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Johnny Hetki

John Edward Hetki

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: May 12, 1922 in Leavenworth, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1945
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Browns 1945-1954

Final Game: September 22, 1954
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	20	CIN-min	C,A1	17	9	.654	2.22	29	5					235.0	180	85	58		82							1.115	6.9		3.1			OGD,BIR · PION,SOUA
1945	23	BIR	A1	16	10	.615	2.97	30	27					218.0	204	109	72	1	93							1.362	8.4	0.0	3.8			BIR · SOUA
1945	23	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	3.58	5	2	0	2	0	0	32.2	28	13	13	1	11	9	0	1	0	135	106	1.194	7.7	0.3	3.0	2.5	0.82
1946	24	CIN	NL	6	6	.500	2.99	32	11	15	4	0	1	126.1	121	44	42	3	31	41	1	0	1	522	112	1.203	8.6	0.2	2.2	2.9	1.32
1947	25	CIN	NL	3	4	.429	5.81	37	5	13	2	0	0	96.0	110	72	62	7	48	33	1	1	1	438	72	1.646	10.3	0.7	4.5	3.1	0.69
1948	26	CIN-min	AAA	8	12	.400	3.78	25	19		14	1		143.0	139	74	60		49	69	0	0	0			1.315	8.7		3.1	4.3	1.41	SYR · IL
1948	26	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	9.45	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	7	7	0	3	3	0	0	1	33	44	1.650	10.8	0.0	4.1	4.1	1.00

1949	27	CIN-min	AAA	16	14	.533	4.03	33	32		23	3		250.0	250	126	112		86	108	3	0	3			1.344	9.0		3.1	3.9	1.26	SYR · IL
1950	28	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	5.09	22	1	16	0	0	0	53.0	53	33	30	9	27	21	3	1	0	233	83	1.509	9.0	1.5	4.6	3.6	0.78

1951	29	BAL-min	AAA	19	10	.655	2.85	37	32		17	4		256.0	215	95	81		75	97	7	2	4			1.133	7.6		2.6	3.4	1.29	TTO · IL
1952	30	BAL-min	AAA	13	7	.650	2.91	30	26		14	2		195.0	164	72	63		54	97	4	0	3			1.118	7.6		2.5	4.5	1.80	TTO · IL
1952	30	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	3.86	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	15	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	45	105	1.821	14.5	1.9	1.9	3.9	2.00
1953	31	PIT	NL	3	6	.333	3.95	54	2	31	0	0	3	118.1	120	60	52	9	33	37	1	1	3	498	113	1.293	9.1	0.7	2.5	2.8	1.12
1954	32	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	4.99	58	1	46	0	0	9	83.0	102	53	46	11	30	27	0	0	2	384	84	1.590	11.1	1.2	3.3	2.9	0.90
1955	33	TTO	AAA	7	5	.583	4.05	37	12		3	0		140.0	127	68	63	17	50	62	1	0	0			1.264	8.2	1.1	3.2	4.0	1.24	TTO · IL
1956	34	TTO	AAA	5	4	.556	4.42	34	8		4	0		106.0	100	54	52	9	38	48	9	0	0			1.302	8.5	0.8	3.2	4.1	1.26	TTO · IL
8 Yrs				18	26	.409	4.39	214	23	122	8	0	13	525.1	557	289	256	42	185	175	6	4	8	2288	92	1.412	9.5	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.95
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.409	4.39	61	7	35	2	0	4	151	160	83	73	12	53	50	2	1	2	656	92	1.412	9.5	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.95

CIN (5 yrs)				11	15	.423	4.40	99	19	44	8	0	1	314.2	320	169	154	20	120	107	5	3	3	1361	87	1.398	9.2	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.89
PIT (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	4.38	112	3	77	0	0	12	201.1	222	113	98	20	63	64	1	1	5	882	99	1.416	9.9	0.9	2.8	2.9	1.02
SLB (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.86	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	15	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	45	105	1.821	14.5	1.9	1.9	3.9	2.00

NL (7 yrs)				18	25	.419	4.40	211	22	121	8	0	13	516.0	542	282	252	40	183	171	6	4	8	2243	92	1.405	9.5	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.93
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.86	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	15	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	45	105	1.821	14.5	1.9	1.9	3.9	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1945	23	CIN	NL	32.2	5	2	13	3.58	4.68	0.03	0.00	98.0	4.57	3	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.6	7	.574	.502	$
1946	24	CIN	NL	126.1	32	11	44	3.13	4.15	0.40	0.00	97.0	3.64	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.0	20	.526	.505	$
1947	25	CIN	NL	96.0	37	5	72	6.75	4.66	-0.34	0.00	102.6	5.12	-18	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-6	.453	.489	$
1948	26	CIN	NL	6.2	3	0	7	9.45	4.53	-0.26	0.00	98.0	4.70	-4	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.389	.498	$

1950	28	CIN	NL	52.0	22	1	33	5.71	4.76	-0.18	0.00	102.1	5.05	-3	-0.3	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.484	.498	$

1952	30	SLB	AL	9.1	3	1	7	6.75	3.90	-0.06	0.00	107.7	4.27	-3	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.412	.498	$
1953	31	PIT	NL	118.1	54	2	60	4.56	4.97	-0.01	0.00	103.4	5.16	9	0.9	1.0	-0.2	1.8	22	.516	.505	$
1954	32	PIT	NL	83.0	58	1	53	5.75	4.70	-0.25	0.00	102.1	5.06	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.1	0.0	3	.489	.496	$
8 Seasons				524.1	214	23	289	4.96	4.61	-0.03	0.00	101.0	4.70	-14	-1.2	.9	-0.4	3.2	43	.494	.499	$

CIN (5 yrs)				313.2	99	19	169	4.85	4.47	0.02	0.00	99.7	4.45	-14	-1.2	.9	-0.1	1.6	20	.487	.498	$
PIT (2 yrs)				201.1	112	3	113	5.05	4.86	-0.11	0.00	102.9	5.12	3	0.3	.9	-0.3	1.8	25	.502	.501	$
SLB (1 yr)				9.1	3	1	7	6.75	3.90	-0.06	0.00	107.7	4.27	-3	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.412	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	26	CIN	NL	3	20	27	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.296	.367	.296	.663	.333	8	0	0	2	0	1

1950	28	CIN	NL	22	172	200	33	53	9	2	9	0	0	27	21	.265	.361	.465	.826	.259	93	3	3	3	0	1

1952	30	SLB	AL	3	45	42	7	15	1	0	2	0	1	2	4	.357	.386	.524	.910	.361	22	0	0	1	0	0
1953	31	PIT	NL	54	366	450	60	120	15	6	9	2	1	33	37	.267	.318	.387	.705	.275	174	11	1	14	0	8
1954	32	PIT	NL	58	307	342	53	102	13	4	11	1	0	30	27	.298	.351	.456	.807	.295	156	2	0	6	4	5
5 Yrs				140	910	1061	160	298	38	12	31	3	2	95	92	.281	.341	.427	.768	.283	453	16	4	26	4	15
162 Game Avg.				66	427	498	75	140	18	6	15	1	1	45	43	.281	.341	.427	.768	.283	212	8	2	12	2	7
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.360	.696	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	26	CIN	NL	-3.6	-0.3	21	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.92	-0.0	-0.0	-2.6	-0.2	0.92	-0.6	0	0	2

1950	28	CIN	NL	-4.4	-0.4	173	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.21	-0.5	-0.9	-5.7	-0.5	0.21	-7.2	0	2	11

1952	30	SLB	AL	-0.8	-0.1	46	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.02	-0.5	-0.1	-2.5	-0.2	1.02	-4.5	0	1	1
1953	31	PIT	NL	6.0	0.6	411	1.0	7.6	-6.7	1.01	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.2	1.07	5.0	12	6	18
1954	32	PIT	NL	-7.9	-0.8	327	-0.8	3.7	-4.5	.78	-0.7	-0.4	-12.0	-1.2	0.78	-10.9	10	0	28
8 Yrs				-18.6	-1.7	978	-0.8	12.8	-13.6	.79	-1.4	0.3	-21.1	-2.0	0.81	-18.2	22	9	60

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1945	23	CIN	NL	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	2	0	2	100%	71.5	75	68			2	0	3.2		10.5
1946	24	CIN	NL	32	11	4	5	2	0	1	4	7	.364	0	0	4	0	6	55%	50.6	68	24			5	2	3.4		6.8
1947	25	CIN	NL	37	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	4	.200	0	0	2	0	1	20%	40.8	80	24			1	3	3.0		6.4

1950	28	CIN	NL	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	24.0	24	24	4	0	1	0	2.0	4.5	1.3

1952	30	SLB	AL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	0	0	0	1	3.0	9.0	4.0
1953	31	PIT	NL	54	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37.0	39	35	7	4	2	0	4.5	0.9	5.0
1954	32	PIT	NL	58	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	10	2	0	1	1.0	1.5	6.0
7 Yrs				211	23	6	14	3	0	2	6	17	.261	0	1	8	0	9	39%	47	80	24	21	6	11	7	3.2	2.6	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1945	23	CIN	NL	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0														3	0		0	11.7
1946	24	CIN	NL	32	21	15	2	1	0	1	0		0	0														13	3		5	7.3
1947	25	CIN	NL	37	32	13	2	0	0	0	0		0	0														17	9		1	6.0
1948	26	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%		.919	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	6.7

1950	28	CIN	NL	22	21	16	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	10	0	0%		.208	0	2	11	0	0	14	6	8	14	4	11	1	7.2

1952	30	SLB	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.018	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	8.0
1953	31	PIT	NL	54	52	31	3	5	5	3	3	60%	6	1	30	15	50%		1.009	12	6	18	6	4	28	16	22	33	6	25	14	6.3
1954	32	PIT	NL	58	57	46	4	3	6	9	1	150%	7	0	20	10	50%	8	.782	10	0	28	9	3	32	10	34	20	8	18	14	4.1
8 Yrs				214	191	122	12	12	11	13	4	118%	13	1	61	26	43%		.779	22	9	60	15	7	78	33	67	104	31	57	35	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1945	23	CIN	NL	135		0.7%	6.7%	8.2%	0.7%	4%		81%
1946	24	CIN	NL	522		0.6%	7.9%	5.9%	2.3%	10%		83%
1947	25	CIN	NL	442		1.6%	7.5%	10.9%	2.3%	9%		79%
1948	26	CIN	NL	32	70%	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	0.29	120%	5	0	0%

1950	28	CIN	NL	233	59%	5.2%	12.2%	15.7%	11.6%	38%	0.77	99%	24	3	13%

1952	30	SLB	AL	45	67%	4.4%	8.9%	4.4%	6.7%	20%	0.44	80%	12	0	0%
1953	31	PIT	NL	498	60%	2.5%	10.1%	9.0%	8.2%	25%	0.74	110%	75	11	15%
1954	32	PIT	NL	384	65%	3.6%	8.8%	9.8%	9.1%	28%	0.59	100%	66	2	3%
8 Yrs				2291	62%	2.1%	8.7%	9.2%	5.2%	19%	0.67	91%	182	16	9%
MLB Averages					50%	2.0%	11.4%	11.0%	5.5%	21%	0.95	88%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1945	23	CIN	NL		28			1												0
1946	24	CIN	NL		121			3												1
1947	25	CIN	NL		110			7												1
1948	26	CIN	NL	20	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12

1950	28	CIN	NL	172	53			9	0	9	2	7	2	7	8	2	0	25%	1	0	0	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	61

1952	30	SLB	AL	45	15			2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	31	PIT	NL	366	120			9	1	12	5	1	4	2	28	18	2	64%	8	3	2	146	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	132
1954	32	PIT	NL	307	102			11	0	13	4	6	4	6	27	12	2	44%	5	2	0	126	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	77
8 Yrs				910	557			42	1	34	11	16	11	16	65	34	4	52%	15	8	2	354	3	2	60%	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	282
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1945	23	1	2	.333	3.58	5	2	0	2	0	32.2	28	13	13	1	11	9	0	1	0	135	106	1.194	7.7	0.3	3.0	2.5	0.82	106
1946	24	7	8	.467	3.11	37	13	15	6	1	159.0	149	57	55	4	42	50	1	1	1	657	111	1.201	8.4	0.2	2.4	2.8	1.19	111
1947	25	10	12	.455	4.13	74	18	28	8	1	255.0	259	129	117	11	90	83	2	2	2	1095	90	1.369	9.1	0.4	3.2	2.9	0.92	90
1948	26	10	13	.435	4.26	77	18	28	8	1	261.2	267	136	124	11	93	86	2	2	3	1128	87	1.376	9.2	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.92	87
1949	27	10	13	.435	4.26	77	18	28	8	1	261.2	267	136	124	11	93	86	2	2	3	1128	87	1.376	9.2	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.92	87
1950	28	11	15	.423	4.40	99	19	44	8	1	314.2	320	169	154	20	120	107	5	3	3	1361	87	1.398	9.2	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.89	87
1951	29	11	15	.423	4.40	99	19	44	8	1	314.2	320	169	154	20	120	107	5	3	3	1361	87	1.398	9.2	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.89	87
1952	30	11	16	.407	4.39	102	20	45	8	1	324.0	335	176	158	22	122	111	5	3	3	1406	87	1.410	9.3	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.91	87
1953	31	14	22	.389	4.27	156	22	76	8	4	442.1	455	236	210	31	155	148	6	4	6	1904	94	1.379	9.3	0.6	3.2	3.0	0.95	94
1954	32	18	26	.409	4.39	214	23	122	8	13	525.1	557	289	256	42	185	175	6	4	8	2288	92	1.412	9.5	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.95	92

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1945	23	2	1	.667	3.71	34.0	29	16	14	1	11	9	0	1.176	7.7	2.9	2.4	0.82	0.3	5
1946	24	7	6	.538	3.60	125.0	135	56	50	3	35	41	1	1.360	9.7	2.5	3.0	1.17	0.2	32
1947	25	3	7	.300	5.55	99.0	112	68	61	7	49	34	1	1.626	10.2	4.5	3.1	0.69	0.6	37
1948	26	0	0		7.88	8.0	8	8	7	0	3	3	0	1.375	9.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	0.0	3

1950	28	2	3	.400	4.83	54.0	53	32	29	9	27	21	3	1.481	8.8	4.5	3.5	0.78	1.5	22

1952	30	1	0	1.000	3.60	10.0	16	4	4	2	2	4	0	1.800	14.4	1.8	3.6	2.00	1.8	3
1953	31	7	6	.538	3.54	122.0	117	53	48	9	32	38	1	1.221	8.6	2.4	2.8	1.19	0.7	54
1954	32	4	5	.444	4.65	89.0	105	51	46	11	31	29	0	1.528	10.6	3.1	2.9	0.94	1.1	58
8 Yrs		26	28	.481	4.31	541.0	575	288	259	42	190	179	6	1.414	9.6		3.0	0.94	0.7	214

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1953 NL 54 (3rd) 1954 NL 58 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1954 NL 9 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1946 NL 15 (10th) 1953 NL 31 (3rd) 1954 NL 46 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL 54 (3rd)
1954 NL 58 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1954 NL 9 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 NL  15 (10th)
1953 NL  31 (3rd)
1954 NL  46 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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