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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1964 SF 43 103 7 21 4 1 2 6 7 26 0 0 2 .582 .261 .320 .204
1965 SF 59 144 16 32 3 0 2 11 12 33 0 1 1 .571 .287 .285 .222
1966 SF 77 209 18 45 8 0 5 24 14 47 0 0 1 .590 .265 .325 .215
1967 SF 93 299 31 86 13 1 1 34 28 56 1 1 2 .696 .349 .348 .288
1968 SF 108 260 34 59 6 2 10 39 26 47 2 1 1 .679 .299 .381 .227
1969 SF 124 434 46 109 14 5 9 48 42 100 5 4 6 .688 .319 .369 .251
1970 SF 100 263 30 69 14 1 7 34 25 46 4 2 1 .727 .324 .403 .262
1971 SF 70 140 16 38 4 0 2 16 21 31 4 1 2 .709 .366 .343 .271
1972 SF 138 477 76 140 22 4 24 87 42 85 9 6 22 .861 .354 .507 .294
1973 SF 122 385 38 86 13 2 8 37 38 70 6 1 15 .622 .292 .330 .223
1974 SF 115 261 35 63 7 1 5 32 23 49 5 1 4 .635 .302 .333 .241
1975 BAL-OAK 17 24 2 3 1 0 0 3 5 5 0 0 3 .433 .267 .167 .125
Total 1066 2999 349 751 109 17 75 371 283 595 36 18 60 .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.