Mike Heath was born on February 5, 1955, in Tampa, Florida. He attended Hillsborough High School in Tampa where he excelled as a catcher on the baseball team. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the second round of the 1973 MLB draft at the age of eighteen. Heath made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers on September 4, 1978, against the Texas Rangers where he went 2-for-3 with an RBI. More about Mike Heath
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Heath played for the Detroit Tigers from 1978 until 1985, and he also played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Yankees. He was a solid catcher with a good arm and he also had some power at the plate, hitting 20 or more home runs twice in his career. Heath is best remembered for his time with the Detroit Tigers where he helped the team win the World Series in 1984. He caught the final pitch of the World Series, and he was also the batter who made the final out in the American League Championship Series that year.In total, we tracked 311 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Mike Heath (Mike Heath Signed Autographed Game Used Bat JSA Uncracked) was sold in December 2022 for $75.00 while the cheapest item (MIKE HEATH 1984 TOPPS 567 OAKLAND ATHLETICS A'S AUTOGRAPHED CARD SIGNED) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2014. The month with the most items sold (8) was March 2011 with an average selling price of $1.25 for an autographed item of Mike Heath. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2014 with $39.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.25 was February 2008. In average, an autographed item from Mike Heath is worth $2.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mike Heath were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1992 Upper Deck SIGNED: Mike Heath, BRAVES #304 | $3.99 | ||
A's Mike Heath Signed Autographed 1982 Topps Mint | $3.00 | ||
A's Mike Heath Signed Autographed 1985 Donruss Nr.Mint | $3.00 | ||
Mike Heath 1988 Topps authentic autographed card Tigers | $3.99 | ||
Mike Heath Autograph Signed 1988 Score Detroit Tigers | $1.00 | ||
MIKE HEATH AUTOGRAPHED 1988 TOPPS TIGERS CARD W/COA #56 | $4.99 | ||
Mike Heath Hand Signed 1985 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics Autograph | $10.00 | ||
Mike Heath Signed 1989 Fleer #132a Card Detroit Tigers Auto AU | $2.01 | ||
Oakland Athletics MIKE HEATH Signed Card | $5.99 | ||
Two Detroit Tiger Mike Heath signed Topps card. | $5.00 |
Congenital heart defects can't slow down resilient Heath athlete (02/19/19): Mason Bennett, 10, who has had six heart surgeries, is an all-star baseball player and is in the gifted program at his Heath school.
Thomas 'Mike' Heath found guilty of murder in case of slain Disney worker (08/22/13): Thomas "Mike" Heath brutally beat a Disney custodian then strangled him with a cord for one reason: "so he could make an escape with everything Jay owned," prosecutors said during closing statements Thursday afternoon.
Do-everything catcher Mike Heath looks forward to being a grandfather (06/18/13): First in a series checking in on Tigers of yesteryear: Heath was best regarded as a catcher during his 14-year career, with more than 1,000 games behind the plate. But what many fans might've forgotten since his'80s heyday is how versatile he was.