#24 Mike Balas, Reliever, 35 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Monday, 10/23/1945 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Mike Balas
5/9/1910 35 USA,MA,LOWELL 6"0 200
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 880,000 1945 6 Year(s), 0 Days (1032 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 0 Days (1032 total Days) 7 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 9 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
Talent | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 3 60 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 39.0 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 39.0 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 4 | 2 | 33.3 | 31 | 19 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | .0 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 2.66 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 68 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .325 | .397 | .722 |
vs. RHB | 73 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .250 | .370 | .620 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 21.0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Road | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.00 | 18.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
Postseason | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
June | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.72 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
August | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 | 14.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1940 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.36 | 18.1 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .283 | STL |
1941 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.75 | 12.0 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 | .370 | STL |
1942 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.52 | 31.0 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .291 | STL |
1943 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4.28 | 27.1 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .250 | STL |
1944 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.27 | 33.0 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .274 | STL |
1945 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 39.0 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | .258 | STL |
Total | 125 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4.76 | 160.2 | 167 | 95 | 85 | 13 | 60 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .279 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1938, AAA | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.54 | 28.1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 | .169 |
1939, AAA | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.47 | 47.1 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | .262 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1945 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1940 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1941 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1942 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | STL |
1943 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1944 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | STL |
1945 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | STL |
Total | 125 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 31 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .909 | 39.0 | 2.54 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 50th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1938... Earned first career win on 4/23/1940... Had first career hit (double) on 6/25/1942, off Hal Schumacher (PIT)... 1/31/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... Injured on 9/3/1943 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... 1/31/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $880,000 through salary arbitration... Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1945...
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