John Bale

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: May 22, 1974 in Cheverly, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Coastal Alabama Community College-Brewton (Brewton, AL), the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS).

High School: Crestview HS (Crestview, FL)

Schools: Coastal Alabama Community College-Brewton (Brewton, AL), University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: September 30, 1999 (Age 25-131d, 17,600th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2009 (Age 35-133d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: John Robert Bale

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.66

109

173.2

148

WHIP

1.486

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-5 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 3

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	54	4	Apr 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	10	4	4	1	2	0	0	5.68	2.97	28	95	62	18	8	18	7	3	2	0	38			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.164	1.38	-0.12%	-1.10	1b start a 2	7b -2- 1 out d1
2	55	9	Apr 10	KCR		NYY	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.84	3.86	26	86	58	19	4	13	9	4	1	0	42			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.166	1.06	-0.11%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	56	14	Apr 15	KCR	@	SEA	L,6-11	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	0	0	7.63	3.52	16	68	43	17	3	0	12	6	0	0	27			1	1	1	13	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.03	-0.305	1.15	-0.21%	-2.85	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	57	139	Sep 4(2)	KCR		OAK	W,9-6	6-6		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.16	3.56	4	15	9	5	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.52	6t --- 0 out a7	6t 3 out a7
5	58	142	Sep 7	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	7-8		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.50	3.47	7	19	11	4	2	1	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.22	7t -2- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	59	143	Sep 9	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	4-5		1	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.05	3.44	6	22	13	3	1	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	.14	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.62	4b --- 2 out d5	5b 3 out d5
7	60	145	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	7-8		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66	3.42	5	9	8	3	0	2	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.53	0.183	.00	0.00%	0.96	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
8	61	147	Sep 13(1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-3	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	3.41	3	6	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out a5	7b 3 out a5
9	62	149	Sep 14	KCR	@	CLE	W,13-3	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.16	3.22	3	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out a6	7b 3 out a6
10	63	151	Sep 16	KCR		SEA	W,6-3	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.94	3.13	3	8	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.52	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
11	64	155	Sep 20	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	8-8	H(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	3.13	3	11	5	2	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.52	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
12	65	157	Sep 22	KCR	@	DET	W,6-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	3.13	3	10	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
13	66	161	Sep 27	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	7-7	H(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	3.24	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	0.256	.00	0.00%	1.51	7b 12- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
							8-5		W-L:0-3,Hld:2	2.1	26.2	29	13	13	6	14	1	0	4.39	3.24	110	364	65%	22%	6%	1.14		18%	7%	0	36	5	0%	3	1	1	99	5	1	0	5	2	1	.98	0.028	.79	-0.44%	2.64

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