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Name	Team	Age
Ralph Ballinger	Retired (1976, Age 34)	Died (2023, Age 81)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 47 (1966)	3B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Barry Zito League	0	0 years (131 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C-	C	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	1/31/1942
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (2.7 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

1966

Minors

56.00

5 / 8

1 / 6

4 / 11

2 / 4

1 / 9

7 / 9

4 / 9

24 / 56

1967

Minors

62.00

0 / 8

2 / 5

3 / 11

5 / 10

3 / 11

5 / 8

5 / 9

23 / 62

1968

Minors

17.00

1 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 2

3 / 5

8 / 17

1968

Majors

22.85

123

13

0

3 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 1

4 / 6

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 1

9 / 22

1969

Majors

18.00

0 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

3 / 18

1970

Majors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 4

0 / 2

2 / 19

1971

Majors

14.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 14

1972

Majors

16.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 16

1973

Minors

51.00

0 / 6

1 / 7

2 / 7

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 13

1 / 6

5 / 51

1973

Majors

1.18

8

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1974

Majors

18.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 3

2 / 18

1975

Minors

15.00

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 15

1976

Majors

12.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 12

Total

131

13

0

9 / 44

7 / 40

10 / 50

13 / 47

7 / 46

18 / 49

13 / 45

77 / 321

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1976-11-01	Ralph Ballinger has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-08-31	The Cincinnati Red Legs have acquired Ralph Ballinger from the waiver wire.
1973-04-10	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Butch Kubiszyn to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have designated Ralph Ballinger for assignment.
1973-03-31	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Red Tessmer to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Ralph Ballinger to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Neal Baldwin to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Brad Aitchison to the major league team.
1973-03-31	Ralph Ballinger has signed with the Chicago Cubbies for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1969-04-01	The Chicago Cubbies have waived Ralph Ballinger.
1969-04-01	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted John Peploski to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Charlie Hogue to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Ricky Mecir to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have sent Ralph Ballinger to the minors. The Chicago Cubbies have sent John Dellucci to the minors.
1969-03-29	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Ralph Ballinger to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Jeromy Sawyer to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Chris Naragon to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Johnny Fincher to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Chick Felton to the major league team.
1968-08-19	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Frank Pavano to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have sent Ralph Ballinger to the minors.
1968-03-30	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Ralph Ballinger to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Johnny Fincher to the major league team.