Johnny Hetki
[edit] Biography
Born on May 12, 1922 in Leavenworth, Kansas, Johnny Hetki (John Edward Hetki) played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 8 year career. Hetki broke into the bigs on September 14, 1945 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.99 ERA in 126.1 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Hetki's best season was 1946, when he posted a 2.99 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 3.58
| 9
| 13
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 32.2
| 28
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| 32
| 11
| 6
| 6
| 2.99
| 41
| 44
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 126.1
| 121
| 3
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 5
| 3
| 4
| 5.81
| 33
| 72
| 62
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 110
| 7
| 48
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9.45
| 3
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 5.09
| 21
| 33
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 53
| 9
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.86
| 4
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.1
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PIT
| N
| 54
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 3.95
| 37
| 60
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 118.1
| 120
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1954
| PIT
| N
| 58
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 4.99
| 27
| 53
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 83
| 102
| 11
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 211
| 22
| 18
| 25
| 4.40
| 171
| 282
| 252
| 8
| 0
| 13
| 516
| 542
| 40
| 183
| 0
| 8
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.86
| 4
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.1
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 214
| 23
| 18
| 26
| 4.39
| 175
| 289
| 256
| 8
| 0
| 13
| 525.1
| 557
| 42
| 185
| 0
| 8
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| PIT
| N
| P
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| PIT
| N
| P
| 58
| 1
| 83
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 214
| 1
| 83
| 25
| 93
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| 32
| 33
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .333
| .353
| .364
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 27
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .276
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 22
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .300
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| PIT
| N
| 54
| 24
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .208
| .240
| .417
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1954
| PIT
| N
| 58
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 211
| 114
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 6
| .237
| .275
| .289
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 214
| 115
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 6
| .235
| .279
| .287
| 2
| 2
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Browns (October 11, 1950).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from St. Louis Browns in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1952).
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