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Gary
Balsa		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 27, 1985 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2017   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 KS GE     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4
2005 19 KS GE     0 0 2 1 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
2006 20 KS GE     0 1 3 2 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6
2007 21 KS GE     0 2 3 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6
2008 22 KS GE     2 2 4 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     2 2 4 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 23 KS GE   9 1 2 2 6 7 7 7 7 7
2010 24 KS GE   9 2 2 2 6 7 7 7 7 7
2011 25 KS GE   9 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6
2012 26 KS GE $ 300,000 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6
2013 27 KS GE   8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
2014 28 TN FF $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6
2015 29 TN FF $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6
2016 30 TN FF $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 5
2017 31 TN FF $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 5
2018 32 TN FF $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
2019 33 TN FF $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 3 3 3
2020 34 TN FF $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 1 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 19 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 20 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 21 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 22 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 23 KS GE     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2010 24 KS GE     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2011 25 KS GE     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2012 26 KS GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2013 27 KS GE     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2014 28 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2015 29 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2016 30 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2017 31 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2018 32 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2019 33 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
2020 34 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 18 A   5 13 .278 24 24 3 0 0 168.0 215 84 15 39 127 4.50 .312 .348 .422 .770  
2005 19 AA   3 14 .176 20 20 7 1 0 153.7 167 76 21 48 119 4.45 .280 .333 .424 .757  
    A   3 0 1.000 5 5 2 1 0 42.7 37 9 1 7 40 1.90 .234 .267 .304 .570  
2006 20 AA   7 11 .389 25 25 2 0 0 178.3 195 73 12 53 166 3.68 .279 .329 .370 .699  
2007 21 AA   10 7 .588 25 25 1 0 0 176.7 178 68 11 45 180 3.46 .258 .303 .338 .641  
2008 22 AA   14 6 .700 25 25 1 0 0 179.3 184 58 17 32 200 2.91 .266 .298 .382 .680  
2009 23 AAA   13 10 .565 25 25 7 2 0 181.3 219 95 21 56 81 4.72 .301 .351 .465 .816  
2010 24 AAA   9 7 .563 25 25 3 0 0 180.0 186 74 20 60 74 3.70 .267 .325 .406 .731  
2011 25 AAA   8 7 .533 23 23 6 1 0 165.3 156 47 19 44 56 2.56 .253 .303 .394 .696  
2012 26 KS GE 0 1 .000 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 12 8 4 1 2 9.00 .343 .361 .829 1.190 0.0
    AAA   8 7 .533 18 16 5 2 0 122.7 112 43 12 31 52 3.16 .238 .285 .369 .654  
2013 27 AAA   6 3 .667 14 11 2 1 0 90.7 72 23 7 23 44 2.28 .222 .274 .336 .610  
    AA   7 2 .778 12 12 1 0 0 83.3 82 25 6 10 40 2.70 .256 .279 .353 .632  
2014 28 KS GE 4 3 .571 7 7 0 0 0 38.0 46 20 6 7 25 4.74 .303 .340 .474 .813 0.8
  TN FF 3 6 .333 10 10 1 1 0 60.3 67 34 9 11 43 5.07 .285 .323 .460 .782 0.3
  TOT   7 9 .438 17 17 1 1 0 98.3 113 54 15 18 68 4.94 .292 .329 .465 .794 1.0
    AAA   6 5 .545 16 16 0 0 0 105.0 77 31 12 19 73 2.66 .198 .235 .344 .580  
2015 29 TN FF 14 17 .452 33 33 4 1 0 207.3 201 95 26 52 121 4.12 .246 .302 .401 .703 6.3
2016 30 TN FF 9 4 .692 18 18 1 0 0 126.3 98 36 14 22 76 2.56 .211 .253 .353 .606 9.4
2017 31 TN FF 15 7 .682 27 27 3 2 0 189.3 155 66 18 41 102 3.14 .221 .276 .348 .624 12.1
2018 32 TN FF 8 4 .667 21 15 1 0 0 103.7 96 43 7 19 81 3.73 .246 .290 .361 .651 5.1
2019 33 TN FF 1 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 19.7 22 8 3 9 10 3.66 .282 .360 .436 .795 0.9
    AAA   12 3 .800 25 25 1 0 0 165.0 145 54 19 50 127 2.95 .237 .295 .378 .673  
2020 34 AAA   13 8 .619 29 29 2 1 0 198.3 163 66 24 46 136 3.00 .220 .266 .370 .635  
7 Years Sim 54 42 .563 122 114 11 4 0 752.6 697 310 87 162 460 3.71 .243 .292 .389 .682 34.9
8 Years AAA 75 50 .600 175 170 26 7 0 1208.3 1130 433 134 329 643 3.23 .247 .297 .390 .688  
5 Years AA 41 40 .506 107 107 12 1 0 771.3 806 300 67 188 705 3.50 .269 .312 .374 .686  
2 Years A 8 13 .381 29 29 5 1 0 210.7 252 93 16 46 167 3.97 .297 .333 .400 .733  
15 Years Minors 124 103 .546 311 306 43 9 0 2190.3 2188 826 217 563 1515 3.39 .260 .306 .385 .692  
Season Average 7 6 .538 17 16 1 0 0 107.5 99 44 12 23 65 3.71 .243 .292 .389 .682  
Career Highs 15 17 1.000 33 33 4 2 0 207.3 201 95 26 52 121 9.00 .343 .361 .829 1.190  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   409 169 48 83 286   .238 .273 .379 .652
vs LH   288 141 39 79 174   .250 .298 .405 .702
Home 25 20 .556 60 55 4 2 0 369.6 358 149 39 79 220 3.63 .252 .291 .385 .676
Away 29 22 .569 62 59 7 2 0 383.0 339 161 48 83 240 3.78 .234 .275 .394 .669
Mar/Apr 6 7 .462 20 20 1 0 0 126.0 133 58 13 34 72 4.14 .270 .317 .415 .732
May 9 6 .600 21 21 2 0 0 135.7 109 46 15 26 66 3.05 .216 .254 .350 .605
June 11 6 .647 19 19 1 0 0 124.7 106 44 12 28 88 3.18 .225 .269 .357 .625
July 11 7 .611 20 20 3 3 0 137.3 133 61 18 20 84 4.00 .257 .284 .419 .703
August 7 9 .438 20 18 2 0 0 116.0 116 56 15 28 68 4.35 .253 .296 .415 .711
Sep/Oct 10 7 .588 22 16 3 1 0 113.0 100 45 14 26 82 3.58 .233 .277 .380 .657
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 22 AA   16 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2  
2012 26 KS GE 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2014 28 KS GE 7 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.3 0.0
  TN FF 11 16 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 7 .125 .125 .313 .438 0.3 0.0
  TOT   18 30 2 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 11 .133 .161 .233 .395 0.6 0.0
2015 29 TN FF 34 62 8 9 3 0 0 4 3 1 7 18 .145 .229 .194 .422 3.0 0.0
2016 30 TN FF 21 43 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 16 .140 .159 .163 .322 -0.4 0.0
2017 31 TN FF 29 67 7 12 3 1 1 8 3 1 2 14 .179 .203 .299 .501 3.7 0.0
2018 32 TN FF 21 31 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 11 .097 .125 .129 .254 -0.7 0.0
2019 33 TN FF 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 129 241 20 34 9 2 1 17 7 5 14 72 .141 .188 .207 .395 6.2 0.0
1 Years AA 16 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2  
162 Game Average 302 25 42 11 2 1 21 8 6 17 90 .141 .188 .207 .395 7.8  
Career Highs 34 67 8 12 3 1 1 8 3 2 7 18 .179 .250 .299 .501 3.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   191 15 23 6 1 1 10 5 3 10 55 .120 .163 .178 .341 1.5
vs LH   50 5 11 3 1 0 7 2 2 4 17 .220 .278 .320 .598 4.0
Home 63 111 10 16 7 0 0 9 2 2 9 31 .144 .208 .207 .416 3.2
Away 65 130 10 18 2 2 1 8 5 3 5 41 .138 .169 .208 .377 2.3
RISP   62 0 10 4 0 0 15 0 0 4 18 .161 .209 .226 .435 2.2
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Mar/Apr 20 41 3 6 2 0 0 5 1 1 2 9 .146 .186 .195 .381 0.6
May 21 41 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 13 .098 .159 .146 .305 -0.4
June 20 40 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 13 .125 .125 .175 .300 -0.6
July 21 50 4 9 3 0 1 4 2 1 3 15 .180 .226 .300 .526 3.2
August 23 37 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 13 .135 .179 .135 .315 0.5
Sep/Oct 23 32 5 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 4 9 .156 .243 .281 .524 2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 26 KS GE P 3 1 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38    
2014 28 KS GE P 7 7 38.0 3 7 1 1 .909 2.37    
  TN FF P 10 10 60.3 4 10 1 1 .933 2.09    
  TOT   P 17 17 98.3 7 17 2 2 .923 2.20    
2015 29 TN FF P 33 33 207.3 18 27 7 2 .865 1.95    
2016 30 TN FF P 18 18 126.3 5 30 0 2 1.000 2.49    
2017 31 TN FF P 27 27 189.3 9 40 4 2 .925 2.33    
2018 32 TN FF P 21 15 103.7 6 13 2 0 .905 1.65    
2019 33 TN FF P 3 3 19.7 1 3 3 0 .571 1.83    
Career Totals   122 114 752.6 46 133 18 8 .909 2.14    
Career Highs   33 33 207.3 18 40 7 2 1.000 3.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2017 31 TN FF 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 24 13 2 1 9 6.50 .324 .333 .514 .847
2018 32 TN FF 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 6 3 0 4 5 3.38 .194 .286 .226 .512
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 4 4 1 0 0 26.0 30 16 2 5 14 5.54 .286 .318 .429 .747
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 31 TN FF 3 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
2018 32 TN FF 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 4 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
2017-9-15
 Losses
2015-3-17
 Complete Games
2015-5-4
2017-3-3
 Shutouts
2014-10-1
2015-10-1
2017-3-2
 Homeruns Allowed
2015-8-26
 Walks per 9IP
2017-10-1.9
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Kansas in 2004
Injured on 6/1/2010 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/8/2011 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/22/2011 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/27/2013 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/25/2014 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 7/3/2014
Had first career hit on 7/23/2014, off Samuel Bylee (Wis)
Traded from Kansas to Tennessee on 8/11/2014 (Going to Kan: P Adam Burton. Going to Ten: P Gary Balsa, 2B Ernest Meleschi)
Injured on 8/15/2016 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/2017, off Jamie Agee (ON)
Won National Cup Series with Tennessee in 2017
Injured on 6/12/2018 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 6/2/2019 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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