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Jay Baller
Jay Scot Baller

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 225 lb.

Debut September 19, 1982
  vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 31, 1992
Born October 6, 1960 in Stayton, OR

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1979. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 21 PHI NL   0   0   4   1   0   0   1  0    8.0    7    4    3   1    2    7   1   0    35   0   1  3.38  3.68  109 1.125
 1985 24 CHC NL   2   3  20   4   0   0   4  1   52.0   52   21   20   8   17   31   1   2   223   7   0  3.46  3.96  114 1.327
 1986 25 CHC NL   2   4  36   0   0   0  16  5   53.7   58   37   32   7   28   42   2   2   248   4   4  5.37  4.02   75 1.602
 1987 26 CHC NL   0   1  23   0   0   0   9  0   29.3   38   22   22   4   20   27   0   5   139   2   2  6.75  4.25   63 1.977
 1990 29 KCR AL   0   1   3   0   0   0   2  0    2.3    4    4    4   1    2    1   1   1    14   1   0 15.43  3.84   25 2.571
 1992 31 PHI NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   4  0   11.0   10   10   10   5   10    9   0   1    51   0   0  8.18  3.51   43 1.818
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .308   4   9  94   5   0   0  36  6  156.3  169   98   91  26   79  117   5  11   710  14   7  5.24  3.99   76 1.586
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   6  64   3   0   0  24  4  107.3  116   67   62  17   54   80   3   7   487   9   4  5.24  3.99   76 1.586
 Career High      2   4  36   4   0   0  16  5   53.7   58   37   32   8   28   42   2   5   248   7   4  3.46  4.02  114 1.327

* 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
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 21 PHI NL   4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   1   0
 1985 24 CHC NL  20    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1986 25 CHC NL  36    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1987 26 CHC NL  23    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  427    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       91   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .071  .133  .071  -43    1   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .071  .133  .071  -43    2   4   0   0   2   0
 Career High     36    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6                           1   1   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 21 PHI NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .333|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
 1985 24 CHC NL    9    9    0   0.0   103| .000  .271| .000  .341| .000  .404| .000  .745|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1986 25 CHC NL    6    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .269| .000  .341| .000  .406| .000  .747|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1987 26 CHC NL    1    0    1         109|1.000  .273|1.000  .343|1.000  .425|2.000  .768| 427         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        17   15    1   1.8   103| .071  .271| .133  .340| .071  .406| .204  .747| -43  .170  -2.9  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 ------+
1982 21 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.70 1.12 1.91 1 8.0 1985 24 CHC NL P 20 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.68 1.73 1.92 4 52.0 1986 25 CHC NL P 36 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.66 1.01 1.94 0 53.7 1987 26 CHC NL P 23 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.13 0.62 0.92 1.90 0 29.3 1990 29 KCR AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1992 31 PHI NL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.60 1.64 1.96 0 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 21 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.70 1.12 1.91 1 8.0 1985 24 CHC NL P 20 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.68 1.73 1.92 4 52.0 1986 25 CHC NL P 36 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.66 1.01 1.94 0 53.7 1987 26 CHC NL P 23 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.13 0.62 0.92 1.90 0 29.3 1990 29 KCR AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1992 31 PHI NL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.60 1.64 1.96 0 11.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 94 7 15 1 0 .957 .952 0.23 0.65 1.27 1.93 5 156.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 94 7 15 1 0 .957 .952 0.23 0.65 1.27 1.93 5 156
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.

Youngest Player
1982 NL-21-9

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 5, 1979: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1979.

December 9, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Julio Franco, Manny Trillo, George Vukovich, and Jerry Willard to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.

April 1, 1985: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dan Rohn.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 17, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

March, 1988: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

March, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

January, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 4, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 22, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

April 6, 1991: Released by the Houston Astros.

May 15, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 15, 1992: 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
1987Chicago Cubs$75,000
Career (may be incomplete)$75,000

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