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Mike Balas

Mike Balas

American baseball player

Mitchell Francis "Mike" Balas (May 9, 1910 – October 15, 1996) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game in with the Boston Bees in 1938.[1]

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Balas entered professional baseball in 1929 playing for the Brockton Shoemakers of the New England League.[2] After moving around the minors for the next 9 years, he played in his only MLB game on April 27, 1938. In that game, he pitched 11⁄3 innings facing 8 batters, surrendering 3 runs (1 earned), walking and striking out none.[3] Following the game he returned to the minors and continued there until 1940.[2] He also was a minor league manager from 1945 to 1948.[2]

Balas was a Jehovah's Witness and in 1942 was prosecuted in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for failing to report to a conscientious objector camp during World War II. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George Clinton Sweeney to three years in federal prison.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Bevis, Charlie. "Mike Balas". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Mike Balas Minor Leagues Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Brooklyn Dodgers 13, Boston Bees 2". retrosheet.org. April 27, 1938. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "'Mike' Balas Gets Three Years". New York Times. United Press International. November 11, 1942. Retrieved February 11, 2021.


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