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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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1970 CF CHA 15 15 142.2 42 40 0 2 0 -2 2.52 .952
1971 CF CHA 127 123 1064.2 312 306 0 6 0 -1 2.59 .981
C CHA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 3.00 1.000
RF CHA 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1972 CF CHA 124 118 1012.2 283 280 0 3 0 +5 2.49 .989
SS CHA 4 4 33.2 11 3 7 1 0 -1 2.67 .909
1973 CF CHA 77 74 644.2 188 186 0 2 0 +1 2.60 .989
RF CHA 48 47 427.1 111 108 0 3 0 0 2.27 .973
LF CHA 7 7 47.2 13 13 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
C CHA 3 0 16.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 6.19 1.000
1B CHA 2 0 3.2 4 4 0 0 0 0 9.84 1.000
SS CHA 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
2B CHA 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1974 RF CHA 103 97 878.0 190 188 0 2 0 +2 1.93 .989
2B CHA 2 0 13.0 5 2 3 0 1 -2 3.46 1.000
CF CHA 5 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
LF CHA 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1975 RF CHA 24 12 119.1 24 24 0 0 0 -2 1.81 1.000
1B CHA 10 10 84.0 91 90 1 0 6 -1 9.75 1.000
LF CHA 13 9 82.0 21 20 0 1 0 -1 2.20 .952
CF CHA 13 7 68.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
3B CHA 6 3 34.0 10 1 9 0 0 0 2.65 1.000
1976 LF CHA 19 15 153.0 31 31 0 0 0 +1 1.82 1.000
2B CHA 13 13 113.0 50 20 28 2 2 -4 3.82 .960
SS CHA 9 7 60.1 29 6 21 2 1 -4 4.03 .931
3B CHA 6 6 48.0 10 3 6 1 1 +1 1.69 .900
RF CHA 5 3 31.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 0.87 1.000
1B CHA 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1977 RF CHA-BOS 24 6 74.0 14 14 0 0 0 +1 1.70 1.000
LF CHA-BOS 5 5 44.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 3.48 1.000
CF CHA-BOS 4 4 36.0 12 12 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
1B CHA-BOS 2 2 17.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 6.88 1.000
1978 RF BOS 19 14 133.0 27 27 0 0 0 0 1.83 1.000
CF BOS 4 4 35.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1979 RF BOS-KC 27 25 224.0 60 59 0 1 0 0 2.37 .983
LF BOS-KC 8 8 69.0 21 21 0 0 0 0 2.74 1.000
CF BOS-KC 3 3 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.67 1.000
Pos Total CF 372 349 3042.2 874 861 0 13 0 +2 2.55 .985
RF 251 204 1888.2 429 423 0 6 0 0 2.02 .986
LF 53 45 404.2 105 104 0 1 0 0 2.31 .990
2B 16 13 127.0 55 22 31 2 3 -6 3.76 .964
1B 16 12 108.2 110 109 1 0 6 -1 9.11 1.000
SS 14 11 97.0 41 10 28 3 1 -5 3.53 .927
3B 12 9 82.0 20 4 15 1 1 +1 2.09 .950
C 4 1 25.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 5.04 1.000
Total 738 644 5775.2 1648 1547 75 26 11 0 3 0 0.0% -9 2.53 .984
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.