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Jimmie Foxx League
10-26-2326
Joe Ballaz First Base
Retired (1995, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .792 Status Deceased (2036) Option Years 0  
H 1141 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 07-15-1960
HR 144 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1983)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(118 games)
RBI 668
SB 102
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B    Ldrship A 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR A 
Speed A  Bunt C  Control D    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B A  (100%) LF C  (49.6%) Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B F  (0.5%) CF D  (4.0%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 1
3B F  (0.4%) RF B  (57.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 0% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1983 CHN
56
89
15
23
2
1
3
15
13
 17 0 0
1
 1 1
.757
.353
.404
.146
.258
1984 CHN
143
545
66
156
35
13
12
83
48
 97 1 3
11
 3 7
.808
.343
.464
.178
.286
1985 CHN
121
465
68
131
22
6
10
66
35
 86 1 2
15
 2 2
.751
.332
.419
.138
.282
1986 CHN
145
422
55
115
21
6
17
77
38
 65 1 3
8
 2 9
.803
.332
.472
.199
.273
1987 CHN
145
345
47
90
21
2
13
39
36
 75 2 2
9
 2 2
.779
.332
.446
.186
.261
1988 CHN
86
195
29
51
9
3
6
24
17
 39 2 2
8
 0 2
.755
.324
.431
.169
.262
1989 CHN
147
360
68
110
16
7
21
79
36
 59 0 3
8
 0 2
.930
.366
.564
.258
.306
1990 CHN-STL
136
264
39
67
12
3
10
37
26
 50 0 1
7
 3 3
.755
.320
.436
.182
.254
1991 STL
95
128
20
25
3
1
4
18
16
 21 1 2
0
 0 2
.614
.286
.328
.133
.195
1992 STL
140
509
75
141
27
11
20
102
44
 103 1 7
8
 2 7
.823
.332
.491
.214
.277
1993 STL
119
405
59
124
28
4
15
73
38
 71 4 5
15
 1 11
.873
.367
.506
.200
.306
1994 STL
130
403
50
100
14
6
13
51
37
 78 2 0
10
 2 10
.724
.314
.409
.161
.248
1995 STL
38
45
6
8
1
0
0
4
3
 7 0 0
2
 1 0
.429
.229
.200
.022
.178
Total
1501
4175
597
1141
211
63
144
668
387
 768 15 30
102
 19 58
.792
.335
.457
.184
.273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Joe Ballaz has retired from the St. Louis Cardinals
1990-08-22A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs receive Frank Bowen, Draft Pick - 1992 Round 1 (STL), Draft Pick - 1991 Round 1 (STL) from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Joe Ballaz, Jose DeMontreville, John Knapp, Draft Pick - 1991 Round 3 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1992 Round 3 (CHN).
1989-03-25The Chicago Cubs have promoted Joe Ballaz to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Garland Appling to the minors.
1988-07-11The Chicago Cubs have promoted Garland Appling to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jerry Mora to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jose DeMontreville to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Joe Ballaz to the minors.
1984-04-15The Chicago WIND have promoted Ray Niekro to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have promoted Joe Ballaz to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have promoted Irv Horton to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have designated Julio Alvarez for assignment. The Chicago WIND have designated Todd Peters for assignment. The Chicago WIND have sent Al Vaughn to the minors.
1984-04-01The Chicago WIND have promoted Julio Alvarez to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have promoted Todd Peters to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have sent Joe Ballaz to the minors. The Chicago WIND have sent Al Farrell to the minors.
1983-07-18The Chicago WIND have promoted Joe Ballaz to the major league team. The Chicago WIND have designated Gil Lopez for assignment.
1983-04-11The Chicago WIND have renamed Joe Bosch to Joe Ballaz.