#45 Tony Balsamo, Closer, 31 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox Saturday, 10/21/1969 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Tony Balsamo
11/21/1937 31 USA,NY, 6"2 185
Closer R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,100,000 1971 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 7 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 8 | 2 | 8 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 2 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 3 | 8 | |
Talent | 9 | 3 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 4 56 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/13 | @BAL | W 4-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
9/17 | NYY | L 4-5 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
9/19 | @CAL | L 4-5 | | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/21 | @CLE | W 5-4 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SV | | | | |
9/23 | MIN | W 3-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
9/24 | MIN | L 3-8 | | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
10/2 | @DET | W 5-3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | SV | | | | |
10/5 | MIN | L 3-5 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
10/6 | @WS2 | W 8-6 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
10/7 | CLE | W 4-2 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SV | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3.70 | 48.2 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 37 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3.70 | 48.0 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 37 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 30 | 4 | 86.2 | 50 | 43 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 3.04 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 72 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .229 | .222 | .451 |
vs. RHB | 102 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .356 | .422 | .778 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 27 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4.25 | 29.2 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 22 |
Road | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.84 | 19.0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
May | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2.38 | 11.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
June | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.86 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
July | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
August | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Sept./Oct. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6.40 | 12.2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1962 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 3.95 | 41.0 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 | .291 | CHA |
1963 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 6.36 | 46.2 | 56 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | .345 | CHA,AL |
1964 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 2.56 | 38.2 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 | .270 | CHA |
1965 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 3.76 | 38.1 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 27 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | .295 | CHA |
1966 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 4.30 | 29.1 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | .299 | CHA |
1967 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4.46 | 36.1 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .272 | CHA |
1968 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 3.71 | 51.0 | 48 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .308 | CHA |
1969 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3.70 | 48.2 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | .291 | CHA,AL |
Total | 346 | 0 | 44 | 43 | 151 | 4.12 | 330.0 | 298 | 159 | 151 | 27 | 212 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .299 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1962 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | CHA |
1963 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA,AL |
1964 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA |
1965 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | CHA |
1966 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA |
1967 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA |
1968 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA |
1969 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA,AL |
Total | 346 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 50 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | .875 | 48.2 | 2.96 | | | | |
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Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game... 9/25/1967: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $2,100,000 per year, for 4 years. Injured on 3/14/1969 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week... Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Saves 1962 - 20 - 5th 1963 - 18 - 3rd 1964 - 22 - 2nd 1965 - 17 - 4th 1966 - 20 - 2nd 1967 - 11 - 7th 1968 - 18 - 2nd
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