hit .271 with them in 47 games. He was traded to the Mets with Mike Vail for Ted Martínez during the 1974/1975 offseason. Heidemann spent most of on the bench, collecting 145 at-bats in 65 games. He hit .214 with one home run-his first since 1970-and 16 RBI. He started the season with the Mets, but hit only .083 in his first 12 at-bats, so he was traded to the Brewers for minor leaguer Tom Deidel. With the Brewers that year, he hit .219 with two home runs. Overall, he hit .209 that year, collecting 10 RBI. He finished his career in , playing his final game on May 10 of that year. Used almost entirely as a defensive replacement/pinch runner in the five games he played that year, he collected no hits in one at-bat, although he did score a run. Overall, he hit .211 in his career with 9 home runs and 75 RBI. He was a .966 career fielder. He compares most statistically to Alvarado, and he spent 5 seasons with Dick Tidrow, John Lowenstein and Phil Hennigan-longer than any other teammates. He collected his final hit off Dave Roberts and his final home run off Bill Lee. Heidemann is the uncle of Brett Bordes, a former minor league pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He is also related to Bordes' father, Charles Bordes – who played minor league baseball – and grandfather, Bill Cutler, who is the former president of the Pacific Coast League. References External links Baseball Reference (Minors) Baseball Gauge Pura Pelota : VPBL batting statistics Retrosheet 1949 births Baseball players from Texas Cleveland Indians players Florida Instructional League Indians players Leones del Caracas players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Living people Major League Baseball shortstops Milwaukee Brewers players New York Mets players People from Brenham, Texas Portland Beavers players Reno Silver Sox players Rock Hill Indians players St. Louis Cardinals players Spokane Indians players Tidewater Tides players Tucson Toros players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Wichita Aeros players