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Jack Baldschun

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: October 16, 1936 in Greenville, OH us

High School: Greenville HS (Greenville, OH)

School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)

Debut: April 28, 1961 (Age 24-194d, 11,856th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 21, 1970 (Age 33-309d)
vs. STL 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Jack Edward Baldschun

Pronunciation: \BALL-shun\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

3.69

457

704.0

555

WHIP

1.399

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1956	19	WSH-min	C	10	10	.500	3.58	30	25		10	0		201.0	235	115	80	16	63		121	4	1	11				1.483	10.5	0.7	2.8	5.4	1.92	THX EVAN
1957	20	CIN-min	C	10	15	.400	3.32	33	23		8	1		179.0	158	91	66	8	73		117	7	0	5				1.291	7.9	0.4	3.7	5.9	1.60	WAU NORL
1958	21	CIN-min	C,A	5	5	.500	4.03	28	7		1	0		67.0	58	43	30	5	38		32	4	0	3				1.433	7.8	0.7	5.1	4.3	0.84	ABQ,VIS,SAV WL,CALL,SALL
1959	22	CIN-min	B	6	2	.750	2.90	26	7		3	0		90.0	81	34	29	4	32	2	84	1	0	9				1.256	8.1	0.4	3.2	8.4	2.63	TPK IIIL
1960	23	CIN-min	A,AA	13	9	.591	3.44	40	7		2	0		136.0	121	62	52	3	62	3	102	5	1	13				1.346	8.0	0.2	4.1	6.8	1.65	CLM,NVL SALL,SOUA
1961	24	PHI	NL	5	3	.625	3.88	65	0	39	0	0	3	99.2	90	53	43	7	49	11	59	5	0	11	435	104	3.93	1.395	8.1	0.6	4.4	5.3	1.20
1962	25	PHI	NL	12	7	.632	2.96	67	0	49	0	0	13	112.2	95	41	37	6	58	9	95	2	0	9	479	131	3.22	1.358	7.6	0.5	4.6	7.6	1.64
1963	26	PHI	NL	11	7	.611	2.30	65	0	44	0	0	16	113.2	99	37	29	7	42	10	89	3	0	3	477	141	2.90	1.240	7.8	0.6	3.3	7.0	2.12
1964	27	PHI	NL	6	9	.400	3.12	71	0	51	0	0	21	118.1	111	50	41	8	40	7	96	3	0	9	507	112	2.95	1.276	8.4	0.6	3.0	7.3	2.40
1965	28	PHI	NL	5	8	.385	3.82	65	0	31	0	0	6	99.0	102	53	42	4	42	12	81	4	0	5	436	90	2.80	1.455	9.3	0.4	3.8	7.4	1.93
1966	29	CIN	NL	1	5	.167	5.49	42	0	20	0	0	0	57.1	71	35	35	4	25	8	44	4	0	5	260	72	3.44	1.674	11.1	0.6	3.9	6.9	1.76
1967	30	CIN-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.83	29	0		0	0		54.0	45	12	11	2	20	4	58	0	0	3				1.204	7.5	0.3	3.3	9.7	2.90	BFL IL
1967	30	CIN	NL	0	0		4.15	9	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	15	6	6	0	9	3	12	0	0	0	62	94	2.77	1.846	10.4	0.0	6.2	8.3	1.33

1968	31	CIN-min	AAA	4	12	.250	4.03	53	4		1	0		87.0	89	45	39	8	28	7	86	1	0	11				1.345	9.2	0.8	2.9	8.9	3.07	INA PCL
1969	32	SDP	NL	7	2	.778	4.79	61	0	24	0	0	1	77.0	80	45	41	7	29	6	67	2	0	7	340	74	3.16	1.416	9.4	0.8	3.4	7.8	2.31
1970	33	SDP-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.60	41	0		0	0	15	60.0	56	28	24	4	24	3	62	0	0	6				1.333	8.4	0.6	3.6	9.3	2.58	SLC PCL
1970	33	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	10.13	12	0	8	0	0	0	13.1	24	15	15	2	4	1	12	0	0	0	70	40	3.69	2.100	16.2	1.4	2.7	8.1	3.00
1971	34	SDP-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0				0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		HAW PCL
9 Yrs				48	41	.539	3.69	457	0	267	0	0	60	704.0	687	335	289	45	298	67	555	23	0	49	3066	99	3.18	1.399	8.8	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.86
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.539	3.69	68	0	40	0	0	9	105	102	50	43	7	44	10	83	3	0	7	456	99	3.18	1.399	8.8	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.86

PHI (5 yrs)				39	34	.534	3.18	333	0	214	0	0	59	543.1	497	234	192	32	231	49	420	17	0	37	2334	113	3.15	1.340	8.2	0.5	3.8	7.0	1.82
SDP (2 yrs)				8	2	.800	5.58	73	0	32	0	0	1	90.1	104	60	56	9	33	7	79	2	0	7	410	65	3.24	1.517	10.4	0.9	3.3	7.9	2.39
CIN (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	5.25	51	0	21	0	0	0	70.1	86	41	41	4	34	11	56	4	0	5	322	75	3.32	1.706	11.0	0.5	4.4	7.2	1.65