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Jeff Ballard
Jeffrey Scott Ballard

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut May 9, 1987
  vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER
Final Game July 8, 1994
Born August 13, 1963 in Billings, MT

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 23 BAL AL   2   8  14  14   0   0   0  0   69.7  100   60   51  15   35   27   0   0   327   1   1  6.59  4.38   67 1.938
 1988 24 BAL AL   8  12  25  25   6   1   0  0  153.3  167   83   75  15   42   41   6   2   654   2   2  4.40  3.90   89 1.363
 1989 25 BAL AL  18   8  35  35   4   1   0  0  215.3  240   95   82  16   57   62   4   3   912   5   0  3.43  3.78  110 1.379 CYA-6
 1990 26 BAL AL   2  11  44  17   0   0   6  0  133.3  152   79   73  22   42   50   3   2   578   6   1  4.93  3.84   78 1.455
 1991 27 BAL AL   6  12  26  22   0   0   1  0  123.7  153   91   77  16   28   37   2   3   540   2   1  5.60  3.98   71 1.464
 1993 29 PIT NL   4   1  25   5   0   0   4  0   53.7   70   31   29   3   15   16   2   2   234   3   0  4.86  4.05   83 1.584
 1994 30 PIT NL   1   1  28   0   0   0  11  2   24.3   32   19   18   5   10   11   1   1   112   3   0  6.66  4.30   65 1.726
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .436  41  53 197 118  10   2  22  2  773.3  914  458  405  92  229  244  18  13  3357  22   5  4.71  3.93   83 1.478
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  42  25   2   0   4  0  166.7  197   98   87  19   49   52   3   2   724   4   1  4.71  3.93   83 1.478
 Career High     18  12  44  35   6   1  11  2  215.3  240   95   82  22   57   62   6   3   912   6   2  3.43  4.38  110 1.363

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 29 PIT NL  25   11    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .364  .364  .455  119    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1994 30 PIT NL  28    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  162    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons       53   13    0    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .385  .385  .462  126    6   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         40    0   15   3  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .385  .385  .462  126   18   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     28   11    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4                           5   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 29 PIT NL   12    8    2   6.7   103| .364  .270| .364  .335| .455  .411| .819  .746| 119  .662   0.3   0.0   0%
 1994 30 PIT NL    2    1    1  26.8   110| .500  .276| .500  .343| .500  .431|1.000  .774| 162  .957   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        14    9    3   8.9   104| .385  .271| .385  .336| .462  .414| .847  .750| 126  .765   0.5   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 23 BAL AL P 14 5 10 0 1 1.000 .955 1.07 0.67 1.94 1.83 14 69.7 1988 24 BAL AL P 25 9 13 0 3 1.000 .961 0.88 0.67 1.29 1.78 25 153.3 1989 25 BAL AL P 35 13 55 2 6 .971 .960 1.94 0.66 2.84 1.87 35 215.3 1990 26 BAL AL P 44 11 20 1 0 .969 .954 0.70 0.59 2.09 1.78 17 133.3 1991 27 BAL AL P 26 4 15 1 3 .950 .955 0.73 0.58 1.38 1.80 22 123.7 1993 29 PIT NL P 25 4 12 1 3 .941 .952 0.64 0.54 2.68 1.84 5 53.7 1994 30 PIT NL P 28 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.54 1.48 1.85 0 24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 23 BAL AL P 14 5 10 0 1 1.000 .955 1.07 0.67 1.94 1.83 14 69.7 1988 24 BAL AL P 25 9 13 0 3 1.000 .961 0.88 0.67 1.29 1.78 25 153.3 1989 25 BAL AL P 35 13 55 2 6 .971 .960 1.94 0.66 2.84 1.87 35 215.3 1990 26 BAL AL P 44 11 20 1 0 .969 .954 0.70 0.59 2.09 1.78 17 133.3 1991 27 BAL AL P 26 4 15 1 3 .950 .955 0.73 0.58 1.38 1.80 22 123.7 1993 29 PIT NL P 25 4 12 1 3 .941 .952 0.64 0.54 2.68 1.84 5 53.7 1994 30 PIT NL P 28 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.54 1.48 1.85 0 24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 197 47 128 5 16 .972 .957 0.89 0.60 2.04 1.82 118 773.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 197 47 128 5 16 .972 .957 0.89 0.60 2.04 1.82 118 773
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1989-AL-6-0.02
Car-236-0.02 shares

Wins
1989 AL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1989 AL-.692-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1989 AL-2.38-9

Games Started
1989 AL-35-4

Hits Allowed
1989 AL-240-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 16th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 27th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

October 18, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 22, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 10, 1992: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 26, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

March 12, 1993: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

April 27, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Baltimore Orioles$97,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$200,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$465,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$175,000
Career (may be incomplete)$937,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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