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| Player Report for #39 John Balaz | | Friday, June 1st, 1973 | 
| AB | 151 | | HR | 5 | | RBI | 17 | | AVG | .358 | | OPS | .952 |
| | Name: | John Balaz | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $36,936 | | Birthday: | 11-24-1950 | Signed Through: | 1973 Season | | Age: | 22 | Years of Major League Service: | 1 Year, 58 Days | | Born in: | Toronto (Ohio) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 58 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 3" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 2 Years, 58 Days | | Weight: | 180 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 4 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not yet eligible | | Position: | LF | Minor League Option Years: | 1 option year left | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Very Good | Local Popularity (National) | Very Popular (Very Popular) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 51 | 64 | 45 | 56 | 56 | | | Versus LHP | 52 | 64 | 45 | 58 | 58 | | | Versus RHP | 51 | 64 | 45 | 55 | 55 | | | Talent | 49 | 61 | 43 | 63 | 58 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 32 | | Left Field 42 (Arm: 64) | | Stealing Ability: | 16 | | Right Field 41 (Arm: 64) | | Baserunning Instincts: | 33 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 28 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 40 | | | | Hitter Type: | Spray Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 05-31-1973 | @ BOS | Loss, 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-30-1973 | @ BOS | Win, 8-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-29-1973 | @ BOS | Win, 9-6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-28-1973 | @ ML4 | Win, 10-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-27-1973 | @ ML4 | Win, 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-26-1973 | @ ML4 | Win, 6-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-25-1973 | @ ML4 | Loss, 0-11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-24-1973 | @ CHA | Loss, 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-23-1973 | @ CHA | Loss, 6-9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 05-22-1973 | @ CHA | Win, 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Between The Lines Baseball 1973 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 45 | 151 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 18 | .358 | .415 | .536 | .952 | .942 | .179 | 19.2 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 38 | 171 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33.4 | 8.50 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 47 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .418 | .617 | 1.035 | | Versus Right | | 104 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .365 | .414 | .500 | .914 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | This Week | | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .467 | .500 | .967 | | Last Week | | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .550 | 1.005 | | April | | 61 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .357 | .459 | .816 | | May | | 90 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .455 | .589 | 1.044 | | Spring Training | | 67 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .311 | .388 | .699 | | Last Year | | 527 | 159 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 74 | 54 | 43 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .302 | .356 | .417 | .773 | | Career | | 678 | 213 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 91 | 76 | 58 | 96 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .314 | .369 | .444 | .813 | | Home | | 57 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .368 | .418 | .544 | .962 | | Road | | 94 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 | .413 | .532 | .945 | | Grass | | 144 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .433 | .563 | .995 | | Turf | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Day | | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .371 | .433 | .805 | | Night | | 121 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .380 | .426 | .562 | .988 | | Pinch Hitting | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Close/Late | | 42 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .381 | .460 | .619 | 1.079 | | Inning 1-3 | | 51 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .404 | .529 | .933 | | Inning 4-6 | | 46 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .391 | .442 | .543 | .986 | | Inning 7-9 | | 50 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .411 | .580 | .991 | | Extra Innings | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | | 0 Outs | | 59 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .338 | .475 | .813 | | 1 Outs | | 43 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .488 | .531 | .605 | 1.135 | | 2 Outs | | 49 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .347 | .407 | .551 | .958 | | Scoring Position | | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .410 | .600 | 1.010 | | Bases Empty | | 80 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .438 | .588 | 1.026 | | Runner on 1st | | 41 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .372 | .390 | .762 | | Runner on 2nd | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | | Runner on 3rd | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .643 | .910 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | | Bases Loaded | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Two Strikes | | 64 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .338 | .422 | .760 | | First Pitch | | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .529 | .529 | .941 | 1.471 | | Count 0-1 | | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .389 | .765 | 1.154 | | Count 0-2 | | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .231 | .273 | .503 | | Count 1-0 | | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | | Count 1-1 | | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .412 | .412 | .824 | | Count 1-2 | | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | | Count 2-0 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | 1.000 | 1.600 | | Count 2-1 | | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .222 | .500 | .722 | | Count 2-2 | | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .364 | .591 | | Count 3-0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .636 | .571 | 1.208 | | Full Count | | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .591 | .706 | 1.297 | | Behind in Count | | 42 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .289 | .476 | .765 | | Ahead in Count | | 36 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
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| 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 | VORP | | 1972 California - BTL | 21 | 139 | 527 | 159 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 74 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .356 | .417 | .773 | 33.1 | | 1973 California - BTL | 22 | 45 | 151 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | .358 | .415 | .536 | .952 | 19.2 | | Total BTL | | 184 | 678 | 213 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 91 | 76 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 96 | 1 | 1 | .314 | .369 | .444 | .813 | 52.3 |
| | 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 | VORP | | 1970 Quad Cities - A | 19 | 29 | 102 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .327 | .500 | .827 | 5.9 | | 1970 El Paso - AA | 19 | 84 | 310 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .261 | .351 | .400 | .751 | 11.5 | | 1971 Salt Lake City - AAA | 20 | 67 | 259 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .349 | .456 | .805 | 11.9 | | 1972 Salt Lake City - AAA | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .600 | .909 | 1.509 | 4.6 | | Total BTLAAA | | 72 | 270 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .361 | .474 | .835 | 16.4 | | Total BTLAA | | 84 | 310 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .261 | .351 | .400 | .751 | 11.5 | | Total BTLA | | 29 | 102 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .327 | .500 | .827 | 5.9 |
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