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John Balaz

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: November 24, 1950 in Toronto, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Diego City College (San Diego, CA).

High School: Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA)

School: San Diego City College (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1974 (Age 23-290d, 13,565th in major league history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 24-308d)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: John Lawrence Balaz

Pronunciation: \BAL-ash\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

162

.241

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.340

OPS

.614

OPS+

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Summary of 2 Home Runs
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Summary of 2 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

1 Tm
CAL	2

Platoon
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	1
Away	1

Outs
2	2

2 Opps
MIN	1
KCR	1

2 Pitchers
Vic Albury	1
Paul Splittorff	1

2 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	1
-2-	1

4 RBI
RISP	1
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
1	1
2	1

1-3	2

RelScore
Tied	2

Tied	2

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	2

OrderPos
7th	1
4th	1

Leverage
Medium Lev	2

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WE and WPA Explanation

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1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-09-24	CAL	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.181	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Heise Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1975-07-26 (2)	CAL		MIN	Vic Albury	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	7	0.215	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Chalk Scores

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