John Bale
[edit] Biography
Born on May 22, 1974 in Cheverly, Maryland, John Bale (John Robert Bale) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 4 year career. Bale broke into the bigs on September 30, 1999 with the Toronto Blue Jays.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.73
| 6
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.2
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3.04
| 21
| 14
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26.2
| 18
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 2003
| CIN
| N
| 10
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 4.47
| 37
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.1
| 50
| 7
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 2007
| KC
| A
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.05
| 42
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 45
| 1
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 10
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 4.47
| 37
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.1
| 50
| 7
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4.48
| 73
| 42
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 72.1
| 70
| 5
| 39
| 2
| 3
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 53
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 4.47
| 110
| 66
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.2
| 120
| 12
| 51
| 4
| 4
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 3.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 26.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| CIN
| N
| P
| 10
| 9
| 46.1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2007
| KC
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 40
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 53
| 9
| 118.2
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| CIN
| N
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2007
| KC
| A
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 53
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1994).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1995).
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 17, 1996).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jayson Werth (December 11, 2000).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to New York Mets in exchange for Gary Matthews (April 3, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2002).
- Signed by New York Mets (October 31, 2002).
- Released by New York Mets (May 3, 2003).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 8, 2003).
- Granted free agency (December 10, 2003).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 8, 2006).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Recent John Bale ArmchairGM Stories
[edit] Categories