Johnny
Hetki
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 12, 1922 in Usa, KS, LEAVENWORTH
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 23 MIN AL   6 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1946 24 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1947 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 6 6 6 6
1948 26 MIN AL   6 3 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 6
1949 27 MIN AL   6 3 4 3 6 7 6 5 6 6
1950 28 MIN AL   6 3 4 3 6 7 6 5 6 6
1951 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5
1952 30 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 3 4 3 6 7 6 4 5 5
1953 31 NYG NL   5 3 4 3 6 7 6 4 5 4
1954 32 BSN NL $ 310,000 5 3 4 3 6 7 6 4 5 4
1955 33 BSN NL $ 350,000 5 3 4 3 6 7 6 5 6 5
1956 34 BSN NL $ 350,000 4 3 4 3 6 7 7 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1946 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1947 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1948 26 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1949 27 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1950 28 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1951 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1952 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1953 31 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1954 32 BSN NL $ 310,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1955 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1956 34 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 23 AAA   1 4 .200 66 0 0 0 5 61.3 66 30 2 24 31 4.40 .286 .353 .411 .764  
1946 24 MIN AL 2 4 .333 25 0 0 0 7 27.7 39 20 3 9 12 6.51 .325 .374 .450 .824 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 29 0 0 0 2 28.7 25 13 2 10 13 4.08 .234 .299 .308 .608  
1947 25 MIN AL 2 2 .500 31 0 0 0 3 30.3 40 17 3 12 9 5.04 .325 .380 .480 .859 1.5
    AA   1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 17.7 17 4 0 9 7 2.04 .258 .347 .273 .619  
1948 26 AA   4 2 .667 20 0 0 0 1 32.0 21 10 2 2 23 2.81 .188 .202 .295 .496  
1949 27 AA   3 2 .600 34 0 0 0 4 34.0 33 10 3 11 18 2.65 .262 .321 .389 .710  
1950 28 AA   0 3 .000 42 0 0 0 3 31.0 31 12 2 14 20 3.48 .265 .344 .350 .694  
1951 29 NYG NL 1 1 .500 34 0 0 0 1 43.7 42 26 6 19 14 5.36 .241 .320 .408 .728 2.0
    AA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 1 11.3 12 9 1 5 11 7.15 .261 .333 .413 .746  
1952 30 NYG NL 4 4 .500 61 0 0 0 10 65.7 82 41 9 24 19 5.62 .303 .357 .450 .807 3.9
1953 31 NYG NL 1 7 .125 56 0 0 0 10 57.3 74 43 12 29 24 6.75 .314 .389 .517 .906 0.0
1954 32 A   3 2 .600 71 0 0 0 4 47.0 35 6 1 14 33 1.15 .216 .278 .265 .544  
1955 33 AAA   0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 2.0 9 4 0 3 3 18.00 .600 .667 .667 1.333  
1956 34 AAA   1 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 0 31.0 28 9 0 8 20 2.61 .233 .281 .292 .573  
5 Years Sim 10 18 .357 207 0 0 0 31 224.6 277 147 33 93 78 5.89 .300 .363 .463 .826 7.4
4 Years AAA 3 6 .333 119 0 0 0 7 123.0 128 56 4 45 67 4.10 .271 .334 .366 .700  
5 Years AA 8 7 .533 118 0 0 0 9 126.0 114 45 8 41 79 3.21 .244 .305 .343 .648  
1 Years A 3 2 .600 71 0 0 0 4 47.0 35 6 1 14 33 1.15 .216 .278 .265 .544  
10 Years Minors 14 15 .483 308 0 0 0 20 296.0 277 107 13 100 179 3.25 .251 .314 .341 .655  
Season Average 2 3 .400 41 0 0 0 6 44.9 55 29 6 18 15 5.89 .300 .363 .463 .826  
Career Highs 4 7 .500 61 0 0 0 10 65.7 82 43 12 29 24 6.75 .325 .389 .517 .906  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   156 77 18 43 51   .313 .368 .490 .858
vs LH   121 70 15 50 27   .284 .359 .432 .791
Home 9 9 .500 125 0 0 0 13 135.7 167 97 23 59 39 6.44 .297 .363 .481 .845
Away 1 9 .100 82 0 0 0 18 89.0 110 50 10 34 39 5.06 .305 .365 .435 .799
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 21 0 0 0 4 18.3 18 8 4 6 6 3.93 .254 .312 .451 .762
May 2 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 3 40.0 43 26 9 21 13 5.85 .283 .370 .507 .877
June 1 5 .167 32 0 0 0 4 33.3 53 20 4 16 12 5.40 .349 .411 .467 .878
July 0 2 .000 34 0 0 0 8 32.7 46 32 5 17 10 8.82 .329 .401 .507 .908
August 3 5 .375 54 0 0 0 9 63.7 70 34 6 20 20 4.81 .277 .330 .403 .733
Sep/Oct 3 4 .429 33 0 0 0 3 36.7 47 27 5 13 17 6.63 .301 .355 .481 .836
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 28 AA   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1951 29 NYG NL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1952 30 NYG NL 61 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1953 31 NYG NL 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
3 Years Sim 151 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.4 0.0
1 Years AA 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5  
Career Highs 61 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Home 92 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Away 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
May 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
June 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1946 24 MIN AL P 25 0 27.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.90    
1947 25 MIN AL P 31 0 30.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.97    
1951 29 NYG NL P 34 0 43.7 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.68    
1952 30 NYG NL P 61 0 65.7 4 12 1 1 .941 2.19    
1953 31 NYG NL P 56 0 57.3 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.04    
Career Totals   207 0 224.6 17 47 1 2 .985 2.56    
Career Highs   61 0 65.7 5 12 1 1 1.000 3.90    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1946-8-7
1952-5-10
1953-7-10
Games Pitched
1952-10-61
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1945
Earned first career win on 8/13/1946
Injured on 6/2/1949 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 7/18/1950 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 2/1/1951 (Going to MIN: P Ray Scarborough. Going to NYG: P Bill Voiselle, P Johnny Hetki)
Had first career hit on 5/24/1952, off Whitey Ford (CIN)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/25/1953 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Released by New York (N) on 10/3/1953
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1954 to a 1-year deal worth $310,000 per year
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration