Kelly Heath
Heath in 1980
Second baseman
Born: (1957-09-04) September 4, 1957
Plattsburgh, New York
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1982, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
April 20, 1982, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average.000
At-bats1
Teams

Kelly Mark Heath (born September 4, 1957) is a professional baseball player and scout. A second baseman, Heath played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals in 1982, and played in minor league baseball for fourteen years. He currently scouts for the Royals, and previously scouted for the Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds.

Career

Born in Plattsburgh, New York, Heath attended Louisburg College, a junior college (JUCO) where he played college baseball. In 1977, he was named to the JUCO All-Tournament Team.[1] The Kansas City Royals drafted Heath in the seventh round, with the 177th overall selection, of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.[2][3]

Heath spent 24 days with the Kansas City Royals in the major leagues in 1982, and appeared in one game.[2] On April 20, Heath served as a defensive replacement for Frank White.[4] White opted to leave the game due to a case of hemorrhoids.[5] Heath lined out in his only at-bat.[2]

After the 1983 season, in which he led the Omaha Royals, Kansas City's Class AAA minor league affiliate, in home runs (13) and runs batted in (65), Heath signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees organization.[6][7] He played for the Atlanta Braves organization in 1986 and 1987, the Toronto Blue Jays organization in 1988 and 1989, and the Philadelphia Phillies organization in 1990.

Heath played for Milano in the Italian Baseball League.[8]

After retiring as a player, Heath was a coach for the Reading Phillies of the Class AA Eastern League in 1992.[9] He then coached for the Martinsville Phillies of the Rookie-level Appalachian League.[10] He managed for Martinsville in the 1997 season.[11]

Heath has been a scout for the Oakland Athletics. He joined the Cincinnati Reds as a scout in 2004[12] and joined the Royals in 2007.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "1977 All-Tournament Team". Jucogj.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Royals have adapted to the times by changing their advance scouting protocol | royals.com: News". Kansascity.royals.mlb.com. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  3. ↑ "7th Round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  4. ↑ "Heath subbed once for Frank White Kelly Heath, April 20, 1982: 0–1, lined to CF". Kansas City Star. 2007-05-01. p. C6. Retrieved September 16, 2012. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Lewis, Michael D. (2003). Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. New York: W. W. Norton. p. 21. ISBN 0-393-05765-8.
  6. ↑ Lawrence Journal-World – Google News Archive Search
  7. ↑ The Lewiston Daily Sun – Google News Archive Search
  8. ↑ Chetwynd, Josh (2019). Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, 2d ed (2d ed.). McFarland. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-4766-7912-9. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Reading Eagle – Google News Archive Search
  10. ↑ "Search : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis". Nl.newsbank.com. 1993-12-07. Retrieved 2012-09-17. (subscription required)
  11. ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer: Search Results (subscription required)
  12. ↑ Point Pleasant Register – Google News Archive Search
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