Frederick Amos Heimach (January 27, 1901 – June 1, 1973) born in

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, was a

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for the

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(1920–26),

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(1926),

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(1928–29) and Brooklyn Robins/Brooklyn Dodgers (1930–33). He helped the Yankees win the

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. In 13 seasons, he had a 62–69 win–loss record, 296 games, 127 games started, 56 complete games, 5 shutouts, 104 games finished, 7 saves, 1,288⅔ innings pitched, 1,510 hits allowed, 755 runs allowed, 639 earned runs allowed, 64 home runs allowed, 360 walks allowed, 334 strikeouts, 27 hit batsmen, 14 wild pitches, 5,674 batters faced, 4 balks and a 4.46 ERA. He was a very good hitting pitcher. He compiled a .236

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(128-for-542) with 58 runs, 3

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and 50

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. As a member of the Philadelphia A's, in 1923 he batted .254 (30-for-118) with 11 RBI, he also played 6 games at

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and batted .322 in 1924 (29-for-90) with 12 RBI. He recorded a .972

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in his 13 year major league career. After committing 2 errors in the third inning on September 22, 1926 pitching for the A's against the

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, he went the next 134 appearances and handling 172 total chances (24 putouts, 148 assists) to the end of his career in 1933 without another miscue. He died in

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at the age of 72.

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