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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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John Baby
Selected in fourth round
No.
59 overall by Cleveland Barons
Born May 18, 1957
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sudbury (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Sudbury, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
North Bay | OPJHL |
36 |
8 | 21 |
29 | 109 | | 1974-75 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
70 | 13 |
26 | 39 |
112 | | 1975-76 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
3 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
61 | 16 |
34 | 50 |
155 | | 1976-77 |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
61 | 32 |
61 | 93 |
118 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1976-77 (Sudbury)
OMJHL All-Star Game: 1977
(Sudbury) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 15, 1977 (Washington at
Cleveland)
Numbers: 19 (Cleveland); 2 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1979 |
Cleveland, Minnesota | 26 |
2 | 8 | 10 |
26 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1977-78 season
with lacerated nose, an injury suffered when he was hit by a puck off Bruce
Affleck's stick in Cleveland's Nov. 2, 1977, game vs. St. Louis. ... Left unprotected by Minnesota for 1979 NHL Expansion Draft.
He was claimed by Quebec on June 13, 1979, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Phoenix (CHL); Binghamton (AHL);
Oklahoma City (CHL); Syracuse (AHL); Rapperswil-Jona (Switzerland); Kalamzaoo
(IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by New
England, No. 23 overall in Round 3)
Miscellaneous: Was on Phoenix (CHL)
team that folded on Dec. 13, 1977.
Personal: Nicknamed "Butch." ...
Full name is John George Baby Jr. ... Also known as Butch Baby during his playing
days. ... Son of former minor-leaguer John Baby Sr. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FRANCHISE FOLDED/EXPANSION: Baby was on the
Cleveland team that folded after the 1977-78 season and merged with Minnesota.
His rights reverted to Minnesota after no team claimed him in the 1978
Cleveland-Minnesota Dispersal Draft on June 15, 1978. Minnesota left Baby
unprotected for the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft. He was claimed by Quebec on June
13, 1979, but never played for parent team. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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