2.00	0.45	.958	1.75	1.73	9	3	25%
2006	NYM	NL	27	P	74	0	0	87.0	19	2	16	1	0	.947	1	2	1.86	0.24	.958	1.72	1.71	9	0	0%
2007	NYM	NL	28	P	81	0	0	86.0	17	4	13	0	1	1.000	1	2	1.78	0.21	.965	1.68	1.67	8	2	20%
2008	NYM	NL	29	P	78	0	0	76.0	16	2	14	0	0	1.000	1	3	1.89	0.21	.956	1.73	1.72	2	0	0%
2009	CHC	NL	30	P	70	0	0	72.1	19	3	16	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.36	0.27	.953	1.72	1.70	3	2	40%
2010	ARI	NL	31	P	70	0	0	72.0	19	8	9	2	0	.895	1	3	2.12	0.24	.958	1.72	1.72	4	1	20%
2011	ARI	NL	32	P	17	0	0	18.2	4	0	3	1	0	.750	-1	-11	1.45	0.18	.975	1.83	1.83	1	0	0%
	9 Seasons			P	462	25	1	613.1	147	32	107	8	6	.946	5	1	2.04	0.30	.959	1.74	1.72	41	9	18%
	9 Seasons			TOT	462	25	1	613.1	147	32	107	8	6	.946	5	9	2.04	0.30	.959	1.74	1.72	41	9	18%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2007 NL 81 (5th) 2008 NL 78 (7th) Active 462 (35th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2005 NL 1 (8th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2007 NL 81 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL  81 (5th)
2008 NL  78 (7th)
Active  462 (35th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2005 NL 1 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2007 NL 81 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2113), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 55th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 2001: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2001.
December 11, 2008: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Mets with Mike Carp, Ezequiel Carrera, Endy Chavez, Maikel Cleto and Jason Vargas to the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Green, J.J. Putz and Jeremy Reed to the New York Mets. The Seattle Mariners sent Luis Valbuena to the Cleveland Indians. The New York Mets sent Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Franklin Gutierrez to the Seattle Mariners.
January 28, 2009: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Chicago Cubs for Ronny Cedeno and Garrett Olson.
November 19, 2009: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Ryne White (minors) and Scott Maine.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 18, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2006	27	New York Mets	$359,000
2007	28	New York Mets	$453,000
2008	29	New York Mets	$1,200,000
2009	30	Chicago Cubs	$1,625,000
2010	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	$2,150,000

2011	32	Arizona Diamondbacks	$2,000,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,787,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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