John Balaz

John Lawrence Balaz

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 24, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Team: Angels 1974-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1970	19	ANA-min	Rk	21	86	86		22	2	0	1						.256	.256	.314	.570		27							IDF · PION
1971	20	ANA-min	Rk	66	227	227		55	6	4	14						.242	.242	.489	.731		111							IDF · PION
1972	21	ANA-min	A	118	416	360	54	78	14	3	17	51	1	2	56	149	.217	.322	.414	.736		149							STK · CALL
1973	22	ANA-min	A	133	478	478		145	29	0	28						.303	.303	.540	.843		258							SLS · CALL
1974	23	ANA-min	AA	137	546	546		177	43	3	22						.324	.324	.535	.859		292							ELP · TL
1974	23	CAL	AL	14	46	42	4	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	10	.238	.289	.310	.598	77	13	0	1	1	0	0	7/D
1975	24	ANA-min	AAA	59	225	208	28	57	8	4	5	33	4	2	12	46	.274	.324	.423	.748		88		4	0	1			SLC · PCL
1975	24	CAL	AL	45	127	120	10	29	8	1	1	10	0	0	5	25	.242	.270	.350	.620	81	42	1	0	1	1	0	7D/9
1976	25	BOS-min	AAA	133	524	480	69	114	21	0	24	69	1	3	38	120	.238	.294	.431	.725		207		2	0	4			PAW · IL
1977	26	SDP-LAD-min	AAA	120	508	445	79	129	21	6	26	97	2	3	52	101	.290	.362	.539	.902		240		2	3	6			HAW,ABQ · PCL
1978	27	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1979	28	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1980	29	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
2 Yrs				59	173	162	14	39	8	1	2	15	0	0	7	35	.241	.275	.340	.614	80	55	1	1	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	475	445	38	107	22	3	5	41	0	0	19	96	.241	.275	.340	.614	80	151	3	3	5	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1974	23	CAL	AL	14	46	-1	0	0	-2	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.3	.467	.497	0.0	-0.3	-0	$	7/D
1975	24	CAL	AL	45	127	-3	-0	0	-0	-2	-6	-0.5	4	-1	-0.2	.487	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	7D/9
2 Seasons				59	173	-4	-0	1	-3	-3	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.5	.482	.497	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1974	23	CAL	AL	46	33	4	3.3	84	.290	.238	.251	.289	.315	.310	.361	.598	.676	77	.393	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.119	.071	.0
1975	24	CAL	AL	127	94	12	3.4	86	.295	.242	.249	.270	.317	.350	.365	.620	.682	81	.397	-3.1	-0.3	.511	.150	.108	.0
2 Yrs				173	127	16	3.4	86	.294	.241	.249	.275	.316	.340	.364	.614	.681	80	.397	-4.4	-0.5	.508	.142	.099	.0
162 Game Avg.				475	349	44	3.4	86	.294	.241	.249	.275	.316	.340	.364	.614	.681	80	.397	-4.4	-0.5	.508	.142	.099

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	23	CAL	AL	46	2.2%	21.7%	4.4%	2.2%	10%	5.00	4.2	42.0	8.4	0.44	67%
1975	24	CAL	AL	127	0.8%	19.7%	3.9%	7.9%	35%	5.00	4.8	120.0	12.0	0.84	75%
2 Yrs				173	1.2%	20.2%	4.1%	6.4%	28%	5.00	4.6	81.0	10.8	0.72	73%
MLB Averages					1.8%	13.0%	8.9%	6.0%	26%	1.47	6.8	49.3	8.8	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	23	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	46	0.1	0.7	-0.7	.92	-0.0	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.94	-0.6		1
1975	24	CAL	AL	-3.1	-0.3	128	-0.5	1.7	-2.2	.96	-0.5	-0.1	-6.5	-0.7	0.98	-5.4	1.99	10
2 Yrs				-4.4	-0.5	174	-0.5	2.4	-2.9	.95	-0.5	0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.97	-6.0	1.81	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	23	CAL	AL	0	25%	14	0	0	50%	4	3	1	2	0	2
1975	24	CAL	AL	2	27%	43	2	3	33%	5	3	2	4	2	1
2 Yrs				2	27%	57	2	3	40%	9	6	3	6	2	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1974	23	CAL	AL	46	57%	10			1	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	2	1	50%	29	4	14%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1975	24	CAL	AL	127	77%	29			10	2	0	1	1.99	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	21	1	5%	9	2	22%	79	9	11%	5	3	60%	6	4	67%	0
2 Yrs				173	72%	39			11	3	0	1	1.81	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	32	1	3%	11	3	27%	108	13	12%	5	3	60%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1974	23	14	46	42	4	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	10	.238	.289	.310	.598	77	13	0	1	1	0	0
1975	24	59	173	162	14	39	8	1	2	15	0	0	7	35	.241	.275	.340	.614	80	55	1	1	2	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1974	23	14	47	43	5	11	0	0	1	6	2	10	.256	.304	.326	.630	4	14
1975	24	45	133	125	12	33	9	1	1	12	6	25	.264	.295	.376	.671	14	45
2 Yrs		59	180	168	17	44	9	1	2	18	8	35	.262	.298	.363	.661	18	59
162 Game Avg.		162	494	461	47	121	25	3	5	49	22	96	.262	.298	.363	.661	49	59

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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