Leroy Barton Heiser (born June 22, 1942) is an American former
professional baseball
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. A
right-handed
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pitcher
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, he got into three games in
Major League Baseball
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for the
Washington Senators in , his first season in
organized baseball
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. He was born in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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, stood tall and weighed .
Heiser graduated from
Catonsville High School
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and attended the
University of Maryland
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. He was signed by the
expansion Senators during their maiden, 1961 season and spent much of the campaign in the Class D
Appalachian League, but was recalled by Washington in September. In three
relief
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appearances, largely in a
mop-up role, Heiser allowed six
hits and nine
bases on balls in 5
innings pitched, with one
strikeout.
He returned to the Senators'
farm system in 1962 and toiled there for five more seasons without returning to the majors.
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