Rick Ankiel vs. Danny Heep — Career Comparison

Rick Ankiel
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueCenter Fielder
Danny Heep
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueUnknown

When their careers are measured against the same standard, Danny Heep comes out clearly ahead of Rick Ankiel across most offensive categories. Danny Heep led in contact rate (K%+ 173 vs 77), batting average (AVG+ 111 vs 93), and on-base percentage (OBP+ 107 vs 91). Rick Ankiel held the edge in home run production (HR/PA+ 130 vs 92). Danny Heep was the more complete offensive player.

Hitting Stats for Rick Ankiel and Danny Heep

Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
653
185.25
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
883
238.43
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
2115
600
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2222
600
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1921
544.96
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1961
529.52
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.738
0.738
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.711
0.711
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
462
131.06
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
503
135.82
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
275
78.01
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
100.18
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
28.65
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
96
25.92
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.84
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.62
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
21.56
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
30
8.1
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
53.05
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
132
35.64
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
254.17
72.11
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
233.39
63.02
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
811
230.07
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
701
189.29
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
636
180.43
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
732
197.66
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.724
0.724
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.688
0.688
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
73.76
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
208
56.17
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
71.21
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
229
61.84
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
123.4
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
407
109.9
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
246.1
69.82
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
244.92
66.13
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.4
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.43
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
162
45.96
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
59.41
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.69
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
6.75
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
555
157.45
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
65.35
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
3.81
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.18
9.18
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
0.91
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.27
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.08
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.4
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
7.56
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
8.79
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
60
16.2
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
5.96
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.24
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.4
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.78
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
9.36
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
26
7.02
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63.64
63.64
Danny Heep
Career
Per 600 PA
46.15
46.15

Fielding Stats for Rick Ankiel and Danny Heep

Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
1.21
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
1.31
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.01
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
1.05
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13071
27
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
11547
27
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4357
9
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
3849
9
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
2.31
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1558
3.64
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.11
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.19
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.06
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.05
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1202
2.48
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1662
3.89
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1171
2.42
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
3.83
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.42
97.42
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.68
98.68
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.995
1.995
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.918
2.918
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.13
83.13
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.89
79.89
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.18
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Rick Ankiel and Danny Heep

Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.9
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.52
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.52
56.52
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.39
80.39
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.9
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
726
27
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
9
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
7.36
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
18
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.19
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
4.83
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
10
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.649
1.649
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.74
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1039
38.64
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.43
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.67
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
876
32.58
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Danny Heep
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Danny Heep
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45