3B John Balliet #30
Baltimore Lords MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/31/1977
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3B JOHN BALLIET #30 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
103 379 102 22 1 8 39 34 31 .269 .329 .396 0 2.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 65 65 70
BABIP 50 50 50 55
Avoid K's 80 80 80 80
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 65 50
Errors: - 50 55
Arm: 20 65 65
Turn DP: - 50 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 35
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 50 Right Field: 45
3rd Base: 60
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Aggressiveness: 30
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1977 @ BOS Win, 8-1 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0
07/30/1977 @ BOS Loss, 3-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
07/29/1977 @ NYE Loss, 4-5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/28/1977 @ NYE Loss, 0-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1977 @ NYE Win, 6-3 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
07/27/1977 @ NYE Win, 9-2 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
07/25/1977 @ TOR Loss, 2-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/24/1977 @ TOR Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/23/1977 @ TOR Win, 4-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/1977 @ ATL Loss, 2-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
One of the most likeable players in the league.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
High: Loyalty, Adaptability, Work Ethic, Baseball IQ
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:06/26/1948
Born in:Kelso, WA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$160,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 27 Days
Service This Yr:117 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$1,440,000 total for 4 years
Drafted:1969, 9th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 103 379 102 22 1 8 39 40 34 31 .269 .329 .396 .725 .319 .127 99
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 94 413 0 3 0 13 0 0 150 31 0 0 0.0 47.1 4.38 2.0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   88 21 6 0 2 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 .239 .295 .375 .670
Versus Right   291 81 16 1 6 33 33 27 24 0 0 0 .278 .340 .402 .742
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   29 10 1 0 1 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 .345 .406 .483 .889
Last Week   23 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .217 .217 .261 .478
April   86 21 3 0 1 7 8 5 12 0 0 0 .244 .286 .314 .600
May   90 30 8 1 3 10 10 10 6 0 0 0 .333 .400 .544 .944
June   100 25 6 0 2 13 13 10 9 0 0 0 .250 .318 .370 .688
July   103 26 5 0 2 9 9 9 4 0 0 0 .252 .312 .359 .672
Spring Training   68 19 2 0 0 5 10 9 6 0 0 0 .279 .364 .309 .672
Last Year   542 162 25 0 6 66 58 52 31 9 0 3 .299 .358 .378 .736
2 Years Ago   566 155 30 2 9 72 71 61 29 7 0 3 .274 .344 .382 .725
Career   3187 872 143 5 51 358 334 328 210 34 0 21 .274 .342 .370 .712
Home   177 50 15 0 3 22 21 16 13 0 0 0 .282 .342 .418 .760
Road   202 52 7 1 5 17 19 18 18 0 0 0 .257 .318 .376 .694
Grass   379 102 22 1 8 39 40 34 31 0 0 0 .269 .329 .396 .725
Day   249 64 15 0 3 28 24 23 21 0 0 0 .257 .320 .353 .673
Night   130 38 7 1 5 11 16 11 10 0 0 0 .292 .348 .477 .824
As Starter   370 102 22 1 8 39 40 34 29 0 0 0 .276 .337 .405 .742
As Reliever / Substitution   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   98 29 8 1 3 14 13 5 13 0 0 0 .296 .330 .490 .820
Inning 1-3   127 36 5 0 3 18 11 8 8 0 0 0 .283 .326 .394 .720
Inning 4-6   123 32 8 0 0 4 13 14 8 0 0 0 .260 .336 .325 .661
Inning 7-9   120 32 8 1 5 16 15 10 15 0 0 0 .267 .323 .475 .798
Extra Innings   9 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .222 .364 .333 .697
0 Outs   129 40 10 1 3 11 23 18 10 0 0 0 .310 .395 .473 .867
1 Outs   113 26 6 0 2 9 8 6 6 0 0 0 .230 .269 .336 .605
2 Outs   137 36 6 0 3 19 9 10 15 0 0 0 .263 .313 .372 .685
Scoring Position   102 28 5 0 0 27 5 7 8 0 0 0 .275 .321 .324 .645
Bases Empty   186 50 9 0 5 5 24 22 14 0 0 0 .269 .346 .398 .744
Runner on 1st   91 24 8 1 3 7 11 5 9 0 0 0 .264 .302 .473 .775
Runner on 2nd   34 5 1 0 0 1 2 6 5 0 0 0 .147 .275 .176 .451
Runner on 3rd   10 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   25 8 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320 .346 .400 .746
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Bases Loaded   12 6 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Two Strikes   148 35 8 0 6 23 18 22 31 0 0 0 .236 .335 .412 .747
First Pitch   61 15 2 0 0 4 6 3 0 0 0 0 .246 .281 .279 .560
Count 0-1   45 9 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .289 .489
Count 0-2   31 7 1 0 1 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 .226 .226 .355 .581
Count 1-0   43 20 2 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .465 .465 .558 1.023
Count 1-1   41 8 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .195 .195 .293 .488
Count 1-2   35 7 3 0 2 4 2 0 10 0 0 0 .200 .200 .457 .657
Count 2-0   7 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .714 1.143
Count 2-1   24 8 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .542 .875
Count 2-2   40 11 4 0 1 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 .275 .275 .450 .725
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 .400 .571 .500 1.071
Full Count   42 10 0 0 2 8 9 22 11 0 0 0 .238 .500 .381 .881
Behind in Count   111 23 5 0 4 9 9 0 16 0 0 0 .207 .207 .360 .568
Ahead in Count   84 35 10 1 0 7 10 9 0 0 0 0 .417 .473 .560 1.033
Batting Leadoff   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 2nd   37 14 4 0 0 2 5 4 2 0 0 0 .378 .439 .486 .926
Batting 3rd   72 17 2 0 1 5 5 6 10 0 0 0 .236 .295 .306 .600
Batting 4th   142 39 6 1 6 20 20 14 9 0 0 0 .275 .340 .458 .797
Batting 5th   76 16 6 0 0 4 6 4 6 0 0 0 .211 .250 .289 .539
Batting 6th   34 12 3 0 0 5 2 6 2 0 0 0 .353 .450 .441 .891
Batting 7th   8 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   136 31 6 1 3 7 10 11 13 0 0 0 .228 .286 .353 .639
Medium Leverage   148 45 11 0 4 14 21 17 9 0 0 0 .304 .376 .459 .835
High Leverage   95 26 5 0 1 18 9 6 9 0 0 0 .274 .317 .358 .675
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
1970 Baltimore - MLB 21 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -133 -0.1
1971 Baltimore - MLB 22 85 138 26 5 0 1 15 9 15 1 0 15 0 0 .188 .273 .246 .519 53 49 -0.5
1972 Baltimore - MLB 23 142 487 132 24 0 7 48 40 45 3 2 37 0 0 .271 .335 .363 .699 117 122 3.2
1973 Baltimore - MLB 24 140 479 128 19 1 6 51 53 61 4 8 30 0 0 .267 .350 .349 .698 99 102 1.6
1974 Baltimore - MLB 25 158 593 167 18 1 14 67 63 60 7 8 35 0 0 .282 .350 .386 .736 118 123 3.8
1975 Baltimore - MLB 26 155 566 155 30 2 9 72 71 61 3 7 29 0 0 .274 .344 .382 .725 107 111 3.6
1976 Baltimore - MLB 27 152 542 162 25 0 6 66 58 52 3 9 31 0 0 .299 .358 .378 .736 119 120 3.9
1977 Baltimore - MLB 28 103 379 102 22 1 8 39 40 34 0 0 31 0 0 .269 .329 .396 .725 93 99 2.0
Total MLB 942 3187 872 143 5 51 358 334 328 21 34 210 0 0 .274 .342 .370 .712 107 111 17.4
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
1969 Total - 20 67 303 90 13 1 12 60 66 27 3 3 27 0 0 .297 .357 .465 .822 100 100 1.9
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
1974 Baltimore - MLB 25 13 51 12 3 0 0 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 .235 .304 .294 .598 78 81 0.6
1976 Baltimore - MLB 27 7 27 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .310 .259 .570 71 72 0.8
Total MLB 20 78 19 3 0 0 3 6 7 0 0 2 0 0 .244 .306 .282 .588 75 78
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Baltimore - MLB 3B 7 0 1 4 0 6 1 .833 14.0 3.21 -0.4 .840
1971 Baltimore - MLB 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2.1 11.57 0.0 .000
1971 Baltimore - MLB 2B 23 5 19 23 2 42 0 1.000 69.2 5.43 -0.8 .951
1971 Baltimore - MLB 3B 36 22 18 47 7 70 5 .929 209.2 2.79 -1.0 .987
1971 Baltimore - MLB SS 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.1 1.027
1972 Baltimore - MLB 2B 55 50 84 140 23 236 12 .949 415.0 4.86 -2.8 .948
1972 Baltimore - MLB 3B 97 82 62 199 14 277 16 .942 731.2 3.21 +3.9 1.024
1972 Baltimore - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Baltimore - MLB 2B 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 4.0 2.25 -0.4 .000
1973 Baltimore - MLB 3B 130 130 88 282 21 399 29 .927 1128.0 2.95 -1.7 .994
1973 Baltimore - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Baltimore - MLB 2B 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 5.0 5.40 +0.6 2.060
1974 Baltimore - MLB 3B 148 148 110 377 18 516 29 .944 1337.0 3.28 +2.7 1.007
1975 Baltimore - MLB 2B 7 0 6 2 0 8 0 1.000 15.1 4.70 -0.3 .689
1975 Baltimore - MLB 3B 122 120 78 279 26 373 16 .957 1051.1 3.06 +10.1 1.074
1975 Baltimore - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Baltimore - MLB RF 28 28 42 1 0 43 0 1.000 231.0 1.68 -3.5 .909
1976 Baltimore - MLB 2B 9 0 4 4 1 9 1 .889 19.0 3.79 -0.4 .826
1976 Baltimore - MLB 3B 145 141 93 279 17 395 23 .942 1247.2 2.68 +6.2 1.017
1977 Baltimore - MLB 2B 4 0 3 4 2 8 1 .875 12.2 4.97 -0.4 .831
1977 Baltimore - MLB 3B 96 94 81 236 21 338 21 .938 824.2 3.46 +6.6 1.048
1977 Baltimore - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2.1 11.57 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 103 55 118 175 28 308 15 .951 540.2 4.88 -4.5 .939
TOTAL 3B 781 737 531 1703 124 2374 140 .941 6544.0 3.07 +26.4 1.023
TOTAL SS 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.1 1.027
TOTAL RF 29 28 42 1 0 43 0 1.000 234.0 1.65 -3.5 .909
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 9, 65th overall pick) by the San Diego Captains, out of college Columbia Basin
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (50).
03/09/1970 Successfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the San Diego Captains development complex.
07/20/1970 Was traded by the San Diego Captains to the Baltimore Lords, along with a 2nd round draft pick, a 3rd round draft pick, and a 5th round draft pick, in exchange for 3B Don Hughes.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (50).
03/08/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
03/06/1972 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
08/29/1972 Goes 5-5 against the San Francisco Seagulls, with 2 RBI and 1 R.
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (50).
05/25/1973 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $648,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
04/07/1974 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
05/06/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
06/03/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
07/07/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (50).
04/08/1975 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
08/21/1975 Goes 5-5 against the Atlanta Generals, with 0 RBI and 3 R.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
09/20/1976 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
01/07/1977 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,440,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1974 668 10
Year AB Rank
1974 593 7
Year H Rank
1976 162 6
Year HP Rank
1974 7 4
Year SF Rank
1973 8 3
1974 8 6
1976 9 3
Year AVG Rank
1976 .299 6
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