Career
He played in parts of three seasons in the Majors between 1935 and 1938, all for the Saint Louis Browns. Heath stood 5 feet 10 inches (178 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) during his playing days. Heath"s Major League career was spent with the Browns (1935.
1937-1938), where he played 134 total games, compiling a batting average of.230 in 330 at bats with three home runs and 34 runs batted in.
He was somewhat better known for his 18-year career as a minor league manager (1947–1964), where he principally worked in the New York Giants and |Los Angeles Angels farm systems, and in between piloted four Pacific Coast League clubs between 1952 and 1961. Heath served as a scout for the Angels after his managing career ended.
He died at age 53 in Los Gatos, California.