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Joe
Hepler		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 18, 1981 in Australia
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 MD FF   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2004 22 MD FF   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 23 MD FF   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
2006 24 CO GE   5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 25 NY FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
2008 26 NY FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
                                             
  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
2009 27 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2010 28 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
2011 29 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
2012 30 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9
2013 31 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2014 32 NY FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2015 33 NY FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
2016 34 NY FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
2017 35 NY FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 21 AA   23 92 6 27 9 0 0 5 3 3 4 22 .293 .323 .391 .714 10.2  
    A   111 427 49 138 21 0 4 55 8 6 23 94 .323 .358 .400 .758 57.0  
2004 22 AA   5 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 .231 .412 .308 .719 1.8  
2005 23 AAA   62 249 25 60 11 1 1 13 5 5 5 79 .241 .256 .305 .561 16.8  
    AA   33 123 13 33 6 1 0 8 2 2 5 29 .268 .297 .333 .630 11.1  
2006 24 CO GE 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0
    AAA   114 472 56 138 28 3 6 39 13 11 21 102 .292 .323 .403 .725 56.3  
2007 25 NY FF 56 166 17 42 9 0 1 17 1 0 3 24 .253 .284 .325 .609 15.1 1.1
    AAA   10 40 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .175 .195 .250 .445 1.3  
    AA   55 232 32 91 14 1 4 21 4 5 10 37 .392 .417 .513 .930 41.9  
2008 26 NY FF 106 268 33 78 13 4 2 30 0 0 11 37 .291 .325 .392 .717 31.4 5.0
2009 27 NY FF 143 433 66 131 18 4 4 47 1 1 28 44 .303 .349 .390 .739 59.0 12.0
2010 28 NY FF 154 472 56 122 21 2 4 40 1 0 35 23 .258 .319 .337 .655 50.3 9.0
2011 29 NY FF 150 493 62 132 24 2 3 48 0 0 30 36 .268 .313 .343 .655 52.2 9.6
2012 30 NY FF 155 511 68 149 24 2 4 54 0 0 33 25 .292 .348 .370 .718 63.5 13.9
2013 31 NY FF 151 551 66 156 29 1 7 72 1 1 46 41 .283 .353 .377 .730 68.9 16.2
2014 32 NY FF 152 564 69 142 26 1 7 58 1 0 40 44 .252 .310 .339 .648 58.0 9.8
2015 33 NY FF 155 576 71 164 34 0 9 58 2 0 50 60 .285 .350 .391 .741 77.5 15.6
2016 34 NY FF 128 421 38 91 15 1 3 20 0 0 21 70 .216 .273 .278 .550 28.4 2.2
2017 35 AAA   138 554 38 88 13 0 9 38 1 1 41 99 .159 .217 .231 .448 24.4  
11 Years Sim 1352 4462 546 1207 213 17 44 444 7 2 297 405 .271 .326 .355 .681 503.1 94.4
4 Years AAA 324 1315 121 293 55 4 16 95 19 17 68 295 .223 .274 .307 .582 98.8  
4 Years AA 116 460 51 154 30 2 4 34 9 11 23 92 .335 .373 .435 .807 65.0  
1 Years A 111 427 49 138 21 0 4 55 8 6 23 94 .323 .362 .400 .762 57.0  
9 Years Minors 551 2202 221 585 106 6 24 184 36 34 114 481 .266 .312 .352 .664 220.7  
162 Game Average 534 65 144 25 2 5 53 0 0 35 48 .271 .326 .355 .681 60.3  
Career Highs 155 576 71 164 34 4 9 72 2 1 50 70 .303 .353 .392 .741 77.5  
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   3571 428 958 165 13 35 354 6 0 238 328 .268 .324 .351 .675 386.4
vs LH   891 118 249 48 4 9 90 1 2 59 77 .279 .333 .373 .706 103.6
Home 667 2139 270 574 105 12 15 212 4 1 144 209 .268 .323 .350 .673 229.8
Away 685 2323 276 633 108 5 29 232 3 1 153 196 .272 .328 .361 .689 260.2
RISP   1081 0 294 46 3 12 379 0 0 73 87 .272 .321 .353 .674 119.3
Pinch Hitting   113 18 26 4 0 2 16 0 0 8 13 .230 .296 .319 .615 10.1
Close/Late   490 43 112 19 3 4 40 0 0 33 54 .229 .286 .304 .590 40.5
Mar/Apr 185 633 85 189 36 1 8 66 1 0 43 45 .299 .358 .397 .754 82.7
May 228 784 101 223 38 6 6 78 1 1 48 79 .284 .336 .371 .707 91.1
June 241 791 85 185 28 1 8 74 0 0 44 69 .234 .286 .302 .588 63.5
July 219 711 93 200 36 5 6 72 1 0 45 69 .281 .337 .371 .709 82.7
August 235 756 80 206 38 2 7 77 1 1 51 74 .272 .323 .356 .679 83.4
Sep/Oct 244 787 102 204 37 2 9 77 3 0 66 69 .259 .323 .346 .669 86.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 CO GE SS 2 2 18.0 3 13 0 2 1.000 8.00   0.3
2007 25 NY FF SS 21 21 157.3 22 58 1 14 .988 4.58   1.0
    2B 17 11 108.0 22 36 2 8 .967 4.83   0.4
    3B 14 9 81.0 3 17 1 0 .952 2.22   0.2
2008 26 NY FF 2B 44 28 264.7 54 96 1 18 .993 5.10   1.6
    3B 28 17 159.0 10 39 3 4 .942 2.77   0.5
    SS 18 18 148.0 24 63 2 13 .978 5.29   1.4
2009 27 NY FF 2B 116 113 954.3 202 396 14 70 .977 5.64   4.5
    3B 16 8 81.0 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.11   0.3
    SS 7 3 41.0 5 14 1 1 .950 4.17   0.2
2010 28 NY FF 2B 86 86 730.0 144 300 14 59 .969 5.47   4.1
    3B 46 41 370.3 27 89 2 6 .983 2.82   1.5
    CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 29 NY FF 2B 149 149 1246.3 255 530 28 120 .966 5.67   5.9
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2012 30 NY FF 2B 147 143 1221.0 280 524 26 116 .969 5.93   3.7
    SS 7 6 58.3 9 26 2 5 .946 5.40   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2013 31 NY FF 2B 139 135 1183.0 263 463 28 92 .963 5.52   4.2
    3B 5 1 16.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2014 32 NY FF 2B 145 140 1204.0 296 507 32 129 .962 6.00   3.8
    3B 3 0 7.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2015 33 NY FF 2B 150 146 1255.7 253 508 22 88 .972 5.45   3.2
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 5 1 1 .857 10.80   0.0
2016 34 NY FF 2B 126 124 1064.3 259 455 21 115 .971 6.04   3.6
  2B 1119 1075 9231.3 2028 3815 188 815 .969 5.70   34.9
  3B 117 76 724.0 49 174 6 11 .974 2.77   2.6
  SS 58 50 430.7 65 180 7 37 .972 5.12   3.2
  CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1296 1201 10392.0 2145 4169 201 863 .969 5.47   40.8
Career Highs   155 149 1280.3 297 551 32 130 1.000 8.00    
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
2007 25 NY FF 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 26 NY FF 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100
2009 27 NY FF 8 26 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .185 .269 .454
2010 28 NY FF 10 26 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .308 .333 .385 .718
2011 29 NY FF 9 29 4 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .241 .281 .414 .695
2013 31 NY FF 6 19 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .263 .440 .263 .703
Career Post-Season Batting 33 106 13 26 7 0 1 8 0 0 8 11 .245 .314 .340 .653
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.
Doubles
2015-6-34
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 76th overall pick, by Maryland in 2003
Injured on 4/10/2004 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/28/2005 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/31/2006 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Colorado to New York on 4/2/2007 (Going to NY: SS J. Hepler. Going to Col: P J. Easterling)
Had first career hit on 6/13/2007, off Rashad Edwards (Pen)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/2007, off Michael Neumann (Mry)
Won National Cup with New York in 2008
Injured on 9/5/2016 with a Broken Wrist, out for 8 weeks
 
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