John Bale
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 22, 1974 in Cheverly, MD
High School: Crestview (Crestview, FL)
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 25 TOR AL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 10 36 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 18.0 2.00
2000 26 TOR AL 0 0 14.73 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 7 6 1 3 0 6 2 0 0 22 34 2.182 12.3 2.5 7.4 14.7 2.00
2001 27 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 3.04 14 0 3 0 0 0 26.2 18 14 9 2 17 0 21 1 0 1 113 142 1.313 6.1 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.24
2003 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4.47 10 9 0 0 0 0 46.1 50 24 23 7 12 2 37 2 0 1 195 92 1.338 9.7 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.08
2007 33 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4.05 26 0 5 0 0 0 40.0 45 18 18 1 17 2 42 1 0 2 179 113 1.550 10.1 0.2 3.8 9.5 2.47
2008 34 KCR AL 0 3 .000 4.39 13 3 1 0 0 0 26.2 29 13 13 1 6 0 14 0 0 1 110 99 1.313 9.8 0.3 2.0 4.7 2.33
2009 35 KCR AL 0 1 .000 5.72 43 0 12 0 0 1 28.1 34 19 18 3 18 2 24 1 0 2 136 77 1.835 10.8 1.0 5.7 7.6 1.33
7 Seasons 3 7 .300 4.66 109 12 21 0 0 1 173.2 183 98 90 16 75 6 148 7 0 7 765 94 1.486 9.5 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.97
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .300 4.66 61 7 12 0 0 1 98 103 55 51 9 42 3 83 4 0 4 430 94 1.486 9.5 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.97
KCR (3 yrs) 1 5 .167 4.64 82 3 18 0 0 1 95.0 108 50 49 5 41 4 80 2 0 5 425 96 1.568 10.2 0.5 3.9 7.6 1.95
TOR (2 yrs) 0 0 14.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 10 9 2 5 0 10 2 0 0 32 35 2.118 11.1 3.2 7.9 15.9 2.00
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.47 10 9 0 0 0 0 46.1 50 24 23 7 12 2 37 2 0 1 195 92 1.338 9.7 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.08
BAL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.04 14 0 3 0 0 0 26.2 18 14 9 2 17 0 21 1 0 1 113 142 1.313 6.1 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.24
AL (6 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.74 99 3 21 0 0 1 127.1 133 74 67 9 63 4 111 5 0 6 570 94 1.539 9.4 0.6 4.5 7.8 1.76
NL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.47 10 9 0 0 0 0 46.1 50 24 23 7 12 2 37 2 0 1 195 92 1.338 9.7 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.08

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 25 TOR AL 1 10 8 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .250 .400 .750 1.150 .333 6 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 TOR AL 2 22 16 7 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 6 .313 .455 .688 1.142 .400 11 0 2 0 1 0
2001 27 BAL AL 14 113 93 14 18 4 0 2 3 2 17 21 .194 .319 .301 .620 .222 28 2 1 0 2 0
2003 29 CIN NL 10 195 178 24 50 11 4 7 6 2 12 37 .281 .330 .506 .836 .316 90 4 2 1 2 2
2007 33 KCR AL 26 179 155 18 45 6 1 1 0 0 17 42 .290 .358 .361 .719 .383 56 3 1 3 3 2
2008 34 KCR AL 13 110 99 13 29 5 1 1 3 1 6 14 .293 .327 .394 .721 .326 39 5 0 3 2 0
2009 35 KCR AL 43 136 115 19 34 9 1 3 4 0 18 24 .296 .390 .470 .859 .344 54 5 1 0 2 2
7 Seasons 109 765 664 98 183 37 8 16 17 5 75 148 .276 .350 .428 .777 .326 284 19 7 7 12 6
162 Game Avg. 61 430 373 55 103 21 4 9 10 3 42 83 .276 .350 .428 .777 .326 160 11 4 4 7 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 29 CIN NL 10 9 1 2 6 0 0 1 8 .111 1 3 0 0 2 22% 49 74 28 7 1 0 1 2.8 2.5 4.9 81 4 4 1 0 105
2008 34 KCR AL 13 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 42 27 2 1 0 2 3.3 4.5 5.1 82 1 2 0 0 95
2 Seasons 23 12 1 5 6 0 0 1 11 .083 1 3 0 0 2 17% 46 74 27 9 2 0 3 2.9 3.0 5.0 81 5 6 1 0 105
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 25 TOR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.046 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 46
2000 26 TOR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.138 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5 39
2001 27 BAL AL 14 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 20 4 20% 6 0.535 4 2 8 4 1 9 10 4 8 3 9 1 5.7 35
2003 29 CIN NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.971 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 36
2007 33 KCR AL 26 26 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 7 5 12 7 58% 6 0.799 6 8 12 9 5 12 9 17 15 8 16 2 4.6 27
2008 34 KCR AL 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0% 7 0.982 2 2 6 7 1 2 3 7 3 0 3 1 3.4 12
2009 35 KCR AL 43 43 12 0 1 5 1 4 20% 17 10 34 21 62% 8 1.232 18 9 15 19 4 20 20 23 4 24 6 14 2.0 13
7 Seasons 109 97 21 2 2 6 1 5 17% 28 19 74 35 47% 0.878 30 21 45 39 11 47 43 54 34 35 38 18 3.5 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 25 TOR AL 10 70% 10.0% 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 100% 3.00 30% 0% 100.0% 0% 3 0 0%
2000 26 TOR AL 22 50% 4.6% 27.3% 13.6% 13.6% 60% 0.25 0.25 45% 36% 14.3% 13% 5 0 0%
2001 27 BAL AL 113 69% 1.8% 18.6% 15.0% 5.3% 33% 0.80 0.97 64% 20% 6.5% 23% 27 2 7%
2003 29 CIN NL 195 84% 3.6% 19.0% 6.2% 11.3% 44% 0.78 1.13 70% 20% 9.7% 9% 26 4 15%
2007 33 KCR AL 179 57% 0.6% 23.5% 9.5% 4.5% 18% 0.90 1.05 64% 19% 1.9% 12% 39 3 8%
2008 34 KCR AL 110 59% 0.9% 12.7% 5.5% 6.4% 24% 1.02 1.95 78% 18% 2.6% 10% 22 5 23%
2009 35 KCR AL 136 52% 2.2% 17.7% 13.2% 9.6% 38% 0.89 1.18 66% 18% 6.8% 6% 40 5 13%
7 Seasons 765 65% 2.1% 19.4% 9.8% 8.0% 33% 0.86 1.19 67% 19% 6.5% 11% 162 19 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 25 TOR AL 10 46 4.60 26 57% 38% 8% 38% 15% 62% 0% 35% 88% 50% 10% 1 1 20% 2 2 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0
2000 26 TOR AL 22 78 3.55 41 53% 29% 20% 24% 27% 71% 0% 37% 72% 50% 0% 0 0 14% 3 1 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 27 BAL AL 113 486 4.30 286 59% 26% 15% 33% 26% 74% 0% 44% 79% 55% 5% 6 2 22% 25 20 1 19% 3 4 0 0 0
2003 29 CIN NL 195 766 3.93 484 63% 26% 19% 25% 30% 74% 3% 46% 75% 54% 4% 7 4 24% 47 21 1 27% 7 1 0 0 0
2007 33 KCR AL 179 709 3.96 454 64% 32% 14% 28% 26% 68% 2% 43% 79% 58% 4% 7 2 23% 42 22 1 31% 5 3 0 0 0
2008 34 KCR AL 110 360 3.27 235 65% 34% 10% 18% 38% 66% 0% 43% 85% 64% 4% 4 3 19% 21 15 1 43% 4 1 0 0 0
2009 35 KCR AL 136 535 3.93 333 62% 33% 12% 27% 28% 67% 4% 42% 83% 63% 7% 9 5 28% 38 23 2 29% 5 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 765 2980 3.90 1859 62% 30% 15% 27% 29% 70% 2% 44% 79% 58% 4% 34 17 23% 178 104 6 30% 26 11 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 25 TOR AL 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 TOR AL 22 5 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 67% 1 0 0 8 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 27 BAL AL 113 18 3 0 2 0 8 2 0 2 0 7 5 1 71% 1 1 0 47 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 29 CIN NL 195 50 5 1 7 0 1 7 0 3 4 10 6 1 60% 0 1 0 61 6 2 75% 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 33 KCR AL 179 45 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 8 6 2 75% 0 2 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 34 KCR AL 110 29 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 8 0 89% 1 1 0 43 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2009 35 KCR AL 136 34 7 4 3 0 9 2 1 3 0 17 12 1 71% 4 2 0 64 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 765 183 27 7 16 0 28 13 3 9 7 55 39 7 71% 7 7 0 309 17 5 77% 11 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 25 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 10 36 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 18.0 2.00 36
2000 26 0 0 14.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 10 9 2 5 0 10 2 0 0 32 35 2.118 11.1 3.2 7.9 15.9 2.00 35
2001 27 1 0 1.000 5.01 17 0 3 0 0 0 32.1 25 24 18 4 22 0 31 3 0 1 145 88 1.454 7.0 1.1 6.1 8.6 1.41 88
2002 28 1 0 1.000 5.01 17 0 3 0 0 0 32.1 25 24 18 4 22 0 31 3 0 1 145 88 1.454 7.0 1.1 6.1 8.6 1.41 88
2003 29 2 2 .500 4.69 27 9 3 0 0 0 78.2 75 48 41 11 34 2 68 5 0 2 340 90 1.386 8.6 1.3 3.9 7.8 2.00 90
2004 30 2 2 .500 4.69 27 9 3 0 0 0 78.2 75 48 41 11 34 2 68 5 0 2 340 90 1.386 8.6 1.3 3.9 7.8 2.00 90
2005 31 2 2 .500 4.69 27 9 3 0 0 0 78.2 75 48 41 11 34 2 68 5 0 2 340 90 1.386 8.6 1.3 3.9 7.8 2.00 90
2006 32 2 2 .500 4.69 27 9 3 0 0 0 78.2 75 48 41 11 34 2 68 5 0 2 340 90 1.386 8.6 1.3 3.9 7.8 2.00 90
2007 33 3 3 .500 4.47 53 9 8 0 0 0 118.2 120 66 59 12 51 4 110 6 0 4 519 97 1.441 9.1 0.9 3.9 8.3 2.16 97
2008 34 3 6 .333 4.46 66 12 9 0 0 0 145.1 149 79 72 13 57 4 124 6 0 5 629 98 1.417 9.2 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.18 98
2009 35 3 7 .300 4.66 109 12 21 0 0 1 173.2 183 98 90 16 75 6 148 7 0 7 765 94 1.486 9.5 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.97 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 25 0 0 13.50 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 4 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 18.0 2.00 4.5 1
2000 26 0 0 9.00 4.0 5 4 4 1 3 6 2 2.000 11.3 6.8 13.5 2.00 2.3 2
2001 27 1 1 .500 3.12 26.0 18 10 9 2 17 20 1 1.346 6.2 5.9 6.9 1.18 0.7 14
2003 29 2 2 .500 4.70 44.0 50 26 23 7 12 35 2 1.409 10.2 2.5 7.2 2.92 1.4 10
2007 33 2 2 .500 3.82 40.0 43 19 17 1 16 42 1 1.475 9.7 3.6 9.5 2.63 0.2 26
2008 34 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 29 14 13 1 6 13 0 1.400 10.4 2.2 4.7 2.17 0.4 13
2009 35 1 2 .333 5.79 28.0 34 20 18 3 18 24 1 1.857 10.9 5.8 7.7 1.33 1.0 43
7 Seasons 7 8 .467 4.63 169.0 181 96 87 16 74 144 7 1.509 9.6 7.7 1.95 0.9 109

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