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John
Opitz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 22, 1977 in Australia
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2006    2007    2008    2009   
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
2004 27 TBD HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2005 28 TBD HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2006 29 TBD HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 8 8
2007 30 TBD HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
2008 31 TBD HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
2009 32 JBR HL $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 7
2010 33 JBR HL $ 7,430,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,430,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,430,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 27 TBD HL 148 503 85 146 30 8 17 74 34 34 76 62 .290 .388 .483 .871 86.7 19.7
2005 28 TBD HL 146 517 89 165 28 10 26 91 45 20 74 56 .319 .410 .563 .973 109.3 27.3
2006 29 TBD HL 154 508 96 145 30 2 13 66 23 13 80 55 .285 .391 .429 .820 82.0 16.9
2007 30 TBD HL 148 547 76 171 25 5 19 91 31 15 67 65 .313 .388 .481 .869 96.0 15.8
2008 31 TBD HL 151 506 69 133 22 1 17 75 17 15 73 72 .263 .361 .411 .772 72.1 14.2
2009 32 JBR HL 153 569 98 181 33 8 13 79 28 14 68 70 .318 .392 .473 .865 101.6 23.3
2010 33 JBR HL 151 516 76 134 29 7 10 45 28 15 75 89 .260 .356 .401 .757 78.2 15.6
7 Years Sim 1051 3666 589 1075 197 41 115 521 206 126 513 469 .293 .384 .463 .847 625.9 132.9
162 Game Average 565 90 165 30 6 17 80 31 19 79 72 .293 .384 .463 .847 96.5  
Career Highs 154 569 98 181 33 10 26 91 45 34 80 89 .319 .410 .563 .973 109.3  
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   2634 403 754 145 30 68 357 149 87 353 353 .286 .375 .442 .817 427.5
vs LH   1032 186 321 52 11 47 164 57 39 160 116 .311 .406 .519 .926 206.0
Home 523 1772 293 538 106 22 55 250 105 59 251 223 .304 .393 .481 .874 322.8
Away 528 1894 296 537 91 19 60 271 101 67 262 246 .284 .375 .447 .822 310.7
RISP   901 0 253 36 6 32 364 0 0 168 113 .281 .391 .441 .832 162.7
Pinch Hitting   113 20 25 5 0 3 13 2 2 15 19 .221 .321 .345 .666 12.8
Close/Late   498 84 141 27 4 13 68 0 2 100 71 .283 .408 .432 .839 89.9
Mar/Apr 157 555 75 157 24 9 15 90 32 26 74 81 .283 .368 .440 .807 87.1
May 180 626 89 199 36 2 25 103 36 24 77 74 .318 .397 .502 .899 116.0
June 179 627 108 189 37 7 19 94 39 20 94 87 .301 .392 .474 .866 114.8
July 159 547 92 161 31 7 17 72 27 26 83 64 .294 .394 .470 .864 94.8
August 180 642 110 185 34 9 21 91 27 16 80 76 .288 .375 .467 .842 107.6
Sep/Oct 196 669 115 184 35 7 18 71 45 14 105 87 .275 .378 .429 .807 113.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 27 TBD HL C 141 126 1156.7 891 69 19 2 .981 7.47 189 46 .243 2 1.4
2005 28 TBD HL C 139 124 1170.3 944 81 14 0 .987 7.88 194 56 .289 2 5.8
    2B 2 2 18.0 7 4 0 1 1.000 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2006 29 TBD HL C 147 127 1178.0 978 59 8 1 .992 7.92 127 35 .276 0 5.6
2007 30 TBD HL C 144 135 1231.0 1102 66 12 1 .990 8.54 129 36 .279 3 4.7
2008 31 TBD HL C 144 128 1170.3 1074 68 8 1 .993 8.78 129 45 .349 3 8.1
2009 32 JBR HL C 144 139 1269.7 1149 53 8 0 .993 8.52 125 31 .248 1 5.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 33 JBR HL C 149 126 1146.3 1133 53 15 0 .988 9.31 109 30 .275 2 3.6
  C 1008 905 8322.3 7271 449 84 5 .989 8.35 1002 279 .278 13 34.5
  2B 2 2 18.0 7 4 0 1 1.000 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1011 908 8349.3 7279 453 84 6 .989 8.33 1002 279 .278 13 34.5
Career Highs   149 140 1278.7 1150 85 19 2 .993 9.31 194 56 .349 3  
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
2009 32 JBR HL 4 19 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .368 .400 .421 .821
Career Post-Season Batting 4 19 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .368 .400 .421 .821
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.
Batting Average
2007-9-.313
2009-8-.318
CAR-32-.293
 On-Base Pct
2005-8-.410
CAR-16-.384
 Slugging Pct
2004-10-.483
2005-2-.563
CAR-27-.463
 OPS
2004-8-.871
2005-2-.973
CAR-23-.847
 XR
2005-8-109.3
CAR-23-625.9
 Games
CAR-33-1051
At-Bats
CAR-39-3666
 Runs
2009-9-98
CAR-19-589
 Hits
2009-10-181
CAR-32-1075
 Total Bases
CAR-26-1699
 Singles
CAR-35-722
 Doubles
CAR-36-197
Triples
2004-6-8
2005-2-10
2009-3-8
2010-2-7
CAR-13-41
 Homeruns
2005-6-26
CAR-37-115
 RBIs
CAR-30-521
 Stolen Bases
2005-5-45
2007-7-31
2009-10-28
2010-8-28
CAR-13-206
 Caught Stealing
2004-1-34
2005-6-20
2006-9-13
2007-4-15
2008-5-15
2009-6-14
2010-4-15
CAR-5-126
 Walks
2004-10-76
2010-8-75
CAR-14-513
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 40
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Local in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Marcos Duran (NJP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2004, off William Henton (KK)
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Mildenhall on 4/17/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2005, hitting .632 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Traded from Local to Johnsonville on 2/8/2009 (Going to TBD: P Lon Byrge, P Emilio Enriquez, SS Roger Kass. Going to JBR: C John Opitz)
Drove in 7 runs against Local on 7/6/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 7/13/2009, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
7/31/2009: Signed a contract extension with Johnsonville, $7,430,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit for the cycle against Treasure Coast on 8/9/2010
 
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