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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
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed Bunt Control   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B D- (8.2%) LF A+ (98.8%) Arm 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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1966 Minors 21 21.00 4 / 4 5 / 6 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 3 20 / 21
1967 Minors 22 60.00 12 / 17 3 / 4 2 / 6 6 / 7 9 / 9 14 / 14 3 / 3 49 / 60
1968 Minors 23 28.00 1 / 3 1 / 3 3 / 5 3 / 7 4 / 4 1 / 1 4 / 5 17 / 28
1969 Minors 24 35.00 4 / 6 5 / 6 0 / 3 4 / 6 4 / 4 2 / 7 2 / 3 21 / 35
1970 Minors 25 24.00 3 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 6 12 / 24
1970 Majors 25 6.55 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 3 / 6
1971 Majors 26 69.25 162 124 0 1 / 10 0 / 7 3 / 7 2 / 11 4 / 5 10 / 13 4 / 16 24 / 69
1972 Majors 27 67.92 162 122 0 2 / 11 3 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 9 2 / 11 1 / 9 2 / 9 12 / 67
1973 Majors 28 65.41 162 128 0 2 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 7 7 / 13 4 / 10 2 / 10 16 / 65
1974 Majors 29 63.70 162 99 0 1 / 4 2 / 17 0 / 6 1 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 4 / 63
1975 Minors 30 4.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4
1975 Majors 30 37.98 120 41 0 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 37
1975 Pos (C) 30 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
1976 Minors 31 11.00 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 11
1976 Majors 31 28.84 88 44 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 28
1976 Pos (C) 31 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 13
1977 Majors 32 28.74 158 17 0 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 9 0 / 3 2 / 28
1978 Majors 33 31.37 162 18 0 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 31
1979 Majors 34 32.65 145 36 17 -6 / 5 -7 / 3 -6 / 7 -3 / 5 0 / 3 -1 / 3 -1 / 6 -24 / 32
1980 Majors 35 12.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 12
Total 1321 629 17 25 / 101 12 / 83 7 / 80 18 / 93 35 / 76 37 / 93 26 / 95 160 / 638
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.