| Mike Balas | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Westford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 27 |
| Debutyear: | 1938 |
| Debutteam: | Boston Bees |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | April 27 |
| Finalyear: | 1938 |
| Finalteam: | Boston Bees |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–0 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 0 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 6.75 |
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Mitchell Francis "Mike" Balas (May 9, 1910 – October 15, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game in with the Boston Bees in 1938.[1]
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 1 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]