American baseball player (born 1957)
Baseball player
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
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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]
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