Jack Hiatt

Jack E. Hiatt (born July 27, 1942, at Bakersfield, California) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was signed by the Los Angeles Angels as a free agent in 1961. Jack made his debut on September 7, 1964 and would go on to play his final major league game with the Angels on October 3, 1972.

Playing career

Hiatt played the catcher position for 312 games, but was also called upon to play first base for 70 games and went into the outfield for 2.

At the beginning of the 1969 San Francisco Giants season, the starting catcher job was won by Dick Dietz. However, when a foul tip bruised his right hand, Hiatt took over the role as starter and made an almost immediate impact. In his first six games after taking over the starting role, Hiatt had four home runs and 13 runs batted in. Hiatt was quoted as saying during the stretch, "It really makes a difference when you know you're going to play again every day. It used to be that if I didn't have a good game, I wouldn't be in the lineup the next game unless somebody was hurt." He gave credit to his hitting coach, Hank Sauer, for the remarkable stretch. Hiatt noted that all of his home runs came on outside corner fastballs. "It's a pitch I'd been taking until Sauer suggested that I swing at it."

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"Nate has a beautiful swing and is a gifted hitter with power. He's a line-drive type of hitter, and he has a better-than-average throwing arm."

"He's done very well this spring, we're very pleased. We haven't defined a role for him yet, so his future is up in the air. He can start, but he's doing so well in short relief for the Major League club, which has been very satisfying."

"[Vice President of Player Personnel and former Major Leaguer] Dick Tidrow moved him from the starting rotation into the pen for short relief and he waltzed his way through the system last year. He's aggressive and he throws strikes, and we're pleased to have him. His arm scared some people away but we knew he'd come back, and by golly, we got fortunate to have a real good young arm."

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I guess I should go to sleep,
Too hard standing on my own two feet,
Been walking too long on a dead end street,
I guess I should go to sleep.
Well I guess I'll take off my shoes,
Head upstairs and then watch the news,
That's another way to lose these walking blues,
I guess I'll take off my shoes.
Well upstairs, upstaged and upstairs,
Keeping quiet is probably my best bet yet,
Cause I ain't managed to say the right thing yet,
Well I guess I should go back to bed.
I guess I should go to sleep,
Too hard standing on my own two feet,
Been running too long on an endless street,
I guess I should go to sleep,
Sleep,
Sleep,

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