John Bale

John Robert Bale
Born: May 22, 1974
Cheverly, MD US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 210
Draft: Round 12 (1994 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
Draft: Round 6 (1995 June Amateur Draft, Baltimore Orioles)
Draft: Round 5 (1996 June Amateur Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
School: Jefferson Davis CC
Southern Mississippi
Career: 1996-2011
Major League Statistics

John Bale compiled a career record of 41 wins and 50 losses, with 44 saves, and a 3.88 ERA in his 394-game pitching career with the St. Catharines Stompers, Hagerstown Suns, Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs, Orioles, Rochester Red Wings, Norfolk Tides, Louisville Bats, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Wichita Wranglers, Omaha Royals, Northwest Arkansas Naturals and Camden Riversharks. He began playing during the 1996 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.

St. Catharines Stompers	Hagerstown Suns	Knoxville Smokies	Dunedin Blue Jays	Syracuse SkyChiefs	Rochester Red Wings
Norfolk Tides	Louisville Bats	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Omaha Royals	Wichita Wranglers	Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Camden Riversharks

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1996	Short Season A	NYPL	St. Catharines Stompers	3	2	.600	4.86	8	8	0	0	0	33.3	39	21	18	2	11	0	35	0	2	4	148
1997	A	SALL3	Hagerstown Suns	7	7	.500	4.30	25	25	0	0	0	140.3	130	83	67	11	63	1	155	1	0	11	603
1998	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	0	0		6.75	3	0	2	0	0	1.3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	4	5	.444	4.64	24	9	5	0	4	66.0	68	39	34	5	23	1	78	4	1	6	290
1999	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	2	2	.500	3.75	33	4	9	0	1	62.3	64	32	26	7	16	1	91	0	0	4	265
1999	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	0	3	.000	3.97	6	4	0	0	0	22.7	16	14	10	1	10	0	10	0	0	1	92
2000	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	3	4	.429	3.19	21	12	2	0	0	79.0	68	35	28	4	41	0	70	2	0	4	338
2001	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	1	1	.500	2.05	9	7	0	0	0	30.7	31	8	7	1	5	0	41	0	0	1	125
2001	R	GULF	Orioles	0	0		2.25	2	2	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	14
2002	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	2	2	.500	3.54	12	2	4	0	0	28.0	22	11	11	2	7	0	27	2	0	1	111
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	0	1	.000	3.29	8	0	1	0	0	13.7	11	5	5	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	55
2003	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	4	1	.800	3.30	26	2	14	0	4	43.7	36	17	16	1	13	0	43	2	0	1	181
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	11	10	.524	4.21	25	25	0	1	0	160.3	165	86	75	16	62	2	173	8	0	4	702
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2	1	.667	3.19	51	0	46	0	24	53.7	44	24	19	9	16	0	72	5	0	1	227
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	1	2	.333	2.93	30	5	11	0	6	43.0	45	16	14	5	11	1	46	0	0	1	183
2007	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	0	1	.000	2.84	8	4	0	0	0	12.7	13	5	4	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	51
2007	AA	TL	Wichita Wranglers	0	0		4.50	3	3	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	18
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	0	3	.000	10.80	10	7	0	0	0	11.7	17	14	14	3	5	0	8	0	0	0	57
2008	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	0	0		5.40	2	1	0	0	0	1.7	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7
2009	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	0	0		1.35	6	0	1	0	0	6.7	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	3	.000	7.09	30	0	8	0	1	26.7	29	23	21	3	15	0	21	3	0	0	124
2011	Ind	ATLL	Camden Riversharks	1	2	.333	2.35	52	1	20	0	4	61.3	57	18	16	4	17	5	50	2	1	1	255
Totals				41	50	.451	3.88	394	121	123	1	44	906.7	869	458	391	76	324	11	962	29	4	41	3876

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
2002	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
2003	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	27	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	25	62	57	1	9	2	0	31	.158	.155	.158	.313	9	2	4	1
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	30	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals				94	74	68	1	9	2	1	39	.132	.143	.132	.275	9	2	4	1

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1996	Short Season A	NYPL	St. Catharines Stompers	P	8	0	7	1	1	.875	.875
1997	A	SALL3	Hagerstown Suns	P	25	6	20	1	2	.963	1.040
1998	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	P	24	2	7	4	0	.692	.375
1999	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	P	6	2	3	0	0	1.000	.833
1999	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	P	33	3	4	1	0	.875	.212
2000	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	P	21	0	7	1	1	.875	.333
2001	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	P	9	3	1	1	0	.800	.444
2001	R	GULF	Orioles	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
2002	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	P	8	0	0	0	0		.000
2003	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	P	26	1	1	1	0	.667	.077
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P	25						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P	51	0	6	0	0	1.000	.118
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P	30	2	7	1	2	.900	.300
2007	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	P	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	.250
2007	AA	TL	Wichita Wranglers	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
2008	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
2009	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P	30	0	4	1	0	.800	.133
2011	Ind	ATLL	Camden Riversharks	P	52	1	11	2	0	.857	.231
Totals					394	24	88	14	6	.889	.284

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1996	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	St. Catharines Stompers	TOR
1997	A	South Atlantic League	Hagerstown Suns	TOR
1998	Advanced A	Florida State League	Dunedin Blue Jays	TOR
1998	AA	Southern League	Knoxville Smokies	TOR
1999	AA	Southern League	Knoxville Smokies	TOR
1999	AAA	International League	Syracuse SkyChiefs	TOR
2000	AAA	International League	Syracuse SkyChiefs	TOR
2001	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	BAL
2001	R	Gulf Coast League	Orioles	BAL
2002	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2003	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2003	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2007	AA	Texas League	Wichita Wranglers	KCA	April 30, 2007	May 5, 2007
2007	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	May 27, 2007	July 7, 2007
2008	AA	Texas League	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	KCA	July 15, 2008	July 17, 2008
2008	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	July 20, 2008	August 30, 2008
2009	AA	Texas League	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	KCA	May 6, 2009	May 19, 2009
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Toyo Carp		May 1, 2010	September 18, 2010
2011	Ind	Atlantic League	Camden Riversharks		April 30, 2011	September 17, 2011

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