Bob Healey

### Former Teams

Halifax Sailfish (2007-2010)Detroit Titans (2010)Quebec City Huskies (2011-2012)Ottawa Lions (2013)

## Career

### Awards

1X CBA MVP1X CBA Silver Slugger1X CBA Gold Glove2X CBA Champion

​Bob Healey (born February 8, 1975), is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman. He played 7 seasons in the Canadian Baseball Association with the Halifax Sailfish, Quebec City Huskies and Ottawa Lions and had a brief stint in the American Baseball Association with the Detroit Titans. He amassed a .319 batting average, 5 home runs, 171 runs batted in, 182 runs scored, and over 457 hits. He is a 2-time CBA Champion, 1-time CBA MVP, 1-time CBA Silver Slugger and a one-time CBA Gold Glover.

## Professional Career

### Halifax Sailfish (2007-2010)

In the 2007 Inaugural Draft, Healey was drafted in the 21st round by the Halifax Sailfish and signed a four-year deal with the team. Not known to be a power hitter, he instead relied on his insane contact ability to put the ball in play to have an impact. His sub-par defense, his lack of power and his age at the draft saw him fall down to the 21st round and he made a lot of teams regret skipping him. He led the league with a .373 batting average and a .909 OPS despite his lack of power. He also led the league in at-bats, runs and hits. For his efforts, he won the CBA MVP award and a Silver Slugger at 1st base.

Most people felt he didn't deserve his MVP due to his really high BABIP and his insane 2007 luck quickly regressed back to the mean. While he was still an elite contact hitter, his numbers were significantly down from his outlier MVP year, although he still helped the Sailfish. His defense was really weak and cost the Sailfish some games. He was regarded as one of the worst defensive player in the league. He broke his ankle between the 2009 and 2010 season and came back to training camp out of shape in 2010 and was released by the Sailfish after only three games in the 2010 season. He reportedly stopped showing up to practice and was a no-show to a couple of games.

### Detroit Titans (2010)

Nobody wanted to touch Healey with a ten-foot pole in the CBA, so he set his sight to the United States and signed a one-year deal with the up-and-coming Detroit Titans. He was still a good contact hitter and raked up hits, but his defense was still an issue. The Titans decided to part ways with him after the season, ending his stint in the ABA.

### Quebec City Huskies (2011-2012)

Healey decided to work on his defense to make it back in the CBA, a league where teams rely on their defense much more than the ABA. He signed a one-year deal with the Quebec City Huskies to play as a back-up to primary first-baseman Orrin Hicks, but he promptly stole his job by demonstrating great defense at first-base. To everyone's surprise, he won the CBA Gold Glove at first baseman, something never thought to be possible by anyone who saw him play in the past years. He didn't extend with the Huskies at the end of the season, opting for free agency with the hopes of signing with a contender, but no one offered him a deal and he came crawling back to the Huskies, at 37 years-old for one more year. His hitting numbers were down, but was still a good contributor for the Huskies.

### Ottawa Lions (2013)

Healey thought about retirement, but ultimately decided to come back for one more year to play for perrenial contenders, the Ottawa Lions, on a one-year deal. His regressed really badly and impacted negatively the Ottawa Lions with a negative WAR over the season.

## Retirement

Healey realised he played for one year to many and wisely opted for retirement following the conclusion of the 2013 season. He was regarded as a flash in the pan player who couldn't live up to his excellent debut season and is widely regarded as one of the worst overall player to receive an MVP awardif you look at their whole career.

### Hall of Fame

Healey decided to represent the Sailfish in his Hall of Fame bid despite their ugly divorce in 2010, but he failed to gather enough vote to come back in the next ballot.

## Awards

1X CBA MVP Award (2007)

1X CBA Silver Slugger Award (2007)

1X CBA Gold Glove Award (2011)

2X CBA Champion (2007, 2010)