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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1970 LHP 9 12 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 .724 .308 .417 .167 .250
1970 RHP 18 51 16 2 0 2 9 5 5 .846 .375 .471 .157 .314
1971 LHP 53 62 13 2 0 2 6 6 11 .614 .275 .339 .129 .210
1971 RHP 128 386 96 19 1 5 39 35 71 .653 .311 .342 .093 .249
1972 LHP 28 39 6 0 0 0 1 8 12 .452 .298 .154 .000 .154
1972 RHP 125 373 83 20 0 4 42 43 65 .611 .303 .308 .086 .223
1973 LHP 41 56 9 3 0 0 2 6 11 .456 .242 .214 .054 .161
1973 RHP 133 422 115 24 1 4 58 42 61 .699 .337 .363 .090 .273
1974 LHP 28 32 12 0 0 0 5 2 4 .787 .412 .375 .000 .375
1974 RHP 128 382 100 16 2 7 41 40 60 .703 .334 .369 .107 .262
1975 LHP 16 19 6 1 0 2 8 5 4 1.143 .458 .684 .368 .316
1975 RHP 90 180 38 7 1 5 32 19 33 .634 .290 .344 .133 .211
1976 LHP 19 20 4 2 0 0 2 2 2 .573 .273 .300 .100 .200
1976 RHP 69 177 46 6 0 7 26 10 20 .710 .298 .412 .153 .260
1977 LHP 18 29 5 2 0 0 6 1 7 .441 .200 .241 .069 .172
1977 RHP 44 74 16 1 0 2 6 6 15 .595 .284 .311 .095 .216
1978 LHP 10 18 5 1 0 1 2 0 4 .778 .278 .500 .222 .278
1978 RHP 68 103 29 2 0 2 12 9 14 .713 .353 .359 .078 .282
1979 LHP 18 34 4 1 0 1 3 2 5 .402 .167 .235 .118 .118
1979 RHP 55 121 36 7 0 3 12 12 21 .800 .370 .430 .132 .298
Total LHP 240 321 67 14 0 6 36 33 61 .590 .282 .308 .100 .209
Total RHP 858 2269 575 104 5 41 277 221 365 .679 .321 .358 .104 .253
Total 946 2590 642 118 5 47 313 254 426 .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.