2B Bob Balster #18
Age: 47 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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2B BOB BALSTER #18 - AGE: 47 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/07/1926
Born in:Minerva, OH
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, 75 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, 154 Days
Pro Service:17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1945, 5th Pick in Round 10
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
1950 Brooklyn - FABL 23 12 42 7 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .222 .190 .413 14 13 -0.3
1952 Kansas City - FABL 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 497 554 0.1
1953 Kansas City - FABL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -134 -0.0
Total FABL 14 44 8 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 .182 .234 .205 .439 22 21 -0.2
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
1945 Marshalltown - R 18 15 38 7 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 9 0 0 .184 .244 .263 .507 53 53 -0.0
1946 Marshalltown - R 19 35 72 15 2 0 1 7 6 4 0 2 22 0 1 .208 .244 .278 .521 44 42 -0.3
1947 Marshalltown - R 20 49 59 21 1 2 0 11 10 8 0 0 9 0 0 .356 .433 .441 .874 155 162 0.7
1948 Matanzas - DL 21 26 47 11 5 1 1 5 5 6 0 1 7 0 0 .234 .315 .447 .762 95 86 0.1
1948 Tampa - A 21 54 111 38 6 0 7 32 20 16 2 0 11 1 0 .342 .434 .586 1.020 141 135 1.0
1948 Springfield - A 21 58 174 61 10 4 3 28 19 23 2 0 13 0 1 .351 .432 .506 .938 154 157 2.0
1949 Matanzas - DL 22 32 82 12 3 0 1 5 3 12 1 0 10 0 0 .146 .263 .220 .483 23 19 -0.6
1949 Knoxville - AA 22 75 280 90 16 0 5 39 47 32 3 1 25 0 0 .321 .396 .432 .828 120 123 2.0
1949 Jersey City - AAA 22 63 245 71 17 1 3 22 27 27 2 1 33 0 0 .290 .364 .404 .768 108 111 1.3
1950 Jersey City - AAA 23 64 195 60 8 0 5 32 29 26 1 1 26 0 1 .308 .390 .426 .816 121 125 1.3
1951 Jersey City - AAA 24 94 309 97 19 1 4 43 40 21 1 1 20 0 0 .314 .358 .421 .779 111 115 1.6
1952 Knoxville - AA 25 27 75 26 7 0 4 11 10 8 0 0 4 0 0 .347 .410 .600 1.010 165 171 0.9
1952 Jersey City - AAA 25 80 322 104 13 1 6 44 45 38 1 2 21 0 0 .323 .394 .425 .819 122 129 2.1
1953 Knoxville - AA 26 25 26 6 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 .231 .231 .462 .692 72 57 -0.1
1953 Jersey City - AAA 26 24 38 9 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 .237 .310 .237 .546 50 60 -0.2
1954 Knoxville - AA 27 64 105 34 4 0 5 20 16 13 0 1 9 0 1 .324 .395 .505 .900 125 125 0.3
1954 Jersey City - AAA 27 27 43 10 3 1 0 8 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 .233 .239 .349 .588 58 41 -0.3
1955 Knoxville - AA 28 94 250 69 10 1 6 44 25 33 3 3 25 0 2 .276 .363 .396 .759 91 86 0.0
1955 Jersey City - AAA 28 13 24 6 0 0 1 7 5 3 2 1 2 0 0 .250 .367 .375 .742 102 96 0.1
1956 Knoxville - AA 29 43 68 18 1 0 3 12 9 5 0 1 2 0 0 .265 .311 .412 .723 77 72 -0.2
1956 Jersey City - AAA 29 26 73 19 3 1 1 12 7 9 2 0 7 0 0 .260 .357 .370 .727 98 102 0.3
1957 Knoxville - AA 30 64 109 45 8 0 6 22 20 16 1 0 12 1 0 .413 .492 .651 1.143 177 185 1.3
1957 Jersey City - AAA 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 8 -0.0
1958 Knoxville - AA 31 78 150 44 9 1 5 25 20 16 4 0 16 0 0 .293 .376 .467 .843 130 135 0.4
1959 Knoxville - AA 32 22 44 8 1 0 0 1 7 6 1 0 4 2 0 .182 .294 .205 .499 36 43 -0.3
1959 Jersey City - AAA 32 44 86 18 4 4 2 14 11 11 1 1 15 1 0 .209 .303 .419 .722 94 96 0.2
1960 Knoxville - AA 33 43 84 17 2 0 2 11 11 10 3 1 11 0 0 .202 .306 .298 .604 60 51 -0.4
1961 Knoxville - AA 34 34 59 8 1 0 0 4 7 6 1 1 5 0 0 .136 .224 .153 .376 2 1 -0.8
1961 Jersey City - AAA 34 22 46 11 3 0 2 5 4 0 1 0 9 0 0 .239 .255 .435 .690 85 86 -0.0
Total DIX 569 1250 365 60 3 37 192 175 145 16 8 118 3 3 .292 .371 .434 .804 108 108
Total HL 58 174 61 10 4 3 28 19 23 2 0 13 0 1 .351 .432 .506 .938 154 157
Total SEL 54 111 38 6 0 7 32 20 16 2 0 11 1 0 .342 .434 .586 1.020 141 135
Total UMVA 99 169 43 4 3 1 20 19 14 1 2 40 0 1 .254 .312 .331 .643 86 88
Total CL 459 1386 406 70 9 24 188 175 140 11 9 139 1 1 .293 .360 .408 .769 108 112
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1945 Marshalltown - R 2B 13 10 28 19 7 48 1 .979 88.0 4.81 -1.0 .907
1946 Marshalltown - R 2B 28 23 42 43 5 88 3 .966 184.2 4.14 -0.4 .960
1947 Marshalltown - R 2B 12 6 16 15 5 32 1 .969 59.0 4.73 -1.8 .832
1948 Tampa - A 1B 1 0 6 0 1 6 0 1.000 7.0 7.71 0.0 .000
1948 Springfield - A 2B 49 40 102 112 17 216 2 .991 374.2 5.14 -0.5 .963
1948 Tampa - A 2B 33 22 43 61 13 105 1 .990 208.1 4.49 -0.3 .960
1948 Matanzas - DL 2B 12 10 29 26 6 56 1 .982 90.2 5.46 -0.6 1.029
1948 Tampa - A 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Matanzas - DL 1B 10 10 83 9 8 92 0 1.000 84.2 9.78 +0.9 1.025
1949 Jersey City - AAA 2B 63 63 170 186 53 359 3 .992 556.2 5.76 -4.0 .947
1949 Knoxville - AA 2B 74 74 167 209 71 383 7 .982 641.1 5.28 -1.7 1.002
1949 Matanzas - DL 2B 12 10 18 18 7 36 0 1.000 94.0 3.45 -3.2 .729
1950 Jersey City - AAA 1B 31 27 264 22 24 287 1 .997 245.0 10.51 +0.6 .919
1950 Brooklyn - MLB 2B 11 11 22 34 12 57 1 .982 102.0 4.94 -0.2 .980
1950 Jersey City - AAA 2B 22 18 40 47 14 88 1 .989 174.1 4.49 +0.2 .929
1950 Brooklyn - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1950 Jersey City - AAA SS 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 0.0 .000
1951 Jersey City - AAA 1B 67 62 561 39 66 607 7 .988 556.1 9.71 +3.7 1.009
1951 Jersey City - AAA 2B 10 2 11 10 5 21 0 1.000 28.1 6.67 -0.4 1.000
1952 Jersey City - AAA 1B 36 36 319 26 37 348 3 .991 318.2 9.74 +1.3 1.000
1952 Knoxville - AA 1B 18 17 157 11 14 170 2 .988 148.1 10.19 +0.8 1.036
1952 Jersey City - AAA 2B 42 41 119 117 37 242 6 .975 368.2 5.76 -3.0 .929
1953 Kansas City - MLB 1B 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.0 1.045
1953 Jersey City - AAA 1B 3 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 4.2 9.64 0.0 .000
1953 Knoxville - AA 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.1 .000
1953 Jersey City - AAA 2B 8 3 15 15 5 33 3 .909 50.2 5.33 -1.3 .778
1954 Jersey City - AAA 1B 7 3 37 2 4 39 0 1.000 34.1 10.22 +0.3 .857
1954 Knoxville - AA 1B 9 2 27 0 6 27 0 1.000 28.2 8.48 +0.2 1.035
1954 Jersey City - AAA 2B 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.3 1.000
1954 Knoxville - AA 2B 19 10 37 33 13 74 4 .946 109.2 5.74 -3.4 .812
1954 Jersey City - AAA 3B 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 .667 15.0 1.20 -0.5 1.000
1954 Knoxville - AA 3B 7 4 4 5 2 10 1 .900 38.1 2.11 -1.0 .782
1954 Jersey City - AAA LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.4 .000
1954 Knoxville - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Knoxville - AA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Jersey City - AAA 1B 3 3 21 3 1 24 0 1.000 19.0 11.37 +0.2 1.000
1955 Knoxville - AA 1B 26 16 135 17 28 155 3 .981 162.0 8.44 +0.9 1.033
1955 Jersey City - AAA 2B 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 3.2 7.36 -0.0 1.000
1955 Knoxville - AA 2B 11 9 26 27 9 55 2 .964 84.1 5.66 -2.1 .864
1955 Jersey City - AAA 3B 7 3 7 9 1 18 2 .889 32.2 4.41 +0.3 .857
1955 Knoxville - AA 3B 34 29 23 52 6 77 2 .974 268.0 2.52 -1.4 .956
1956 Jersey City - AAA 1B 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 0.0 .000
1956 Knoxville - AA 1B 2 0 11 0 2 11 0 1.000 7.0 14.14 +0.0 .000
1956 Jersey City - AAA 2B 6 5 6 18 4 26 2 .923 39.0 5.54 +0.5 .882
1956 Knoxville - AA 2B 4 4 13 11 5 24 0 1.000 35.0 6.17 -0.3 1.009
1956 Jersey City - AAA 3B 15 13 13 20 4 38 5 .868 122.0 2.43 -0.6 .750
1956 Knoxville - AA 3B 9 2 1 4 0 6 1 .833 29.2 1.52 -1.2 .686
1956 Knoxville - AA CF 2 2 6 0 0 7 1 .857 19.0 2.84 -0.1 .984
1957 Knoxville - AA 1B 3 0 5 1 1 6 0 1.000 6.2 8.10 +0.1 1.049
1957 Jersey City - AAA 2B 1 1 3 5 2 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 +0.2 1.000
1957 Knoxville - AA 2B 19 10 30 26 8 56 0 1.000 108.0 4.67 -3.3 .820
1957 Jersey City - AAA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Knoxville - AA 3B 11 6 5 11 0 17 1 .941 67.2 2.13 -1.1 .868
1958 Knoxville - AA 1B 22 8 96 2 7 99 1 .990 87.1 10.10 -0.2 1.027
1958 Knoxville - AA 2B 30 15 45 34 10 81 2 .975 160.0 4.44 -4.7 .841
1958 Knoxville - AA 3B 15 4 5 9 0 17 3 .824 56.1 2.24 -1.5 .703
1958 Knoxville - AA SS 1 1 3 1 0 7 3 .571 9.0 4.00 -2.1 .269
1959 Jersey City - AAA 1B 3 0 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 4.2 13.50 +0.0 1.000
1959 Knoxville - AA 1B 3 2 16 5 3 21 0 1.000 21.2 8.72 -0.0 1.043
1959 Jersey City - AAA 2B 18 11 36 24 5 61 1 .984 111.2 4.84 -1.3 .935
1959 Knoxville - AA 2B 8 5 9 17 4 26 0 1.000 51.0 4.59 -1.2 .927
1959 Jersey City - AAA 3B 19 7 9 11 3 22 2 .909 92.0 1.96 -0.4 .812
1959 Knoxville - AA 3B 6 2 2 7 2 9 0 1.000 24.0 3.38 -0.1 .931
1960 Knoxville - AA 1B 12 0 20 1 1 21 0 1.000 19.0 9.95 +0.1 1.030
1960 Knoxville - AA 2B 15 7 26 23 9 50 1 .980 79.1 5.56 -0.6 .977
1960 Knoxville - AA 3B 10 10 9 14 0 25 2 .920 88.0 2.35 -1.4 .893
1961 Jersey City - AAA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Knoxville - AA 1B 8 0 18 1 4 19 0 1.000 19.0 9.00 +0.1 1.032
1961 Jersey City - AAA 2B 10 5 12 9 3 21 0 1.000 50.2 3.73 -0.6 .900
1961 Knoxville - AA 2B 21 12 28 27 8 59 4 .932 119.0 4.16 -2.9 .836
1961 Jersey City - AAA 3B 14 5 5 13 2 20 2 .900 65.2 2.47 -0.4 .762
1961 Knoxville - AA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 269 186 1796 139 209 1952 17 .991 1783.0 9.77 +8.9 .996
TOTAL 2B 553 428 1097 1168 338 2311 46 .980 3989.2 5.11 -38.0 .935
TOTAL 3B 152 85 84 156 20 262 22 .916 900.2 2.40 -9.2 .849
TOTAL SS 3 1 5 1 0 9 3 .667 14.0 3.86 -2.1 .269
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.4 .000
TOTAL CF 2 2 6 0 0 7 1 .857 19.0 2.84 -0.1 .984
TOTAL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/27/1945 Drafted in the 1945 first-year player draft out of high school (Wilson; Youngstown, OH) by the Brooklyn Kings. (Round 10, Pick 5, 151st overall pick).
10/01/1945 Wins the 1945 Championship with the Marshalltown Maples!
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
11/23/1948 Named to the 1948 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/06/1949 Wins the DIX Player of the Week Award.
11/22/1949 Named to the 1949 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/30/1950 Injured (sprained ankle),out for 2 weeks.
07/24/1951 Goes 5-5 against the Rochester Rooks, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI and 3 R.
04/15/1953 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Kansas City Kings development complex.
09/19/1955 Wins the 1955 Championship with the Jersey City Uniforms!
06/27/1956 Injured (fever),out for 4 days.
07/21/1956 Injured (food poisoning),out for 1 day.
09/25/1956 Wins the 1956 Championship with the Knoxville Knights!
05/17/1958 Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for one week.
08/19/1960 Injured (sprained wrist),out for 4-5 weeks.
04/16/1962 Released by the Kansas City organization.
10/13/1962 Retired from professional baseball.
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