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Name Team Age
Ty Balas Retired (1975, Age 35) Died (2012, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14
(1960)		 C B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League 0 10 years (153 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  A- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B- D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 5/17/1940
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (C) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.8 %) B- (53.1 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 67.00 6 / 8 8 / 11 11 / 14 8 / 9 9 / 9 5 / 6 8 / 10 55 / 67
1961 Minors 60.00 8 / 8 9 / 10 6 / 9 5 / 6 7 / 8 8 / 10 3 / 9 46 / 60
1962 Minors 61.00 1 / 4 4 / 8 7 / 11 4 / 9 11 / 11 3 / 10 5 / 8 35 / 61
1963 Minors 91.00 9 / 16 4 / 11 8 / 12 9 / 16 10 / 11 1 / 10 8 / 15 49 / 91
1964 Majors 28.66 135 27 20 4 / 7 2 / 6 1 / 1 1 / 2 4 / 6 3 / 4 0 / 2 15 / 28
1965 Majors 40.81 162 31 0 1 / 3 2 / 8 4 / 13 2 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 8 12 / 40
1966 Majors 46.79 162 50 0 2 / 5 1 / 7 3 / 8 1 / 5 2 / 12 2 / 5 1 / 4 12 / 46
1967 Majors 49.46 133 77 26 2 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 9 1 / 3 2 / 9 0 / 8 4 / 7 12 / 49
1968 Majors 46.72 162 62 0 0 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 8 0 / 6 6 / 46
1969 Majors 60.62 162 114 0 1 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 16 0 / 7 1 / 7 3 / 60
1970 Majors 47.36 162 65 0 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 3 / 47
1971 Majors 31.77 162 30 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 31
1972 Majors 58.80 162 130 0 1 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 13 1 / 8 2 / 58
1973 Majors 59.78 162 97 0 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 59
1974 Majors 50.64 162 64 0 -2 / 6 -1 / 8 -2 / 9 -7 / 3 -5 / 9 -3 / 8 -1 / 7 -21 / 50
1975 Minors 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 8
1975 Majors 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.