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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1964 AHP 24 65 13 1 1 0 1 2 15 .470 .224 .246 .200
1964 HHP 19 38 8 3 0 2 5 5 11 .766 .318 .447 .211
1964 LHP 14 24 6 1 0 1 1 1 5 .697 .280 .417 .250
1964 RHP 37 79 15 3 1 1 5 6 21 .547 .256 .291 .190
1965 AHP 33 74 17 1 0 1 6 8 17 .589 .305 .284 .230
1965 HHP 26 70 15 2 0 1 5 4 16 .552 .267 .286 .214
1965 LHP 19 33 9 1 0 0 1 4 12 .671 .368 .303 .273
1965 RHP 53 111 23 2 0 2 10 8 21 .540 .261 .279 .207
1966 AHP 36 101 13 4 0 1 6 4 28 .360 .162 .198 .129
1966 HHP 41 108 32 4 0 4 18 10 19 .800 .356 .444 .296
1966 LHP 38 88 16 2 0 1 4 5 16 .464 .226 .239 .182
1966 RHP 57 121 29 6 0 4 20 9 31 .681 .292 .388 .240
1967 AHP 45 151 34 3 0 0 10 15 30 .540 .295 .245 .225
1967 HHP 48 148 52 10 1 1 24 13 26 .856 .404 .453 .351
1967 LHP 39 80 22 3 0 0 7 8 13 .653 .341 .312 .275
1967 RHP 83 219 64 10 1 1 27 20 43 .712 .351 .361 .292
1968 AHP 51 131 32 3 0 5 19 14 23 .699 .317 .382 .244
1968 HHP 57 129 27 3 2 5 20 12 24 .660 .280 .380 .209
1968 LHP 20 21 8 1 0 2 5 3 1 1.173 .458 .714 .381
1968 RHP 97 239 51 5 2 8 34 23 46 .636 .284 .351 .213
1969 AHP 59 212 54 3 3 5 20 19 46 .684 .316 .368 .255
1969 HHP 65 222 55 11 2 4 28 23 54 .692 .323 .369 .248
1969 LHP 48 100 23 3 2 4 14 7 24 .707 .287 .420 .230
1969 RHP 113 334 86 11 3 5 34 35 76 .682 .329 .353 .257
1970 AHP 55 145 38 6 0 3 17 15 18 .695 .329 .366 .262
1970 HHP 45 118 31 8 1 4 17 10 28 .767 .318 .449 .263
1970 LHP 22 43 10 2 0 1 4 6 9 .675 .327 .349 .233
1970 RHP 90 220 59 12 1 6 30 19 37 .737 .324 .414 .268
1971 AHP 31 62 16 3 0 1 6 10 13 .716 .361 .355 .258
1971 HHP 39 78 22 1 0 1 10 11 18 .704 .371 .333 .282
1971 LHP 30 40 11 1 0 0 5 4 10 .641 .341 .300 .275
1971 RHP 48 100 27 3 0 2 11 17 21 .736 .376 .360 .270
1972 AHP 73 255 76 11 2 14 45 19 58 .875 .354 .522 .298
1972 HHP 65 222 64 11 2 10 42 23 27 .845 .354 .491 .288
1972 LHP 58 127 43 9 0 7 28 11 19 .965 .390 .575 .339
1972 RHP 118 350 97 13 4 17 59 31 66 .823 .340 .483 .277
1973 AHP 64 202 58 8 2 5 27 18 31 .765 .344 .421 .287
1973 HHP 58 183 28 5 0 3 10 20 39 .466 .236 .230 .153
1973 LHP 43 77 20 4 0 2 10 5 13 .694 .305 .390 .260
1973 RHP 101 308 66 9 2 6 27 33 57 .604 .289 .315 .214
1974 AHP 56 131 36 3 1 3 24 10 23 .708 .326 .382 .275
1974 HHP 59 130 27 4 0 2 8 13 26 .562 .278 .285 .208
1974 LHP 49 100 25 5 0 2 12 8 16 .666 .306 .360 .250
1974 RHP 68 161 38 2 1 3 20 15 33 .616 .299 .317 .236
1975 AHP 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .629 .429 .200 .200
1975 HHP 9 19 2 1 0 0 3 3 4 .375 .217 .158 .105
1975 LHP 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .125 .125 .000 .000
1975 RHP 10 18 3 1 0 0 2 4 3 .540 .318 .222 .167
Total AHP 535 1534 388 46 9 38 181 136 303 .684 .315 .369 .253
Total HHP 531 1465 363 63 8 37 190 147 292 .695 .317 .377 .248
Total LHP 384 739 193 32 2 20 92 63 140 .712 .321 .391 .261
Total RHP 875 2260 558 77 15 55 279 220 455 .682 .314 .367 .247
Total 1066 2999 751 109 17 75 371 283 595 .689 .316 .373 .250
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.