Chris Heston

Chris Heston [Christopher Lee Heston] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2014-2017. He last played for the Minnesota Twins in 2017. His date of birth is April 10th, 1988 and he is currently 38 years old. He was born in Palm Bay, Florida. He played his high school baseball for the Bayside High School Bears in Palm Bay, Florida. He played 2 years of Junior College Baseball for the Seminole State College of Florida Raiders [Mid-Florida Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Johnny Monell and Brett Oberholtzer and 1 year of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the East Carolina University Pirates [Conference USA] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Shawn Armstrong, Seth Maness and Mike Wright. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 2009 [Super Regionals]. ...

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He was drafted and signed in the 12th round (357th overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants. Ranked by Baseball America as the San Francisco Giants No. 17 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on September 13th, 2014 at the age of 26. Debuted as a relief pitcher for San Francisco Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers, throwing 1 inning, allowing 0 runs, 1 walks and striking out 2 batters. He did not factor in the decision. His first batter faced was Darwin Barney and he flew out to center field. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Hector Sanchez and Ehire Adrianza. Heston played 9 seasons with the San Francisco Giants organization, 1 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 season with the Seattle Mariners and 1 season with the Minnesota Twins. Led the South Atlantic League (A) with 13 Losses in 2010. Led the Eastern League (AA) with a 2.24 Earned Run Average and a .12 Home Runs per 9 Innings in 2012. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 1 Shutouts in 2013. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 28 Games Started, 1 Shutouts and 173 Innings PItched in 2014. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 1 Shutouts in 2017. He was also drafted in the 29th round of the 2008 Draft by the Washington Nationals but did not sign. He was also drafted in the 47th round of the 2007 Draft by the Minnesota Twins but did not sign.

Awards: Named Conference USA All-Conference Team in 2009. Named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year in 2009. Named Double-A All-Star in 2012. Named Double-A Pitcher of the Year in 2012. Named Eastern League All-Star Team in 2012. Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year in 2012. Named National League Player of the Week in June 8-June 14 2015.

Career Transactions: Traded from Giants to Mariners for PTBNL on December 6th, 2016. Claimed off waivers from Mariners by Dodgers on May 26th, 2017. Claimed off waivers from Dodgers by Twins on June 7th, 2017. Signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on January 23rd, 2018.

Career Notes: Pitched 5-0 no-hitter for San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets on June 9,2015 in 2015.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2007	Seminole-FL	MidFL	NJCAA			19		6	4	4.22	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	53.1	58	36	25	0	19	41	0	0	0	1.44	9.79	0.00	3.21	6.92	6.08	2.16
2008	Seminole-FL	MidFL	NJCAA			20		2	5	5.08	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	56.2	72	46	32	0	22	47	0	0	0	1.66	11.44	0.00	3.49	7.46	7.31	2.14
2009	East Carolina	ConfUSA	NCAA-1	Jr		21	116	7	0	4.17	17	15	0	0	2	0	0	90.2	90	55	42	9	32	88	8	1	10	1.35	8.93	0.89	3.18	8.74	5.46	2.75
2009	Arizona Giants	Ariz	Rk	SFN	63	21	117	1	5	4.11	11	6	0	0	5	1	0	35.0	30	19	16	0	10	34	2	2	0	1.14	7.71	0.00	2.57	8.74	4.89	3.40
2010	Augusta GreenJackets	SAL	A	SFN	23	22	100	5	13	3.75	26	26	1	0	0	0	0	148.2	161	83	62	6	33	124	12	1	9	1.30	9.75	0.36	2.00	7.51	5.02	3.76
2011	San Jose Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	33	23	114	12	4	3.16	24	24	1	0	0	0	0	151.0	144	64	53	10	40	131	7	0	8	1.22	8.58	0.60	2.38	7.81	3.81	3.28
2012	Richmond Flying Squirrels	East	AA	SFN	33	24	124	9	8	2.24	25	25	1	0	0	0	0	148.2	124	43	37	2	40	135	12	0	4	1.10	7.51	0.12	2.42	8.17	2.60	3.38
2013	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	SFN	31	25	93	7	6	5.80	19	19	1	1	0	0	0	108.2	129	75	70	14	46	97	8	1	9	1.61	10.68	1.16	3.81	8.03	6.21	2.11
2014	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	SFN	31	26	109	12	9	3.38	28	28	1	1	0	0	0	173.0	152	76	65	16	51	125	11	0	9	1.17	7.91	0.83	2.65	6.50	3.95	2.45
2014	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	53	26		0	0	5.06	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	5.1	6	3	3	0	3	4	1	0	0	1.69	10.13	0.00	5.06	6.75	5.06	1.33
2015	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	53	27	96	12	11	3.95	31	31	2	1	0	0	0	177.2	169	82	78	16	64	141	5	1	13	1.31	8.56	0.81	3.24	7.14	4.15	2.20
2016	Arizona Giants	Ariz	Rk	SFN	0	28	108*	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	1.35	9.45	0.00	2.70	9.45	0.00	3.50
2016	San Jose Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	45	28		0	0	6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	3	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	1.85	10.38	0.00	6.23	2.08	6.23	0.33
2016	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	SFN	53	28	92	2	9	4.54	15	14	0	0	1	1	1	81.1	82	42	41	8	32	53	4	0	4	1.40	9.07	0.89	3.54	5.86	4.65	1.66
2016	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	53	28		1	1	10.80	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	0	6	3	3	0	0	3.00	16.20	0.00	10.80	5.40	10.80	0.50
2017	Gulf Coast Twins	GCL	Rk	MIN	16	29		0	1	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.40	12.60	0.00	0.00	9.00	5.40	0.00
2017	Tacoma Rainiers	PCL	AAA	SEA	33	29	111	2	1	3.41	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	31.2	26	12	12	2	11	28	0	0	2	1.17	7.39	0.57	3.13	7.96	3.41	2.55
2017	Oklahoma City Dodgers	PCL	AAA	LAN	36	29	111	0	1	13.50	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	2.50	18.00	9.00	4.50	18.00	13.50	4.00
2017	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	15	29	51*	0	3	10.00	8	6	0	0	2	0	0	27.0	56	32	30	8	15	12	2	0	0	2.63	18.67	2.67	5.00	4.00	10.67	0.80
2017	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	SEA	32	29		0	1	19.80	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	14	12	11	3	5	3	0	0	0	3.80	25.20	5.40	9.00	5.40	21.60	0.60
2017	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	50	29		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2018	Arizona Giants Orange	Ariz	Rk	SFN	-	30	130*	1	0	0.00	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0.86	6.43	0.00	1.29	9.00	0.00	7.00
2018	Richmond Flying Squirrels	East	AA	SFN	-	30		1	0	5.00	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	1	3	7	1	0	1	1.44	10.00	1.00	3.00	7.00	5.00	2.33
2018	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	SFN	-	30		0	0	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	1.50	8.10	0.00	5.40	13.50	2.70	2.50
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB					13	13	4.55	41	33	2	1	8	2	0	194.0	199	103	98	19	78	151	9	1	13	1.43	9.23	0.88	3.62	7.01	4.78	1.94
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL					13	12	4.16	38	32	2	1	6	2	0	188.0	184	91	87	16	73	148	9	1	13	1.37	8.81	0.77	3.49	7.09	4.36	2.03
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL					0	1	16.50	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	15	12	11	3	5	3	0	0	0	3.33	22.50	4.50	7.50	4.50	18.00	0.60
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors					52	60	3.83	176	161	6	3	15	3	1	942.1	945	461	401	69	290	775	62	4	47	1.31	9.03	0.66	2.77	7.40	4.40	2.67
Tot:	Rk (4 yrs)		Rk					2	6	3.19	19	10	0	0	9	1	0	53.2	49	22	19	0	13	53	2	2	1	1.16	8.22	0.00	2.18	8.89	3.69	4.08
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					5	13	3.75	26	26	1	0	0	0	0	148.2	161	83	62	6	33	124	12	1	9	1.30	9.75	0.36	2.00	7.51	5.02	3.76
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					12	4	3.24	25	25	1	0	0	0	0	155.1	149	67	56	10	43	132	10	0	8	1.24	8.63	0.58	2.49	7.65	3.88	3.07
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA					10	8	2.40	28	26	1	0	2	0	0	157.2	134	48	42	3	43	142	13	0	5	1.12	7.65	0.17	2.45	8.11	2.74	3.30
Tot:	AAA (5 yrs)		AAA					23	29	4.68	78	74	3	3	4	2	1	427.0	452	241	222	50	158	324	25	1	24	1.43	9.53	1.05	3.33	6.83	5.08	2.05
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					15	9	4.44	46	15	0	0	31	0	1	200.2	220	137	99	9	73	176	8	1	10	1.46	9.87	0.40	3.27	7.89	6.14	2.41
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2013	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	0	1	9.28	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	10.2	14	12	11	4	4	5	1	0	3	1.69	11.81	3.37	3.37	4.22	10.12	1.25
2014	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	13.50	0.00	0.00	4.50	9.00	0.00
2015	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	1	0	2.40	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	15.0	10	5	4	0	1	10	0	0	2	0.73	6.00	0.00	0.60	6.00	3.00	10.00
2016	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	1	1	6.05	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	19.1	19	13	13	3	4	19	1	0	4	1.19	8.84	1.40	1.86	8.84	6.05	4.75
2017	Seattle Mariners	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	1	1	6.94	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	11.2	14	9	9	2	4	5	0	0	1	1.54	10.80	1.54	3.09	3.86	6.94	1.25
2018	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	30	1	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
Tot:	Spring (6 Yrs)		Spring		4	3	5.84	25	10	0	0	2	15	0	61.2	63	42	40	9	13	41	3	0	11	1.23	9.19	1.31	1.90	5.98	6.13	3.15

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2012	Richmond Flying Squirrels	East	AA	SFN	33	24				12	22	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	24	1	4	.227	.261	.273	.534	.091	.046	.294	4.17	20.83	5.00	0.00
2013	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	SFN	31	25				13	22	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	4	0	0	0	3	26	1	1	.091	.091	.136	.227	.045	.045	.167	0.00	38.46	0.00	0.00
2014	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	SFN	31	26				16	31	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	4	1	0	1	4	36	0	4	.129	.125	.129	.254	.000	.000	.235	0.00	41.67	0.00	0.00
2014	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	53	26	1/	9		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
2015	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	53	27	1/	9		31	51	1	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	7	0	0	1	12	58	2	8	.196	.196	.235	.431	.039	.039	.303	0.00	31.03	0.00	0.00
2016	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	SFN	53	28	1/	9/		9	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	18	0	1	.059	.059	.059	.118	.000	.000	.111	0.00	44.44	0.00	0.00
2017	Oklahoma City Dodgers	PCL	AAA	LAN	36	29	1H/	9/		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB							39	52	1	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	0	7	0	0	1	12	59	2	8	.192	.192	.231	.423	.038	.038	.303	0.00	32.20
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL							38	52	1	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	0	7	0	0	1	12	59	2	8	.192	.192	.231	.423	.038	.038	.303	0.00	32.20
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	Minors (5 yrs)		Minors							52	92	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	38	0	11	1	0	1	14	105	2	10	.130	.138	.152	.290	.033	.022	.218	0.95	36.19	38.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA							12	22	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	24	1	4	.227	.261	.273	.534	.091	.045	.294	4.17	20.83	5.00
Tot:	AAA (4 yrs)		AAA							40	70	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	0	10	1	0	1	8	81	1	6	.100	.099	.114	.213	.014	.014	.184	0.00	40.74
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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