Bert Heffernan

Bertram Alexander Heffernan (born March 3, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1992. He played eight games in his major league career, with one hit in eleven at-bats.

Bert Heffernan
Catcher
Born: (1965-03-03) March 3, 1965 (age 60) Centereach, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 13, 1992, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
June 4, 1992, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average	.091
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	1
CPBL statistics
Batting average	.307
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	27
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1992) Sinon Bulls (1997–1998)

Amateur career

A native of Centereach, New York, Heffernan played collegiate baseball for Clemson 1985-1988. His name is all over the Clemson record books, finishing his career third in hits (335), fifth in doubles (63), tied for seventh in triples (14), and his 507 total bases are sixth all-time. Heffernan had a career-year in his senior campaign, hitting .337 with 93 runs scored, 18 doubles, 21 stolen bases and 62 walks to just 27 strikeouts, earning him his lone First Team All-American nod.^[1]

In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2][3] In 2002, he was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame.^[4]

Professional career

Heffernan was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 9th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft and signed on June 2, 1988.

After playing in the minor leagues for Milwaukee, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1991, but would not play in the majors for them.

Bert played for the Ottawa Lynx AAA (Expos) in 1995 and 1996 winning the International League Championship in 95. Bert was one of the main contributors in the Championship run for the Lynx.

After leaving the lynx Bert went on to play in Taiwan for 2 seasons and then the Expos hired Heffernan to be part of the coaching staff of the Cape Fear Crocs.