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John Bale | Major Leaguer 1999-2008

Full Name: John R. Bale
Born: May 22,1974 in Cheverly, Maryland
Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Crestview (Crestview,FL)
College: University of Southern Mississippi

Drafted: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 12nd Round (334th overall) of 1994 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Baltimore Orioles in 6th Round (164th overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 5th Round (129th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 11,2000] - Traded by Blue Jays to Orioles for Jayson Werth. [Apr 3,2002] - Traded by Orioles to Mets for Gary Matthews. [Oct 15,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 31,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [May 3,2003] - Released by Mets. [May 8,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Dec 10,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 8,2006] - Signed by Royals (2-years)

Disabled List: [Apr 1,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Shoulder and back strain) [Jul 14,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1996	St. Cath	NYPL	22	Tor	A-	3	2	4.86	8	8	0	0	0	0	33.1	39	21	18	2	11	35	4	2	10.53	0.54	2.97	9.45	1.50	--
1997	Hagerstown	SAL	23	Tor	A	7	7	4.30	25	25	0	0	0	0	140.1	130	83	67	11	63	155	11	0	8.34	0.71	4.04	9.94	1.38	--
1998	Dunedin	FSL	24	Tor	A+	4	5	4.64	24	9	0	0	5	4	66.0	68	39	34	5	23	78	6	1	9.27	0.68	3.14	10.64	1.38	--
	Knoxville	Sou	24	Tor	AA	0	0	6.77	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.77	6.77	0.00	0.00	0.75	--
1999	Knoxville	Sou	25	Tor	AA	2	2	3.75	33	4	0	0	9	1	62.1	64	32	26	7	16	91	4	0	9.24	1.01	2.31	13.14	1.28	--
	Syracuse	IL	25	Tor	AAA	0	3	3.97	6	4	0	0		0	22.2	16	14	10	1	10	10	1		6.35	0.40	3.97	3.97	1.15	--
	Toronto	AL	25	Tor	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	4	0	0	9.00	4.50	9.00	18.00	2.00	--
2000	Syracuse	IL	26	Tor	AAA	3	4	3.19	21	12	0	0	2	0	79.0	68	35	28	4	41	70	4	0	7.75	0.46	4.67	7.97	1.38	--
	Toronto	AL	26	Tor	MLB	0	0	14.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	7	6	1	3	6	0	0	12.30	2.46	7.38	14.75	2.19	33%
2001	GCL Oriols	GCL	27	Bal	Rk	0	0	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	2	7	1	0	2.25	0.00	4.50	15.75	0.75	--
	Rochester	IL	27	Bal	AAA	1	1	2.05	9	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	31	8	7	1	5	41	1	0	9.10	0.29	1.47	12.04	1.17	--
	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	1	0	3.04	14	0	0	0	3	0	26.2	18	14	9	2	17	21	1	0	6.08	0.68	5.74	7.09	1.31	50%
2002	Norfolk	IL	28	Nym	AAA	2	2	3.54	12	2	0	0	4	0	28.0	22	11	11	2	7	27	1	0	7.07	0.64	2.25	8.68	1.04	--
2003	Norfolk	IL	29	Nym	AAA	0	1	3.29	8	0	0	0	1	0	13.2	11	5	5	0	3	15	0		7.25	0.00	1.98	9.88	1.02	--
	Louisville	IL	29	Cin	AAA	4	1	3.30	26	2	0	0	14	4	43.2	36	17	16	1	13	43	1		7.42	0.21	2.68	8.86	1.12	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	1	2	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	37	1	0	9.71	1.36	2.33	7.19	1.34	48%
2004	Hiroshima	Jap Cen	30		Intl	11	10	4.21	25	25	1	0		0	160.1	165	86	75	16	62	173	4	0	9.26	0.90	3.48	9.71	1.42	--
2005	Hiroshima	Jap Cen	31		Intl	2	1	3.18	51		0	0		24	53.2	44	24	19	9	16	72	1	0	7.37	1.51	2.68	12.07	1.12	--
2006	Hiroshima	Jap Cen	32		Intl	1	2	2.93	30	5	0	0	11	6	43.0	45	16	14	5	11	46	1	0	9.42	1.05	2.30	9.63	1.30	--
2007	Wichita	Tex	33	Kc	AA	0	0	4.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	11.25	2.25	4.50	0.00	1.75	--
	Omaha	PCL	33	Kc	AAA	0	1	2.84	8	4	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	4	0	1	12	0	0	9.24	0.00	0.71	8.53	1.11	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	1	1	4.05	26	0	0	0	5	0	40.0	45	18	18	1	17	42	2	0	10.13	0.23	3.83	9.45	1.55	52%
2008	Kansas Cty	MLB	34	Kc	MLB	0	3	7.63	3	3	0	0		0	15.1	25	13	13	1	3	8	1	0	14.67	0.59	1.76	4.70	1.83	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						3	6	4.84	56	12	0	0		0	134.0	145	79	72	13	54	118	5	0	9.74	0.87	3.63	7.93	1.49	--
Minor League Totals - 12 Season(s)						40	42	3.81	294		1	0		39	798.2	759	400	338	66	286	875	40		8.56	0.74	3.22	9.87	1.31	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1999	Toronto	AL	25	Tor	MLB	p		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Toronto	AL	26	Tor	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Norfolk	IL	28	Nym	AAA	p		12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	--
2003	Louisville	IL	29	Cin	AAA	p		27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	10	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	236	55%
2004	Hiroshima	Jap Cen	30		Intl			25	57	1	9	0	0	0	2	0		0	31	0				2	.158	*.166	.158	*324	--
2006	Hiroshima	Jap Cen	32		Intl			30	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2008	Kansas Cty	MLB	34	Kc	MLB			3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								30	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	236	55%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)								94	68	1	9	0	0	0	2	0		1	39	0				2	.132	*.154	.132	*286	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1996	St. Cath	NYPL	22	Tor	A-	P	8			0	7	1	8	1	-	-	-	.875	--

1997	Hagerstown	SAL	23	Tor	A	P	25			6	20	1	27	2	-	-	-	.963	--

1998	Dunedin	FSL	24	Tor	A+	P	24			2	7	4	13	0	-	-	-	.692	--

1999	Knoxville	Sou	25	Tor	AA	P	33			3	4	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--
1999	Syracuse	IL	25	Tor	AAA	P	6			2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Toronto	AL	25	Tor	MLB	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2000	Syracuse	IL	26	Tor	AAA	P	21			0	7	1	8	1	-	-	-	.875	--
2000	Toronto	AL	26	Tor	MLB	P	2		3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2001	GCL Oriols	GCL	27	Bal	Rk	P	2			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Rochester	IL	27	Bal	AAA	P	9			3	1	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	--
2001	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	14		26.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.01

2002	Norfolk	IL	28	Nym	AAA	P	12			1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2003	Louisville	IL	29	Cin	AAA	P	26			1	1	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	--
2003	Norfolk	IL	29	Nym	AAA	P	8			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2003	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	10	9	46.1	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.55

2007	Wichita	Tex	33	Kc	AA	P	3								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Omaha	PCL	33	Kc	AAA	P	8								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	P	26	-	40	1	8	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.03

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	*200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80
2007	*1,800,000		2,923,340	44
2008	*2,200,000

Career:	$4,875,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Played in Hiroshima in 2004.