Danny Heep

Danny Heep
Biographical details
Born	July 3, 1957 (age 66); San Antonio, Texas
Playing career
1975-1978	St. Mary's Rattlers
1979-1982	Houston Astros
1983-1986	New York Mets
1987-1988	Los Angeles Dodgers
1989-1999	Boston Red Sox
1991	Atlanta Braves
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998-2017	Incarnate Word Cardinals
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Playing Career 2 World Series champions (1986,1988); Coaching Career 2 Heartland Conference Regular Season Champions (2004, 2006); 1 Heartland Conference Tournament Champion (2010);
Awards
	2 All-American (1976, 1978) St. Mary's Rattlers Athletic Hall of Fame

Daniel William Heep (born July 3, 1957), is a retired 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 would compile a .331 batting average, 23 home runs and 108 RBIs 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] He would remain with the Astros through the end of the season, compiling just a .143 average and two runs batted in. The second RBI, however, was a game winner against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30.^[2]

He was traded to the New York Mets for future Cy Young Award winner Mike Scott.

Danny Heep was the 4000th strikeout victim to 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
2002	Incarnate Word	31-24
2003	Incarnate Word	30-27
2004	Incarnate Word	40-17		1st	NCAA Regional
2005	Incarnate Word	35-19
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–present)
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

^ "Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 0". Baseball-Reference.com. August 31, 1979.
^ "Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2". Baseball-Reference.com. September 30, 1979.

Article – from University of the Incarnate Word's official website.
Interview with Danny on Blog Talk Radio. [1]
New York Times Article on Heep's collision with Terry Blocker. [2]

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] "Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 0". Baseball-Reference.com. August 31, 1979.

[2] "Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2". Baseball-Reference.com. September 30, 1979.

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v t e New York Mets 1986 World Series champions
1 Mookie Wilson 2 Kevin Elster 3 Rafael Santana 4 Lenny Dykstra 6 Wally Backman 7 Kevin Mitchell 8 Gary Carter 11 Tim Teufel 12 Ron Darling 13 Lee Mazzilli 16 Dwight Gooden 17 Keith Hernandez 18 Darryl Strawberry 19 Bob Ojeda 20 Howard Johnson 22 Ray Knight (World Series MVP) 25 Danny Heep 35 John Gibbons 38 Rick Aguilera 39 Doug Sisk 40 Randy Niemann 42 Roger McDowell 47 Jesse Orosco 49 Ed Hearn 50 Sid Fernandez
Manager 5 Davey Johnson Coaches 23 Bud Harrelson 28 Bill Robinson 30 Mel Stottlemyre 51 Vern Hoscheit 52 Greg Pavlick
Regular season National League Championship Series

v t e Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series champions
3 Steve Sax 5 Mike Marshall 7 Alfredo Griffin 9 Mickey Hatcher 10 Dave Anderson 12 Danny Heep 14 Mike Scioscia 17 Rick Dempsey 21 Tracy Woodson 22 Franklin Stubbs 23 Kirk Gibson (NL MVP) 26 Alejandro Peña 27 Mike Sharperson 29 Ricky Horton 30 John Tudor 31 John Shelby 33 Jeff Hamilton 37 Mike Davis 38 José González 47 Jesse Orosco 49 Tim Belcher 50 Jay Howell 51 Brian Holton 54 Tim Leary 55 Orel Hershiser (NL CYA, NLCS & World Series MVP)
Manager 2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches 8 Joey Amalfitano 11 Manny Mota 13 Joe Ferguson 16 Ron Perranoski 18 Bill Russell 35 Ben Hines 58 Mark Cresse
Regular season National League Championship Series