Clarence Edward Heise (August 7, 1907 – May 30, 1999), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1934 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Heise was originally in the Middle Atlantic League organization, playing for the Scottdale, PA, Class C team. In August 1933, Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey called his counterpart with the Cubs, William Veeck, Sr. and offered him two pitchers—Heise and Bill Lee. According to Bill Veeck, one of Rickey's favorite tricks was to offer another team two players and trust that the other team would take the wrong one. In the case of Lee and Heise, Rickey knew that all but one Cubs pitcher was right-handed, and expected the Cubs to take Heise, a left-hander. However, on the advice of chief scout Jack Doyle, the Cubs took Lee.