Jack
Hiatt
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 27, 1942 in Usa, CA, BAKERSFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969    1978    1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 21 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1965 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 4 5
1966 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1967 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 3 4
1968 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1969 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1970 27 BOS AL $ 1,365,714   5 5 5 3 2 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1971 28 BOS AL $ 1,365,714   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1972 29 BOS AL $ 1,614,286   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1973 30 BOS AL $ 1,620,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 4 5
1974 31 BOS AL $ 1,620,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1975 32 KCR AL $ 1,012,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1976 33 COL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1977 34 SDP NL $ 3,000,001   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1978 35 SDP NL $ 3,000,001   4 4 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1979 36 SDP NL $ 3,000,001   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1980 37 SDP NL $ 3,000,001   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1981 38 SDP NL $ 815,000   4 4 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 10 10 10 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,001   5 5 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 10 10 10 5 4 5
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
1964 21 AAA   135 466 56 112 16 4 14 53 2 9 101 123 .240 .376 .382 .758 72.7  
1965 22 BOS AL 20 44 2 10 4 1 0 5 0 0 10 15 .227 .370 .364 .734 6.3 1.4
    AAA   135 482 64 129 29 2 21 72 7 8 106 122 .268 .400 .467 .866 92.6  
1967 24 BOS AL 104 242 35 58 13 1 3 23 1 2 47 73 .240 .364 .339 .703 31.1 5.0
1968 25 BOS AL 113 315 51 77 18 1 1 25 1 2 55 89 .244 .356 .317 .673 39.1 7.0
1969 26 BOS AL 82 260 46 65 8 0 5 24 0 0 47 78 .250 .364 .338 .702 35.0 6.2
1970 27 BOS AL 80 246 30 49 9 0 1 9 1 1 53 74 .199 .341 .248 .589 25.9 3.3
1971 28 BOS AL 128 380 61 93 24 1 4 45 0 1 68 102 .245 .358 .345 .703 48.9 8.8
1972 29 BOS AL 147 505 56 121 30 4 5 51 2 4 77 135 .240 .342 .345 .687 61.6 7.8
1973 30 BOS AL 106 350 53 83 22 3 6 33 0 0 65 83 .237 .356 .369 .724 47.9 6.3
1974 31 BOS AL 126 400 65 89 26 2 8 43 0 1 72 103 .223 .342 .358 .699 52.2 7.3
1975 32 KCR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   135 445 89 123 33 2 15 62 10 9 122 108 .276 .432 .461 .893 93.4  
1976 33 COL NL 54 133 19 32 6 1 1 16 0 0 36 28 .241 .402 .323 .726 19.9 3.9
1977 34 SDP NL 35 69 10 16 5 0 2 11 0 0 13 21 .232 .345 .391 .737 9.4 1.3
1978 35 SDP NL 77 228 30 56 11 0 2 29 0 0 36 51 .246 .351 .320 .671 26.3 4.7
1979 36 SDP NL 23 38 7 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 7 9 .237 .356 .368 .724 4.5 0.8
1980 37 SDP NL 134 462 61 106 17 2 9 35 0 1 86 115 .229 .352 .333 .685 54.7 7.6
1981 38 SDP NL 116 406 47 78 7 2 6 34 0 0 65 121 .192 .305 .264 .568 34.1 1.6
16 Years Sim 1347 4080 573 942 202 18 54 386 5 12 737 1099 .231 .349 .329 .678 496.8 73.1
3 Years AAA 405 1393 209 364 78 8 50 187 19 26 329 353 .261 .403 .436 .839 258.7  
162 Game Average 490 68 113 24 2 6 46 0 1 88 132 .231 .349 .329 .678 59.7  
Career Highs 147 505 65 121 30 4 9 51 2 4 86 135 .250 .402 .391 .737 61.6  
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   2348 318 519 114 13 29 217 1 5 382 585 .221 .330 .318 .648 271.7
vs LH   1732 255 423 88 5 25 169 4 7 355 514 .244 .374 .344 .718 250.6
Home 663 2015 295 460 96 11 22 173 2 6 384 553 .228 .352 .320 .672 257.5
Away 684 2065 278 482 106 7 32 213 3 6 353 546 .233 .346 .338 .684 264.9
RISP   877 0 202 46 2 12 307 0 0 160 239 .230 .345 .328 .673 113.1
Pinch Hitting   217 27 43 9 0 3 27 1 0 40 58 .198 .322 .281 .603 23.4
Close/Late   485 61 119 23 0 10 68 0 0 102 123 .245 .377 .355 .732 73.5
Mar/Apr 229 692 123 178 48 3 12 66 0 0 120 189 .257 .367 .387 .754 103.9
May 228 704 91 137 30 1 7 56 3 5 124 211 .195 .316 .270 .586 68.9
June 235 757 91 184 39 5 8 79 0 1 134 206 .243 .357 .339 .696 101.0
July 218 681 100 155 30 3 8 57 1 0 113 173 .228 .337 .316 .653 81.3
August 219 629 89 139 22 2 10 61 1 3 117 151 .221 .344 .310 .654 76.8
Sep/Oct 218 617 79 149 33 4 9 67 0 3 129 169 .241 .373 .352 .725 90.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 22 BOS AL C 12 12 99.0 83 10 0 0 1.000 8.45 10 7 .700 1 0.5
1967 24 BOS AL C 54 48 397.0 326 22 1 1 .997 7.89 32 15 .469 0 1.8
    1B 17 11 102.3 115 9 1 10 .992 10.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 25 BOS AL C 74 71 611.7 457 33 5 1 .990 7.21 47 18 .383 4 2.7
    1B 4 3 31.0 25 0 1 2 .962 7.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 26 BOS AL C 69 66 566.3 470 21 3 0 .994 7.80 48 13 .271 0 2.2
    1B 4 1 14.0 23 0 1 1 .958 14.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 27 BOS AL C 63 62 523.7 361 25 1 0 .997 6.63 44 15 .341 2 3.1
    1B 4 3 24.0 35 3 0 3 1.000 14.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 28 BOS AL C 93 84 765.7 570 51 4 1 .994 7.30 93 35 .376 4 5.2
    1B 19 16 130.0 121 19 0 14 1.000 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 BOS AL C 127 120 1080.3 649 65 2 1 .997 5.95 105 41 .390 6 10.1
    1B 6 0 15.0 16 2 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 30 BOS AL C 96 82 759.3 396 29 5 0 .988 5.04 74 22 .297 6 3.9
    1B 4 1 17.0 23 1 0 2 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 31 BOS AL 1B 72 59 528.7 604 58 3 53 .995 11.27 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 14 10 92.7 51 7 0 0 1.000 5.63 14 3 .214 0 0.8
1976 33 COL NL C 23 20 170.0 118 10 2 2 .985 6.78 12 4 .333 0 0.7
    1B 8 1 24.0 28 1 0 3 1.000 10.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 SDP NL C 16 13 105.0 36 4 0 0 1.000 3.43 11 2 .182 0 0.4
    1B 11 5 59.0 72 2 1 6 .987 11.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 35 SDP NL C 47 46 411.7 184 21 4 1 .981 4.48 39 15 .385 0 1.9
    1B 14 7 84.7 109 13 0 19 1.000 12.97 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 36 SDP NL 1B 6 5 41.0 67 6 0 7 1.000 16.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 37 SDP NL C 86 85 720.7 297 49 6 1 .983 4.32 88 29 .330 1 4.2
    1B 44 42 324.7 490 18 5 48 .990 14.08 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 2 0 8.0 4 4 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 38 SDP NL C 98 98 828.3 381 48 6 0 .986 4.66 90 34 .378 2 2.8
    1B 11 9 66.0 91 7 0 8 1.000 13.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 874 819 7148.3 4383 395 39 8 .992 6.02 708 253 .357 26 40.3
  1B 224 163 1461.3 1819 139 12 177 .994 12.06 0 0 .000 0 3.7
  LF 5 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 3 0 10.0 5 4 0 2 1.000 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1111 982 8641.6 6207 538 51 187 .992 7.02 708 253 .357 26 44.1
Career Highs   133 127 1095.3 791 71 11 53 1.000 11.00 105 41 .700 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 22 BOS AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 25 BOS AL 5 23 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .304 .304 .478 .783
1969 26 BOS AL 10 24 3 6 1 0 0 7 1 0 7 7 .250 .419 .292 .711
1975 32 KCR AL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1976 33 COL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 35 SDP NL 11 31 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 7 .194 .316 .258 .574
1980 37 SDP NL 17 60 12 16 2 0 0 5 0 1 16 19 .267 .416 .300 .716
1981 38 SDP NL 4 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .214 .353 .214 .567
Career Post-Season Batting 51 157 23 39 5 2 0 14 1 1 32 46 .248 .372 .306 .677
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks
1980-8-86
Strikeouts
1972-9-135
1980-9-115
1981-4-121
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1964
Injured on 5/12/1964 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 9/2/1965, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
Injured on 3/9/1966 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1967, off Mickey Lolich (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Montreal on 6/12/1967
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,365,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,365,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration
10/31/1972: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,620,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 4/2/1975 to a 1-year deal worth $1,012,000 per year
10/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 3/3/1976 (Going to KCR: SS Doug Rader, RF Jimmy Wynn. Going to COL: P Rusty Gerhardt, C Jack Hiatt, 1B Mike Epstein)
Released by Colorado on 10/29/1976
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/3/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,001 per year
Injured on 3/14/1977 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1980, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $815,000 per year, for 4 years