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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
John Heitz Center Field
Retired (1980, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .248 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .668 Status Retired (1980) Option Years 0  
H 642 Age 58 (OS 59) Date of Birth 10-05-1945
HR 47 Drafted Round 3, Pick 43
(1966)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(47 games)
RBI 313
SB 6
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed C  Bunt C  Control F    Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B D- (8.2%) LF A+ (98.8%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1970 CHA
19
63
9
19
4
0
2
10
6
 6 0 0
0
 0 2
.823
.362
.460
.159
.302
1971 CHA
134
448
39
109
21
1
7
45
41
 82 1 4
0
 0 6
.647
.306
.342
.098
.243
1972 CHA
133
412
33
89
20
0
4
43
51
 77 1 2
1
 0 4
.596
.303
.294
.078
.216
1973 CHA
142
478
43
124
27
1
4
60
48
 72 1 4
1
 1 5
.671
.326
.345
.086
.259
1974 CHA
147
414
43
112
16
2
7
46
42
 64 3 3
0
 0 2
.709
.340
.370
.099
.271
1975 CHA
107
199
27
44
8
1
7
40
24
 37 1 0
0
 0 1
.685
.308
.377
.156
.221
1976 CHA
72
197
24
50
8
0
7
28
12
 22 0 1
0
 0 5
.696
.295
.401
.147
.254
1977 CHA-BOS
56
103
13
21
3
0
2
12
7
 22 1 0
1
 0 0
.553
.261
.291
.087
.204
1978 BOS
73
121
13
34
3
0
3
14
9
 18 3 1
2
 1 0
.723
.343
.380
.099
.281
1979 BOS-KC
63
155
18
40
8
0
4
15
14
 26 2 0
1
 1 1
.715
.327
.387
.129
.258
Total
946
2590
262
642
118
5
47
313
254
 426 13 15
6
 3 26
.668
.317
.352
.104
.248
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01John Heitz has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1980-04-08The Kansas City Otters have waived John Heitz.
1980-03-07The Kansas City Otters have promoted Jack Berger to the major league team. The Kansas City Otters have designated John Heitz for assignment.
1979-09-12John Heitz of the Kansas City Otters is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1979-08-18A trade has been completed between the Boston Longshoreman and the Kansas City Otters. The Kansas City Otters receive John Heitz, Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 BOS (Dan Littell) from the Boston Longshoreman in exchange for Glen Bliss.
1977-05-09The Boston Red Soxs have acquired John Heitz from the waiver wire.
1977-05-05The Chicago BootLeggers have designated John Heitz for assignment.
1976-06-23The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted John Heitz to the major league team. The Chicago BootLeggers have designated Herman Gibson for assignment.
1975-09-09The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted Jake Olsen to the major league team. The Chicago BootLeggers have sent Otto Keyser to the minors. The Chicago BootLeggers have designated John Heitz for assignment.
1975-07-23The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted John Heitz to the major league team.
1975-06-28The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted Bill Cook to the major league team. The Chicago BootLeggers have designated John Heitz for assignment.
1975-03-05The Chicago BootLeggers have renamed John Heist to John Heitz.
1970-09-07The Chicago Crushers have promoted John Heist to the major league team.
1968-04-05The Chicago Danger Zone have acquired John Heist from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The New York East Side have waived John Heist.