Steve Balboni
Stephen Charles Balboni (Bye Bye)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 16, 1957 in Brockton, MA
High School: Memorial (Manchester, NH)
School: Eckerd College
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1981
Final Game: October 2, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 NYY AL 24 1B 3 2 17.0 15 14 1 0 2 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 7.94 5.00 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 NYY AL 24 DH 1
1982 NYY AL 25 1B 26 25 207.0 209 194 13 2 23 .990 -3.8 -22.0 -3.8 -1.8 -2.0 0 9.00 7.96 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 NYY AL 25 DH 5
1983 NYY AL 26 1B 23 23 160.0 190 178 9 3 19 .984 2.0 15.0 2.0 -0.8 2.8 0 10.52 8.13 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 NYY AL 26 DH 4
1984 KCR AL 27 1B 125 123 1035.0 1196 1102 79 15 102 .987 4.1 4.8 3.1 -0.8 3.9 1 10.27 9.45 .991 8.69 8.00 MVP-19
1984 KCR AL 27 DH 1 MVP-19
1985 KCR AL 28 1B 160 159 1428.0 1686 1573 101 12 138 .993 -7.8 -6.6 -7.8 -7.0 -0.8 0 10.55 10.46 .991 6.30 6.25 MVP-19
1986 KCR AL 29 1B 137 136 1204.0 1352 1236 98 18 115 .987 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -3.9 -2.6 0 9.97 9.74 .991 7.47 7.30
1987 KCR AL 30 1B 55 54 468.0 568 521 41 6 39 .989 -1.8 -4.6 -1.8 -1.5 -0.3 0 10.81 10.22 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 KCR AL 30 DH 52
1988 TOT AL 31 DH 62
1988 TOT AL 31 1B 53 49 439.2 462 428 30 4 45 .991 0.8 2.2 0.8 -0.7 1.4 0 9.38 8.64 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 KCR AL 31 1B 13 10 93.0 101 94 5 2 11 .980 -1.1 -14.2 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 9.58 7.62 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 KCR AL 31 DH 6
1988 SEA AL 31 DH 56
1988 SEA AL 31 1B 40 39 346.2 361 334 25 2 34 .994 1.9 6.6 1.9 -0.4 2.2 0 9.32 8.98 .992 9.57 8.41
1989 NYY AL 32 DH 82
1989 NYY AL 32 1B 20 15 137.0 158 150 7 1 15 .994 -0.7 -6.1 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 10.31 7.85 .993 9.79 8.35
1990 NYY AL 33 DH 72
1990 NYY AL 33 1B 28 20 186.0 193 183 7 3 23 .984 -2.5 -16.1 -2.5 -3.7 1.2 0 9.19 6.79 .992 9.63 8.36
1993 TEX AL 36 DH 2
10 Seasons 1B 630 606 5281.2 6029 5579 386 64 521 .989 -16.0 -3.6 -17.0 -20.7 3.6 1 10.16 9.47 .991 8.07 7.54
9 Seasons DH 281
11 Seasons TOT 630 606 5281.2 6029 5579 386 64 521 .989 -16.0 -3.6 -17.0 -20.7 3.6 1 10.16 9.47 .981 8.07 7.54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 NYY AL 24 4 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 NYY AL 25 33 28 33 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
1983 NYY AL 26 32 27 32 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
1984 KCR AL 27 126 124 126 125 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 KCR AL 28 160 159 160 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 KCR AL 29 138 136 138 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 KCR AL 30 121 104 121 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 16 1
1988 SEA AL 31 97 89 97 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 7 0
1988 KCR AL 31 21 16 21 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
1989 NYY AL 32 110 77 110 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 29 1
1990 NYY AL 33 116 64 116 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 49 0
1993 TEX AL 36 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Seasons 960 827 960 630 0 0 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 119 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 NYY AL 24 64 67% 75% 20% 3 100% 0 14 1 13 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1982 NYY AL 25 962 64% 78% 23% 43 93% 0 195 18 175 2 13 12 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 23 1 0 0 21 1 2 1 1 2 50%
1983 NYY AL 26 694 70% 80% 29% 35 94% 0 179 10 167 2 16 8 6 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 19 1 0 0 17 1 2 0 2 0
1984 KCR AL 27 4487 63% 80% 27% 204 95% 2 1106 28 1061 16 102 75 49 13 3 2 15 3 12 0 10 102 3 0 1 97 7 5 0 5 3 100%
1985 KCR AL 28 6212 60% 79% 28% 284 97% 2 1564 52 1495 17 137 102 70 13 2 5 12 0 7 5 8 139 3 3 0 126 6 10 4 6 13 100%
1986 KCR AL 29 5234 55% 78% 31% 280 91% 1 1239 51 1183 7 123 97 67 14 0 4 18 3 14 1 12 115 3 1 2 103 5 12 5 7 17 65%
1987 KCR AL 30 2075 60% 75% 32% 105 89% 2 527 25 495 7 33 40 31 3 1 2 6 0 6 0 4 40 0 2 0 35 2 5 1 4 7 29%
1988 SEA AL 31 1554 56% 75% 31% 91 98% 0 335 25 305 2 43 23 20 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 34 0 0 1 32 2 2 1 1 6 67%
1988 KCR AL 31 400 65% 81% 32% 20 95% 0 94 6 89 0 9 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 NYY AL 32 608 61% 83% 37% 30 93% 0 151 7 144 0 15 7 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 15 2 0 0 0 2 0%
1990 NYY AL 33 817 61% 76% 32% 33 85% 1 181 8 169 4 13 8 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 23 0 0 1 21 1 2 1 1 2 50%
10 Seasons 23107 60% 78% 29% 1128 94% 8 5585 231 5296 57 505 378 263 53 6 15 64 9 47 8 41 522 12 7 5 478 27 41 13 28 54 69%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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