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Heinkel played for a total of 15 minor league teams, and made it to the major league in [[1988]], playing a combined 29 games for the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals over 2 seasons. After he retired, he went to the University of South Alabama for medical school. | Heinkel played for a total of 15 minor league teams, and made it to the major league in [[1988]], playing a combined 29 games for the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals over 2 seasons. After he retired, he went to the University of South Alabama for medical school. | ||
Heinkel, Angela and their 11 children now reside in [[Oneonta]]. He was inducted | Heinkel, Angela and their 11 children now reside in [[Oneonta]]. He was inducted into the Minor League Hall of Fame in July [[2010]] and into the [[Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame]] in [[2017]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Segrest, Doug (July 14, 2010) "Oneonta doctor Don Heinkel found love, success as a Birmingham Baron." | * Segrest, Doug (July 14, 2010) "Oneonta doctor Don Heinkel found love, success as a Birmingham Baron." {{BN}} | ||
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[[Category:1959 births]] | [[Category: 1959 births]] | ||
[[Category:Baseball players]] | [[Category: Baseball players]] | ||
[[Category:Birmingham Barons]] | [[Category: Birmingham Barons]] | ||
[[Category:Doctors]] | [[Category: Doctors]] | ||
[[Category: Barons Hall of Fame]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:57, 23 June 2024
Donald Elliott Heinkel (born October 20, 1959 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher and currently a doctor.
Heinkel played at Wichita State, and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round of the 1982 amateur draft. After moving through lower levels, he played for the 1982 Birmingham Barons, and returned the next season. After the 1983 season started, he met his wife, the former Angela Kelly, when he and his Barons roommate Jon Furman looked in the Yellow Pages for a church, and found Apolistic Temple, where Angela's father was the minister.
Heinkel played for a total of 15 minor league teams, and made it to the major league in 1988, playing a combined 29 games for the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals over 2 seasons. After he retired, he went to the University of South Alabama for medical school.
Heinkel, Angela and their 11 children now reside in Oneonta. He was inducted into the Minor League Hall of Fame in July 2010 and into the Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame in 2017.
References
- Segrest, Doug (July 14, 2010) "Oneonta doctor Don Heinkel found love, success as a Birmingham Baron." The Birmingham News