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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Ty Balas Catcher
Retired (1975, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .250 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .689 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 751 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 05-17-1940
HR 75 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1960)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(153 games)
RBI 371
SB 36
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (96.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 20 67.00 6 / 8 8 / 11 11 / 14 8 / 9 9 / 9 5 / 6 8 / 10 55 / 67
1961 Minors 21 60.00 8 / 8 9 / 10 6 / 9 5 / 6 7 / 8 8 / 10 3 / 9 46 / 60
1962 Minors 22 61.00 1 / 4 4 / 8 7 / 11 4 / 9 11 / 11 3 / 10 5 / 8 35 / 61
1963 Minors 23 91.00 9 / 16 4 / 11 8 / 12 9 / 16 10 / 11 1 / 10 8 / 15 49 / 91
1964 Majors 24 28.66 135 27 20 4 / 7 2 / 6 1 / 1 1 / 2 4 / 6 3 / 4 0 / 2 15 / 28
1965 Majors 25 40.81 162 31 0 1 / 3 2 / 8 4 / 13 2 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 8 12 / 40
1966 Majors 26 46.79 162 50 0 2 / 5 1 / 7 3 / 8 1 / 5 2 / 12 2 / 5 1 / 4 12 / 46
1967 Majors 27 49.46 133 77 26 2 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 9 1 / 3 2 / 9 0 / 8 4 / 7 12 / 49
1968 Majors 28 46.72 162 62 0 0 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 8 0 / 6 6 / 46
1969 Majors 29 60.62 162 114 0 1 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 16 0 / 7 1 / 7 3 / 60
1970 Majors 30 47.36 162 65 0 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 3 / 47
1971 Majors 31 31.77 162 30 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 31
1972 Majors 32 58.80 162 130 0 1 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 13 1 / 8 2 / 58
1973 Majors 33 59.78 162 97 0 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 59
1974 Majors 34 50.64 162 64 0 -2 / 6 -1 / 8 -2 / 9 -7 / 3 -5 / 9 -3 / 8 -1 / 7 -21 / 50
1975 Minors 35 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 8
1975 Majors 35 8.13 43 6 0 -6 / 1 -4 / 0 -3 / 3 -5 / 0 -5 / 0 -4 / 2 -2 / 2 -29 / 8
Total 1769 753 46 28 / 116 28 / 110 39 / 123 20 / 98 38 / 130 19 / 111 30 / 121 202 / 809
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Ty Balas has retired from the Oakland River Cats
1975-08-16The Oakland River Cats have promoted Ty Balas to the major league team. The Oakland River Cats have designated Jim Bell for assignment.
1975-08-14The Oakland River Cats have acquired Ty Balas from the waiver wire.
1975-07-27The Baltimore IRISH have waived Ty Balas.
1975-04-30The Baltimore IRISH have promoted Fred Pasek to the major league team. The Baltimore IRISH have designated Ty Balas for assignment.
1975-04-29The Baltimore IRISH have promoted Ty Balas to the major league team. The Baltimore IRISH have sent Fred Pasek to the minors.
1975-04-29The Baltimore IRISH have acquired Ty Balas from the waiver wire.
1975-04-08The San Francisco Sentinels have waived Ty Balas.
1975-04-01The San Francisco Sentinels have promoted Rafael Betzel to the major league team. The San Francisco Sentinels have designated Ty Balas for assignment.
1967-06-30Ty Balas of the San Francisco Sentinels is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1964-08-04Ty Balas of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1964-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Ty Balas to the major league team.
1957-06-08A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Jack Kramer, Tookie Gilbert from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Draft Pick 1958 Round 2 TEX (Fred Gill), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 COL (Pop Graber), Draft Pick 1960 Round 2 TEX (Bob Hoak), Draft Pick 1960 Round 1 COL (Ty Balas), Draft Pick 1960 Round 3 TEX (Ed Dent).
1957-04-01A trade has been completed between the Colorado Crush and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Draft Pick 1960 Round 1 COL (Ty Balas), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 COL (Pop Graber) from the Colorado Crush in exchange for Tom Osborne.