Jim Heise

{{short description|American baseball player (1930-2011)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Heise

|image=Jim Heise.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{birth date|1930|10|2}}

|birth_place=Scottdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|4|21|1930|10|2}}

|death_place=Orlando, Florida, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 29

|debutyear=1957

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 30

|finalyear=1957

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=8.05

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=8

|teams=

}}

James Edward Heise (October 2, 1930 – April 21, 2011){{cite news|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-obituary-jim-heise-042811-20110427,0,4610360.story|title=Jim Heise: He coached students on baseball, life|last=Willia|first=Nicole A.|date=27 April 2011|work=orlandosentinel.com|accessdate=15 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131113208/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-obituary-jim-heise-042811-20110427,0,4610360.story|archive-date=31 January 2013|url-status=dead}} was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

Heise attended West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the Mountaineers from 1953–1956.{{cite web|title=West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |accessdate=11 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406215753/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=6 April 2004 |url-status=dead }} He was signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1956, and played briefly for the Senators in 1957.

Heise was the son of Clarence Heise, also a Major League Baseball pitcher.

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