Chris Heintz
Catcher
Born: August 6, 1974 (1974-08-06) (age 35) Syosset, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 2005 for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 2007 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
Batting average	.232
Hits	19
Runs batted in	9
Teams
Minnesota Twins (2005-2007)

Christopher John Heintz (born August 6, 1974 in Syosset, New York) is a coach in the Minnesota Twins organization currently managing their Rookie "A" Level affiliate in the Gulf Coast League. He is the brother of PGA Tour golfer Bob Heintz.

Contents 1 Minor League career 2 MLB debut 3 Coaching 4 Roster 5 References

[edit] Minor League career

Heintz was drafted by the Chicago White Sox as a catcher in the 19th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. After six seasons in their farm system, the ChiSox released Heintz. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002, and spent the season with their Eastern League double A affiliate, the New Haven Ravens. At the end of the season, he became a rule 55 free agent, and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and spent 2003 with the Altoona Curve, also in the Eastern League.

[edit] MLB debut

He signed with the Minnesota Twins following the season, and spent 2004 and 2005 with their triple A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings. His .304 batting average, eight home runs and 58 runs batted in in 2005 was good enough for a September call-up,^[1] and he made his major league debut on September 10, 2005, replacing Mike Redmond in the eighth inning of a 7-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field.^[2]

Heintz spent the next two seasons with Rochester making the occassional appearances with the major league roster. The Twins released Heintz following the 2007 season. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles for 2008. After one season with their triple A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, Heintz retired. In 199.1 major league innings caught, Heinntz had a 1.000 fielding percentage.

[edit] Coaching

During the 2009 season, Heintz began coaching with the Twins' Midwest League affiliate, the Beloit Snappers. On October 20, 2009, he replaced Jake Mauer as manager of the Gulf Coast League Twins. He will also run the Twins' extended Spring Training.^[3]

[edit] Roster

Gulf Coast League Twins roster view • talk • edit
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 48 Eddie Ahorrio 43 Edison Alvarez 54 Richard Calcano 39 Eliecer Cardenas 16 Raynard Doran 74 Nelvin Fuentes 30 Jose Gonzalez 32 B.J Hermsen 77 Andrei Lobanov 70 Jean Mijares 51 Leonardo Parra 51 Jan Rehacek 71 Adrian Salcedo 32 Michael Tonkin 40 Blayne Weller		Catchers 36 Jhonatan Arias 55 Frederic Hanvi 23 Nicholas Tindall Infielders 33 Hyeong-rok Choi 5 Trayvone Johnson 21 In Kyun Kang 41 Nick Lockwood 7 Jairo Perez 68 Rory Rhodes 12 Daniel Santana 35 Kennys Vargas Outfielders 15 Oswaldo Arcia 8 Brian Bistagne 53 Hyun-wook Choi 44 Nick Freitas 80 Matej Hejma 25 Wang-Wei Lin 1 Daniel Ortiz		Manager Chris Heintz Coaches 20 Milt Cuyler (Hitting coach) 22 Ivan Arteaga (Pitching coach) Ramon Borrego (Coach) † Disabled list * On Minnesota Twins 40-man roster ∞ Reserve list § Suspended list ‡ Restricted list # Rehab assignment Roster updated 2009-10-20 Transactions

[edit] References

• Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Baseball Almanac