Career
He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets (1967-1969), San Francisco Giants (1970-1971), Milwaukee Brewers (1971-1973), Saint Louis Cardinals (1974), California Angels (1974), Boston Red Sox (1975-1976) and Kansas City Royals (1977). A utility infielder, Heise played 174 games at shortstop, 154 at second base, and 135 at third base. He played briefly for the National League West-winning Giants in 1971 before being traded to the Brewers on June 1 for pitcher Floyd Wicker.
In 11 seasons, Heise played in 499 games and had 1,144 career at bats.
He scored 104 runs, and tallied 283 hits, 43 doubles, three triples, one home run, 86 Reserve Bank of India, three stolen bases and 47 walks. He had a career.247 batting average.280 on-base percentage, and a.293 slugging percentage.
He tallied 335 total bases, 30 sacrifice hits, five sacrifice flies and three intentional walks.