LF Hack Heppler #19
Age: 27 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
LF HACK HEPPLER #19 - AGE: 27 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
96 158 39 6 1 1 21 44 17 .247 .413 .316 1 -0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/17/1974 @ GIG Win, 7-5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1974 @ GIG Loss, 4-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1974 @ GIG Win, 15-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/14/1974 MIS Loss, 0-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/12/1974 MIS Win, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/07/1974 @ BIL Loss, 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
09/06/1974 @ BIL Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/1974 @ BIL Loss, 6-10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/1974 CAS Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/03/1974 CAS Win, 4-3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/24/1947
Born in:Kansas City, MO
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 6 Days
Service This Yr:171 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 7th Pick in Round 8
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 96 158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 17 .247 .413 .316 .730 .343 .070 67
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 30 210 3 14 0 9 2 3 50 8 1 0 100.0 22.6 4.59 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   36 7 1 0 0 2 3 9 5 1 1 1 .194 .362 .222 .584
Versus Right   122 32 5 1 1 19 28 35 12 2 1 2 .262 .429 .344 .773
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   11 3 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 .273 .429 .455 .883
May   34 7 1 0 0 2 3 7 5 0 0 1 .206 .357 .235 .592
June   35 9 2 0 0 4 6 5 3 1 1 1 .257 .357 .314 .671
July   27 6 2 0 1 7 11 12 2 1 0 0 .222 .450 .407 .857
August   36 10 1 0 0 4 7 10 5 1 0 0 .278 .426 .306 .731
September   15 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 .267 .522 .267 .788
Last Year   158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 17 3 2 3 .247 .413 .316 .730
Career   158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 17 3 2 3 .247 .413 .316 .730
Home   85 20 4 0 1 13 14 24 4 2 1 1 .235 .402 .318 .719
Road   73 19 2 1 0 8 17 20 13 1 1 2 .260 .427 .315 .742
Grass   158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 17 3 2 3 .247 .413 .316 .730
Day   46 14 2 1 0 6 11 16 4 1 1 1 .304 .484 .391 .876
Night   112 25 4 0 1 15 20 28 13 2 1 2 .223 .382 .286 .668
As Starter   103 24 6 1 1 11 16 27 12 1 2 1 .233 .394 .340 .734
As Reliever / Substitution   55 15 0 0 0 10 15 17 5 2 0 2 .273 .447 .273 .720
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Biloxi - R 18 38 120 38 3 1 2 23 13 9 1 0 8 0 0 .317 .369 .408 .778 92 90 -0.1
1966 Chattanooga - A 18 8 26 8 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 .308 .357 .423 .780 100 101 -0.1
1967 Biloxi - R 19 20 30 4 0 0 0 5 1 8 0 1 5 0 0 .133 .308 .133 .441 26 42 -0.2
1967 Chattanooga - A 19 16 46 7 2 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 15 0 0 .152 .278 .196 .473 41 29 -0.3
1968 Biloxi - R 20 25 56 22 2 0 0 3 7 7 0 1 11 0 0 .393 .453 .429 .882 135 137 0.4
1968 Chattanooga - A 20 6 15 7 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 .467 .579 .467 1.046 204 234 0.3
1969 Biloxi - R 21 23 18 5 2 0 1 6 3 6 1 0 5 0 0 .278 .480 .556 1.036 172 157 0.2
1969 Raleigh - A 21 16 22 6 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 5 0 1 .273 .385 .455 .839 145 156 0.2
1969 Terre Haute - A 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 50 140 0.0
1970 Biloxi - R 22 18 27 8 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 6 0 0 .296 .387 .407 .795 118 124 0.2
1970 Raleigh - A 22 15 36 10 3 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 10 0 0 .278 .381 .361 .742 117 101 0.0
1970 Terre Haute - A 22 8 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .571 .714 109 101 0.0
1971 Raleigh - A 23 16 20 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .300 .364 .400 .764 122 125 0.1
1971 Terre Haute - A 23 43 63 16 1 0 2 10 8 2 0 0 15 0 0 .254 .277 .365 .642 83 77 -0.2
1972 Atlanta - AAA 24 26 24 8 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 .333 .407 .458 .866 129 115 0.1
1973 Raleigh - A 25 7 15 4 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .267 .312 .400 .713 94 91 -0.0
1973 Terre Haute - A 25 22 28 8 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 82 81 0.0
1973 Atlanta - AAA 25 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 135 163 0.0
1974 Colorado Springs - A 26 96 158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 3 3 17 1 0 .247 .413 .316 .730 79 67 -0.3
Total HL 75 99 25 1 0 3 14 11 7 0 0 21 0 0 .253 .302 .354 .655 84 81
Total UL 30 27 9 3 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 .333 .419 .444 .864 130 121
Total SEL 84 180 48 8 1 2 20 20 27 0 0 44 0 1 .267 .362 .356 .718 105 103
Total GSL 124 251 77 7 1 4 41 27 34 2 2 35 0 0 .307 .391 .390 .781 103 104
Total WBL 96 158 39 6 1 1 21 31 44 3 3 17 1 0 .247 .413 .316 .730 79 67
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Chattanooga - A 1B 6 6 49 1 4 51 1 .980 50.2 8.88 -0.8 .862
1966 Biloxi - R 1B 28 26 191 16 10 214 7 .967 224.0 8.32 -2.6 .897
1966 Chattanooga - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Biloxi - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Chattanooga - A RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.7 .535
1966 Biloxi - R RF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 13.0 1.38 +0.4 1.049
1967 Chattanooga - A 1B 12 12 80 5 17 86 1 .988 106.0 7.22 -0.1 1.066
1967 Biloxi - R 1B 6 5 36 4 2 41 1 .976 50.0 7.20 -0.0 .975
1967 Chattanooga - A RF 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 +0.3 1.069
1968 Chattanooga - A 1B 3 3 30 1 4 31 0 1.000 27.0 10.33 +0.0 1.055
1968 Biloxi - R 1B 16 11 81 7 3 88 0 1.000 109.0 7.27 +0.5 1.008
1968 Chattanooga - A LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.047
1968 Biloxi - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1968 Chattanooga - A RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.053
1968 Biloxi - R RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Terre Haute - A 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Raleigh - A 1B 4 3 28 2 4 30 0 1.000 25.2 10.52 -0.0 1.056
1969 Biloxi - R 1B 6 1 12 2 0 15 1 .933 13.1 9.45 -0.4 .723
1969 Raleigh - A LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.031
1969 Raleigh - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Biloxi - R RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Terre Haute - A 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1970 Raleigh - A 1B 11 8 69 7 8 77 1 .987 74.0 9.24 -0.5 .897
1970 Biloxi - R 1B 2 1 9 1 0 10 0 1.000 11.0 8.18 +0.1 1.063
1970 Terre Haute - A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Raleigh - A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Biloxi - R RF 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 17.0 0.53 +0.0 1.034
1971 Terre Haute - A 1B 21 7 81 8 12 89 0 1.000 86.1 9.28 -0.4 .969
1971 Raleigh - A 1B 3 1 13 1 0 14 0 1.000 14.0 9.00 +0.1 1.044
1971 Raleigh - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Terre Haute - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 -0.9 .000
1971 Raleigh - A RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Atlanta - AAA 1B 14 0 35 3 3 38 0 1.000 29.0 11.79 +0.1 1.039
1972 Atlanta - AAA LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Atlanta - AAA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Terre Haute - A 1B 7 3 26 3 2 29 0 1.000 32.0 8.16 +0.4 1.406
1973 Raleigh - A 1B 3 2 16 1 2 17 0 1.000 22.0 6.95 -0.3 1.071
1974 Colorado Springs - A 1B 4 0 21 1 1 22 0 1.000 16.0 12.38 +0.3 1.068
1974 Colorado Springs - A SS 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.050
1974 Colorado Springs - A LF 10 7 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 63.1 0.99 -0.6 .888
1974 Colorado Springs - A RF 32 23 32 0 0 33 1 .970 213.1 1.35 -0.9 1.022
TOTAL 1B 149 89 778 63 72 853 12 .986 894.0 8.47 -3.7 .965
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.050
TOTAL LF 17 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 76.1 1.06 -0.6 .918
TOTAL RF 43 30 40 0 0 42 2 .952 277.1 1.30 -1.6 .977
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 1; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of high school (Paola; Paola, KS) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 8, Pick 7, 147th overall pick).
09/14/1969 Wins the 1969 Heartland League Heartland League Championship Series with the Terre Haute Brewers!
09/10/1971 Wins the 1971 Heartland League Heartland League Championship Series with the Terre Haute Brewers!
06/24/1973 Released by the Detroit organization.
09/24/1973 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Colorado Springs Mountaineers organization.
09/29/1973 Wins the 1973 Southeastern League SEL Championship Series with the Raleigh Explorers!
09/23/1974 Retired from professional baseball.
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