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John Balaz    \BAL-ash\

John Lawrence Balaz

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

Born: November 24, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
High School: Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA)
School: San Diego City College (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974 (Age 23)
Team: Angels 1974-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 24)
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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
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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1974 23 CAL AL 14 46 -1 0 0 -2 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .467 .497 -0.0 -0.3 -0 7/D
1975 24 CAL AL 45 127 -3 -0 0 -0 -2 -5 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -0 7D/9
2 Seasons 59 173 -4 -0 0 -3 -3 -10 -1.0 6 -3 -0.4 .482 .497 -0.1 -0.6 -1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CAL AL 23 LF 12 12 11 102.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -27 1.41 1.33 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 CAL AL 23 OF 12 12 11 102.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -27 1.50 1.42 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CAL AL 23 DH 1 0
1975 CAL AL 24 OF 27 22 17 192.0 43 40 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -3 2.02 1.59 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 CAL AL 24 LF 19 17 13 148.0 31 28 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -8 1.89 1.63 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 CAL AL 24 DH 11 8
1975 CAL AL 24 RF 8 5 4 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.25 1.38 .976 2.11 2.10
2 Seasons OF 39 34 28 294.0 60 57 3 0 1 1.000 -3 -11 1.84 1.54 .979 2.38 2.37
2 Seasons LF 31 29 24 250.0 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 -3 -16 1.69 1.52 .976 2.15 2.15
1 Season RF 8 5 4 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.25 1.38 .976 2.11 2.10
2 Seasons TOT 39 34 28 294.0 60 57 3 0 1 1.000 -3 -11 1.84 1.54 .979 2.38 2.37
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  1 (4th)

                                         

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