LF Joe Ballard #20
San Francisco Seagulls MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
07/07/1975
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LF JOE BALLARD #20 - AGE: 32 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
43 58 16 2 0 0 7 4 8 .276 .317 .310 0 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
Gap 35 30 35 35
Power 45 40 45 45
Eye 45 40 45 45
Avoid K's 45 45 50 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 45
Errors: - 30 65
Arm: 20 55 65
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: 30 Center Field: 20
2nd Base: - Right Field: 35
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Aggressiveness: 30
Stealing Ability: 35
Baserunning Inst.: 30
Sacrifice Bunt: 65
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/06/1975 CHH Loss, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/05/1975 CHH Loss, 3-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1975 CHH Win, 7-6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1975 CHH Win, 9-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/01/1975 HOU Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/29/1975 DAL Loss, 2-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/27/1975 DAL Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/26/1975 @ CHH Win, 17-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/25/1975 @ CHH Win, 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/22/1975 @ NYE Win, 11-8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Joe is a go-getter.
Personality Class: Sparkplug
High: Loyalty, Adaptability, Work Ethic
Birthday:03/27/1943
Born in:Galeville, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$70,500
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:10 Years, 9 Days
Service This Yr:90 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 4th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 43 58 16 2 0 0 7 4 4 8 .276 .317 .310 .628 .294 .034 85
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 7 63 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 2 0 0 0.0 5.9 3.62 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Versus Right   55 15 2 0 0 7 4 4 8 1 0 0 .273 .317 .309 .626
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
April   11 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636
May   23 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 .304 .385 .348 .732
June   17 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 .294 .278 .294 .572
July   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Spring Training   37 10 3 0 3 8 5 6 5 1 1 0 .270 .364 .595 .958
Last Year   60 11 1 0 2 5 11 6 14 0 0 0 .183 .258 .300 .558
2 Years Ago   107 39 3 0 3 14 16 11 12 2 0 0 .364 .417 .477 .893
Career   1306 356 44 5 29 155 139 111 181 12 5 6 .273 .330 .381 .710
Home   29 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 .207 .258 .207 .465
Road   29 10 2 0 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 0 .345 .375 .414 .789
Grass   58 16 2 0 0 7 4 4 8 1 0 0 .276 .317 .310 .628
Day   39 9 1 0 0 6 3 3 5 1 0 0 .231 .279 .256 .535
Night   19 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .368 .400 .421 .821
As Starter   25 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 .280 .321 .280 .601
As Reliever / Substitution   33 9 2 0 0 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 .273 .314 .333 .648
Pinch Hitting   30 8 2 0 0 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 .267 .312 .333 .646
Close/Late   29 7 2 0 0 2 4 2 5 0 0 0 .241 .290 .310 .601
Inning 1-3   9 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 .222 .273 .222 .495
Inning 4-6   13 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Inning 7-9   34 10 2 0 0 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 .294 .333 .353 .686
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
0 Outs   22 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .136 .240 .136 .376
1 Outs   23 8 1 0 0 6 2 0 5 1 0 0 .348 .333 .391 .725
2 Outs   13 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .385 .429 .462 .890
Scoring Position   20 8 1 0 0 7 3 1 5 1 0 0 .400 .409 .450 .859
Bases Empty   29 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .207 .258 .241 .499
Runner on 1st   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Runner on 2nd   8 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 .375 .444 .500 .944
Runner on 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Two Strikes   17 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 0 0 0 .118 .286 .118 .403
First Pitch   15 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .133 .125 .133 .258
Count 0-1   4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   11 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727
Count 1-1   7 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .857 1.429
Count 1-2   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-2   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 3-1   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Full Count   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Behind in Count   13 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462
Ahead in Count   15 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   9 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .556 .556 .556 1.111
Batting 6th   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Batting 7th   17 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .176 .211 .235 .446
Batting 8th   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Batting 9th   16 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 .375 .412 .438 .849
Low Leverage   23 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .391 .440 .435 .875
Medium Leverage   11 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 .273 .308 .273 .580
High Leverage   24 4 1 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 .167 .200 .208 .408
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Washington - MLB 23 42 91 25 3 1 3 8 10 9 0 0 14 0 0 .275 .340 .429 .769 126 122 0.4
1967 Washington - MLB 24 76 147 43 9 2 5 22 18 19 1 0 19 0 0 .293 .377 .483 .860 160 162 1.8
1968 Washington - MLB 25 67 163 44 5 0 3 15 13 15 1 2 19 0 0 .270 .331 .356 .687 117 121 0.8
1969 Washington - MLB 26 85 133 34 7 0 1 18 11 9 2 3 19 0 1 .256 .306 .331 .637 86 85 0.1
1970 Washington - MLB 27 98 312 90 5 1 7 40 38 27 2 1 37 0 0 .288 .348 .378 .726 102 103 1.2
1971 Washington - MLB 28 65 177 42 7 0 3 17 14 11 0 2 26 0 0 .237 .279 .328 .607 74 69 0.0
1972 Dallas - MLB 29 39 58 12 2 1 2 9 4 0 0 1 13 0 0 .207 .203 .379 .583 80 75 0.1
1973 San Francisco - MLB 30 71 107 39 3 0 3 14 16 11 0 2 12 0 0 .364 .417 .477 .893 155 154 1.0
1974 San Francisco - MLB 31 63 60 11 1 0 2 5 11 6 0 0 14 0 0 .183 .258 .300 .558 65 62 0.0
1975 San Francisco - MLB 32 43 58 16 2 0 0 7 4 4 0 1 8 0 0 .276 .317 .310 .628 72 85 -0.1
Total MLB 649 1306 356 44 5 29 155 139 111 6 12 181 0 1 .273 .330 .381 .710 108 108 5.2
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1964 Total - 21 57 258 76 10 1 7 45 68 22 2 3 29 14 5 .295 .351 .422 .773 100 100 1.1
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1973 San Francisco - MLB 30 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -125 -0.3
1974 San Francisco - MLB 31 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 48 45 0.0
Total MLB 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -41 -57
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Washington - MLB 1B 13 12 85 7 3 93 1 .989 94.2 8.75 +0.3 .979
1966 Washington - MLB LF 15 6 12 1 0 16 3 .812 72.1 1.62 -1.1 .850
1966 Washington - MLB RF 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 +0.0 .991
1967 Washington - MLB 1B 4 0 10 0 1 11 1 .909 9.0 10.00 -0.7 .000
1967 Washington - MLB LF 30 27 50 0 0 51 1 .980 227.1 1.98 +1.4 1.054
1967 Washington - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Washington - MLB RF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 17.0 3.18 -0.5 .988
1968 Washington - MLB LF 36 32 66 0 0 67 1 .985 288.2 2.06 -0.7 1.019
1968 Washington - MLB CF 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 9.0 2.00 +0.1 .995
1968 Washington - MLB RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 7.0 1.29 +0.0 .990
1969 Washington - MLB LF 23 18 31 2 0 35 2 .943 178.1 1.67 +1.2 1.151
1969 Washington - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Washington - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Washington - MLB 1B 3 1 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 12.0 7.50 -0.2 1.030
1970 Washington - MLB LF 86 75 111 3 0 117 3 .974 693.0 1.48 +3.9 1.034
1970 Washington - MLB CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1971 Washington - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Washington - MLB LF 33 24 41 1 1 42 0 1.000 229.0 1.65 +2.2 1.083
1971 Washington - MLB CF 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 -0.3 .979
1971 Washington - MLB RF 17 17 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 139.2 1.68 -2.5 .917
1972 Dallas - MLB 1B 5 0 12 1 1 13 0 1.000 9.0 13.00 +0.1 1.027
1972 Dallas - MLB LF 19 4 12 1 1 14 1 .929 80.2 1.45 -0.1 .982
1972 Dallas - MLB CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 San Francisco - MLB LF 22 19 39 1 0 41 1 .976 151.1 2.38 -0.7 .980
1973 San Francisco - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 San Francisco - MLB RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.1 3.86 +0.0 1.049
1974 San Francisco - MLB LF 17 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 24.0 2.25 +0.4 1.038
1974 San Francisco - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 San Francisco - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 San Francisco - MLB 1B 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 3.1 10.80 0.0 .000
1975 San Francisco - MLB LF 12 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 55.0 1.47 -0.9 .690
1975 San Francisco - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 27 13 121 8 5 131 2 .985 128.0 9.07 -0.5 .956
TOTAL LF 293 212 377 9 2 398 12 .970 1999.2 1.74 +5.7 1.024
TOTAL CF 7 4 6 0 0 7 1 .857 37.2 1.43 -0.3 .984
TOTAL RF 24 20 35 1 1 36 0 1.000 173.0 1.87 -3.0 .936
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 28th overall pick) by the Washington Rough Riders, out of college Minnesota
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 30 (40); Eye: 40 (45).
04/13/1965 Named the #74 prospect in the MLB
07/08/1965 Named the #56 prospect in the MLB
10/21/1965 Named the #42 prospect in the MLB
11/07/1965 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $18,600.
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
07/07/1966 Named the #80 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
03/14/1967 Injured (separated shoulder),out for 3 weeks.
05/10/1967 Injured (sore quadriceps),day-to-day for 3 days.
06/19/1967 Injured (sports hernia),out for 8-9 weeks.
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
09/06/1968 Injured (strained hamstring),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/17/1968 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $59,455.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
03/14/1969 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 2 days.
08/20/1969 Injured (bruised back),day-to-day for one week.
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $97,470.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
08/10/1970 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $140,790.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
11/13/1971 Became a free agent.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
02/04/1972 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $65,600 with the Dallas Wranglers organization.
11/12/1972 Became a free agent.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
04/11/1973 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the San Francisco Seagulls organization.
10/22/1973 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $105,750 with the San Francisco Seagulls organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
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