Joseph Carl Hietpas is a former Major League Baseball player. Hietpas attended Northwestern University. In 2004, Hietpas was called up to the New York Mets once the roster expanded in September. Unfortunately, he suffered in injury during batting practice one day, which forced him to be able to only play in one game, October 3, 2004, against the Montreal Expos, coming into the game in the ninth inning substituting for Todd Zeile, and wound up not getting an at-bat for the New York Mets in 2004, as the Mets won the game, 8-1. In that game, he was a catcher, but after the 2006 season, converted to pitcher. In 2007, he appeared in 27 games and had a 2.47 ERA for the High-A St. Lucie Mets. In 2008, Hietpas played for the Double-A Binghamton Mets. He became a free agent at the end of the season. 

May 1st, 1979 in Appleton (Age 44)