John
Heyward
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 155
 
Born: October 15, 1858 in Brockton, MA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1882   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1882 23 LS2 NL 73 314 37 84 9 8 0 23 0 0 9 42 .268 .288 .347 .635 28.4 5.7
1883 24 LS2 NL 92 399 46 107 13 11 3 49 2 7 8 56 .268 .286 .378 .664 37.5 8.9
1884 25 LS2 NL 101 396 55 97 9 10 5 53 0 2 45 59 .245 .319 .356 .675 44.1 9.8
1885 26 LS2 NL 108 408 54 111 19 9 6 61 1 3 49 48 .272 .356 .407 .763 54.0 12.7
1886 27 LS2 NL 136 521 76 172 15 6 7 74 4 3 58 52 .330 .396 .422 .818 82.0 26.0
1887 28 LS2 NL 127 537 102 182 15 11 11 116 4 5 41 9 .339 .387 .469 .857 90.4 14.6
1888 29 LS2 NL 127 473 72 117 9 8 2 46 2 4 36 30 .247 .306 .313 .618 47.0 8.5
1889 30 LS2 NL 128 513 86 136 15 7 8 91 0 1 45 39 .265 .326 .368 .695 63.2 11.6
1890 31 LS2 NL 124 497 54 138 10 11 7 56 2 4 22 15 .278 .316 .384 .700 56.5 16.7
1891 32 LS2 NL 140 550 77 143 16 2 8 64 1 3 46 31 .260 .322 .340 .662 64.8 9.8
10 Years Sim 1156 4608 659 1287 130 83 57 633 16 32 359 381 .279 .334 .381 .715 567.8 124.3
162 Game Average 645 92 180 18 11 7 88 2 4 50 53 .279 .334 .381 .715 79.6  
Career Highs 140 550 102 182 19 11 11 116 4 7 58 59 .339 .396 .469 .857 90.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3324 465 964 97 61 39 458 12 24 246 260 .290 .343 .391 .734 424.5
vs LH   1284 194 323 33 22 18 175 4 8 113 121 .252 .312 .354 .665 141.9
Home 568 2238 322 638 77 38 33 313 8 16 174 173 .285 .338 .398 .736 289.4
Away 588 2370 337 649 53 45 24 320 8 16 185 208 .274 .330 .365 .694 277.0
RISP   1311 0 376 43 26 19 547 0 0 152 100 .287 .353 .403 .755 191.3
Pinch Hitting   8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .545 .375 .920 1.4
Close/Late   484 70 146 17 6 11 91 0 0 61 38 .302 .386 .430 .816 78.6
Mar/Apr 79 322 49 90 12 2 5 36 1 2 25 25 .280 .338 .376 .714 39.2
May 210 825 122 220 23 7 14 113 4 8 75 77 .267 .333 .362 .695 97.6
June 201 802 110 222 25 21 6 92 3 8 60 55 .277 .332 .383 .715 96.2
July 211 837 120 245 36 17 11 142 3 5 58 77 .293 .338 .416 .754 111.8
August 207 837 121 211 16 17 7 102 3 2 64 67 .252 .306 .337 .643 86.3
Sep/Oct 248 985 137 299 18 19 14 148 2 7 77 80 .304 .356 .403 .759 135.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1882 23 LS2 NL LF 70 70 612.0 177 11 17 2 .917 2.76   1.1
    RF 3 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1883 24 LS2 NL LF 91 89 804.0 223 8 36 3 .865 2.59   0.7
    RF 1 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13    
1884 25 LS2 NL LF 101 101 900.3 264 11 30 4 .902 2.75   0.9
1885 26 LS2 NL LF 107 107 954.7 296 10 31 3 .908 2.88   2.7
1886 27 LS2 NL LF 135 134 1183.3 296 10 36 4 .895 2.33   1.3
1887 28 LS2 NL LF 124 124 1100.3 307 11 41 4 .886 2.60   1.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1888 29 LS2 NL LF 124 124 1107.0 301 13 36 2 .897 2.55   3.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1889 30 LS2 NL LF 128 128 1152.0 308 11 34 2 .904 2.49   2.4
1890 31 LS2 NL LF 121 121 1084.0 266 6 27 2 .910 2.26   1.3
1891 32 LS2 NL LF 140 140 1243.7 313 12 26 5 .926 2.35   4.3
  LF 1141 1138 10141.3 2751 103 314 31 .901 2.53   19.0
  RF 6 3 42.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.79    
Career Totals   1147 1141 10183.3 2764 103 315 31 .901 2.53   19.0
Career Highs   140 140 1243.7 313 13 41 5 .926 2.88    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1886-6-.330
On-Base Pct
1886-9-.396
Slugging Pct
1886-8-.422
CAR-41-.381
OPS
1886-8-.818
CAR-50-.715
XR
1886-8-82.0
CAR-36-567.8
Games
1891-1-140
CAR-29-1156
At-Bats
CAR-28-4608
Runs
CAR-38-659
Hits
1886-7-172
CAR-41-1287
Total Bases
1886-8-220
CAR-34-1754
Singles
1886-6-144
CAR-41-1017
Triples
CAR-29-83
Homeruns
1883-8-3
1885-3-6
1886-5-7
1887-5-11
1889-8-8
1891-9-8
CAR-6-57
RBIs
CAR-31-633
Walks
CAR-32-359
Strikeouts
1883-1-56
CAR-21-381
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 1
   Gray Ink Test: 35
 
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