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Jeff Ballard

Jeffrey Scott Ballard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 13, 1963 in Billings, MT
High School: Billings West HS (Billings, MT)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1987
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Pirates 1987-1994

Final Game: July 8, 1994
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 23 BAL AL 2 8 .200 6.59 14 14 0 0 0 0 69.2 100 60 51 15 35 1 27 0 1 0 327 67 1.938 12.9 1.9 4.5 3.5 0.77
1988 24 BAL AL 8 12 .400 4.40 25 25 0 6 1 0 153.1 167 83 75 15 42 2 41 6 2 2 654 89 1.363 9.8 0.9 2.5 2.4 0.98
1989 25 BAL AL 18 8 .692 3.43 35 35 0 4 1 0 215.1 240 95 82 16 57 5 62 4 0 3 912 110 1.379 10.0 0.7 2.4 2.6 1.09 CYA-6
1990 26 BAL AL 2 11 .154 4.93 44 17 6 0 0 0 133.1 152 79 73 22 42 6 50 3 1 2 578 77 1.455 10.3 1.5 2.8 3.4 1.19
1991 27 BAL AL 6 12 .333 5.60 26 22 1 0 0 0 123.2 153 91 77 16 28 2 37 2 1 3 540 71 1.464 11.1 1.2 2.0 2.7 1.32
1993 29 PIT NL 4 1 .800 4.86 25 5 4 0 0 0 53.2 70 31 29 3 15 3 16 2 0 2 234 83 1.584 11.7 0.5 2.5 2.7 1.07
1994 30 PIT NL 1 1 .500 6.66 28 0 11 0 0 2 24.1 32 19 18 5 10 3 11 1 0 1 112 66 1.726 11.8 1.8 3.7 4.1 1.10
7 Yrs 41 53 .436 4.71 197 118 22 10 2 2 773.1 914 458 405 92 229 22 244 18 5 13 3357 84 1.478 10.6 1.1 2.7 2.8 1.07
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .436 4.71 43 25 5 2 0 0 167 197 99 87 20 49 5 53 4 1 3 725 84 1.478 10.6 1.1 2.7 2.8 1.07
BAL (5 yrs) 36 51 .414 4.63 144 113 7 10 2 0 695.1 812 408 358 84 204 16 217 15 5 10 3011 84 1.461 10.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 1.06
PIT (2 yrs) 5 2 .714 5.42 53 5 15 0 0 2 78.0 102 50 47 8 25 6 27 3 0 3 346 76 1.628 11.8 0.9 2.9 3.1 1.08
AL (5 yrs) 36 51 .414 4.63 144 113 7 10 2 0 695.1 812 408 358 84 204 16 217 15 5 10 3011 84 1.461 10.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 1.06
NL (2 yrs) 5 2 .714 5.42 53 5 15 0 0 2 78.0 102 50 47 8 25 6 27 3 0 3 346 76 1.628 11.8 0.9 2.9 3.1 1.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1987 23 BAL AL 69.2 14 14 60 7.75 5.03 -0.06 0.18 98.0 5.16 -20 -1.7 -0.0 -1.2 -12 .375 .489 $
1988 24 BAL AL 153.1 25 25 83 4.87 4.52 -0.13 0.15 97.2 4.66 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.8 12 .484 .498 $66,000
1989 25 BAL AL 215.1 35 35 95 3.97 4.33 0.13 0.15 97.2 4.23 5 0.6 -0.1 2.2 28 .516 .503 $97,000 CYA-6
1990 26 BAL AL 133.1 44 17 79 5.33 4.33 0.27 0.02 97.5 3.99 -19 -1.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.9 -5 .456 .488 $200,000
1991 27 BAL AL 123.2 26 22 91 6.62 4.45 0.28 0.14 98.8 4.26 -32 -3.0 .7 -0.1 -2.0 -18 .383 .481 $465,000
1993 29 PIT NL 53.2 25 5 31 5.20 4.62 -0.10 -0.11 96.8 4.47 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.0 -0.2 1 .479 .497 $
1994 30 PIT NL 24.1 28 0 19 7.03 5.06 0.25 -0.39 100.4 4.44 -7 -0.7 1.6 -0.3 -0.8 -5 .475 .496 $175,000
7 Seasons 773.1 197 118 458 5.33 4.49 0.09 0.09 97.6 4.38 -83 -7.8 1.2 -0.8 -2.1 0 .460 .493 $1,003,000
BAL (5 yrs) 695.1 144 113 408 5.28 4.46 0.10 0.13 97.6 4.38 -70 -6.6 1.1 -0.5 -1.1 5 .454 .492 $828,000
PIT (2 yrs) 78.0 53 5 50 5.77 4.75 0.01 -0.19 97.9 4.46 -12 -1.2 1.3 -0.3 -1.0 -5 .476 .496 $175,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1987 23 BAL AL 14 327 291 60 100 18 0 15 9 7 35 27 .344 .413 .560 .973 .340 163 11 0 0 1 1 5
1988 24 BAL AL 25 654 600 83 167 34 5 15 12 3 42 41 .278 .330 .427 .757 .278 256 19 6 3 3 2 6
1989 25 BAL AL 35 912 836 95 240 41 4 16 14 14 57 62 .287 .334 .403 .737 .294 337 25 4 10 5 5 13
1990 26 BAL AL 44 578 525 79 152 34 0 22 8 6 42 50 .290 .344 .480 .824 .286 252 15 3 5 2 6 5
1991 27 BAL AL 26 540 506 91 153 33 4 16 1 4 28 37 .302 .340 .478 .818 .300 242 11 2 1 3 2 9
1993 29 PIT NL 25 234 211 31 70 12 2 3 2 1 15 16 .332 .380 .450 .830 .347 95 12 2 5 1 3 1
1994 30 PIT NL 28 112 99 19 32 7 2 5 1 0 10 11 .323 .387 .586 .973 .321 58 3 1 1 1 3 0
7 Yrs 197 3357 3068 458 914 179 17 92 47 35 229 244 .298 .349 .457 .806 .299 1403 96 18 25 16 22 39
162 Game Avg. 43 725 662 99 197 39 4 20 10 8 49 53 .298 .349 .457 .806 .299 303 21 4 5 3 5 8
MLB Averages .259 .326 .392 .718 .288

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 23 BAL AL -18.9 -1.7 342 -2.4 5.4 -7.8 1.00 -1.9 -0.5 -22.9 -2.0 1.00 -22.7 0 0 0
1988 24 BAL AL -8.7 -0.9 673 -1.7 10.0 -11.7 .92 -1.0 -1.0 -9.0 -0.9 0.92 -8.5 0 0 0
1989 25 BAL AL 7.1 0.7 944 1.5 16.0 -14.5 .98 0.4 1.1 7.2 0.7 0.99 5.0 0 0 0
1990 26 BAL AL -15.4 -1.5 597 -1.4 9.4 -10.7 .95 -0.9 -0.5 -10.5 -1.1 0.95 -9.8 9 6 11
1991 27 BAL AL -26.0 -2.5 551 -2.6 8.0 -10.7 .89 -1.6 -1.4 -29.0 -2.8 0.89 -16.6 1 0 3
1993 29 PIT NL -4.1 -0.4 237 0.4 3.4 -3.0 .77 -0.2 0.7 -0.2 -0.0 0.77 -3.1 4 6 9
1994 30 PIT NL -5.7 -0.6 113 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 .63 -0.6 -0.9 -10.7 -1.0 0.63 -7.3 9 3 12
7 Yrs -71.5 -6.8 3457 -7.2 53.3 -60.5 .92 -5.8 -2.1 -75.1 -7.1 0.93 -63.0 23 15 35

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 23 BAL AL 14 14 2 8 4 1 0 5 9 .357 1 0 0 0 3 21% 36.6 54 15 16 6 1 3 5.8 5.8 5.0
1988 24 BAL AL 25 25 8 12 5 1 1 10 15 .400 0 2 6 1 10 40% 47.2 75 22 15 5 2 12 4.2 4.5 6.1 89 8 10 4 3 143
1989 25 BAL AL 35 35 18 8 9 3 3 24 11 .686 4 4 4 1 21 60% 49.4 73 11 35 12 7 7 5.7 5.8 6.2 86 12 14 8 1 123
1990 26 BAL AL 44 17 1 10 6 0 2 6 11 .353 3 3 0 0 6 35% 43.4 63 23 37 15 2 6 3.9 2.7 5.7 86 7 5 4 1 124
1991 27 BAL AL 26 22 6 12 4 2 2 6 16 .273 2 2 0 0 9 41% 42.3 70 -4 23 6 1 9 3.7 4.3 5.3 77 10 11 1 0 101
1993 29 PIT NL 25 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 0 0 0 2 40% 43.8 55 21 12 5 4 1 6.0 6.4 5.1 60 3 0 0 0 72
6 Yrs 169 118 36 51 31 7 8 54 64 .458 11 11 10 2 51 43% 45 75 -4 138 49 17 38 4.8 4.8 5.7 84 40 40 17 5 143
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 26 BAL AL 44 27 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 7 21 4 19% 8 .946 9 6 11 10 6 11 14 13 11 12 14 4 4.0 20
1991 27 BAL AL 26 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 .889 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 5.3 31
1993 29 PIT NL 25 20 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 1 14% 7 .775 4 6 9 4 2 14 4 16 11 6 11 3 4.2 23
1994 30 PIT NL 28 28 11 1 1 5 2 3 40% 6 1 22 7 32% 9 .633 9 3 12 7 2 19 11 17 6 14 7 4 2.6 13
4 Yrs 123 79 22 5 2 5 2 3 40% 16 11 55 13 24% .874 23 15 35 21 11 47 32 47 30 34 34 12 3.6 19

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 23 BAL AL 327 15% 4.6% 8.3% 10.7% 10.1% 33% 1.52 76% 70 11 16%
1988 24 BAL AL 654 14% 2.3% 6.3% 6.4% 8.3% 32% 0.65 0.86 84% 20% 9.2% 51% 116 19 16%
1989 25 BAL AL 912 17% 1.8% 6.8% 6.3% 6.7% 25% 0.78 1.05 84% 22% 4.5% 18% 169 25 15%
1990 26 BAL AL 578 26% 3.8% 8.7% 7.3% 9.7% 37% 0.70 0.92 79% 20% 9.4% 15% 96 15 16%
1991 27 BAL AL 540 18% 3.0% 6.9% 5.2% 9.8% 35% 0.76 1.00 84% 22% 7.2% 16% 101 11 11%
1993 29 PIT NL 234 29% 1.3% 6.8% 6.4% 7.3% 24% 1.12 2.27 82% 23% 4.0% 18% 47 12 26%
1994 30 PIT NL 112 34% 4.5% 9.8% 8.9% 12.5% 44% 0.89 1.48 75% 28% 11.9% 11% 20 3 15%
7 Yrs 3357 19% 2.7% 7.3% 6.8% 8.6% 32% 0.76 1.07 82% 21% 7.1% 24% 619 96 16%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 BAL AL 656 2225 3.39 1354 61% 26% 7% 25% 42% 74% 1% 45% 91% 56% 4% 28 20 13% 87 31 7 41% 5 6 -2 0 0
1989 25 BAL AL 919 3012 3.28 1874 62% 25% 8% 24% 42% 74% 2% 46% 89% 59% 4% 37 21 14% 125 57 7 27% 11 11 -7 1 3
1990 26 BAL AL 568 1975 3.48 1186 60% 24% 11% 24% 40% 75% 3% 45% 85% 53% 5% 27 10 14% 79 37 2 20% 4 12 10 0 4
1991 27 BAL AL 542 1810 3.34 1134 63% 28% 9% 22% 42% 72% 1% 45% 87% 58% 3% 18 10 16% 86 32 3 30% 3 6 -2 0 0
1993 29 PIT NL 178 641 3.60 375 59% 24% 7% 28% 41% 76% 3% 44% 90% 49% 6% 10 6 12% 21 7 0 30% 1 2 56 0 0
1994 30 PIT NL 99 338 3.41 205 61% 28% 16% 18% 38% 72% 8% 43% 78% 53% 4% 4 0 15% 15 8 1 9% 3 2 13 0 0
6 Yrs 2962 10001 3.38 6128 61% 26% 9% 24% 41% 74% 2% 45% 88% 56% 4% 124 67 14% 413 172 20 28% 27 39 68 1 7
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 23 BAL AL 327 100 15 0 5 13 2 7 8 19 10 0 53% 5 0 0 126 9 7 56% 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
1988 24 BAL AL 654 167 21 4 15 0 7 12 3 9 6 31 21 3 68% 6 2 1 236 12 3 80% 9 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 0
1989 25 BAL AL 912 240 21 3 16 0 14 12 4 5 11 36 18 5 50% 13 3 1 332 14 14 50% 10 13 4 1 0 0 9 8 14 0
1990 26 BAL AL 578 152 17 2 22 0 5 18 4 10 12 21 10 2 48% 5 2 0 202 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
1991 27 BAL AL 540 153 44 5 16 0 9 15 1 7 9 28 15 4 54% 9 3 0 191 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1993 29 PIT NL 234 70 7 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 18 7 0 39% 1 2 0 90 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 30 PIT NL 112 32 2 0 5 0 4 4 1 1 4 7 4 0 57% 0 1 0 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Yrs 3357 914 112 14 92 0 47 77 15 39 53 160 85 14 53% 39 13 2 1217 47 35 57% 36 30 10 3 1 2 13 11 49 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 23 2 8 .200 6.59 14 14 0 0 0 0 69.2 100 60 51 15 35 1 27 0 1 0 327 67 1.938 12.9 1.9 4.5 3.5 0.77 67
1988 24 10 20 .333 5.09 39 39 0 6 1 0 223.0 267 143 126 30 77 3 68 6 3 2 981 80 1.543 10.8 1.2 3.1 2.7 0.88 80
1989 25 28 28 .500 4.27 74 74 0 10 2 0 438.1 507 238 208 46 134 8 130 10 3 5 1893 92 1.462 10.4 0.9 2.8 2.7 0.97 92
1990 26 30 39 .435 4.42 118 91 6 10 2 0 571.2 659 317 281 68 176 14 180 13 4 7 2471 88 1.461 10.4 1.1 2.8 2.8 1.02 88
1991 27 36 51 .414 4.63 144 113 7 10 2 0 695.1 812 408 358 84 204 16 217 15 5 10 3011 84 1.461 10.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 1.06 84
1992 28 36 51 .414 4.63 144 113 7 10 2 0 695.1 812 408 358 84 204 16 217 15 5 10 3011 84 1.461 10.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 1.06 84
1993 29 40 52 .435 4.65 169 118 11 10 2 0 749.0 882 439 387 87 219 19 233 17 5 12 3245 84 1.470 10.6 1.0 2.6 2.8 1.06 84
1994 30 41 53 .436 4.71 197 118 22 10 2 2 773.1 914 458 405 92 229 22 244 18 5 13 3357 84 1.478 10.6 1.1 2.7 2.8 1.07 84

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 23 2 5 .286 7.03 64.0 99 56 50 15 35 25 0 2.094 13.9 4.9 3.5 0.71 2.1 14
1988 24 6 9 .400 5.22 143.0 176 92 83 16 44 38 6 1.538 11.1 2.8 2.4 0.86 1.0 25
1989 25 10 11 .476 4.25 197.0 256 103 93 17 61 57 4 1.609 11.7 2.8 2.6 0.93 0.8 35
1990 26 4 9 .308 6.07 123.0 162 92 83 23 45 46 3 1.683 11.9 3.3 3.4 1.02 1.7 44
1991 27 3 9 .250 6.38 117.0 159 92 83 17 29 35 2 1.607 12.2 2.2 2.7 1.21 1.3 26
1993 29 2 3 .400 5.14 49.0 69 31 28 3 15 15 2 1.714 12.7 2.8 2.8 1.00 0.6 25
1994 30 1 2 .333 6.09 34.0 43 26 23 7 13 15 1 1.647 11.4 3.4 4.0 1.15 1.9 28
7 Yrs 28 48 .368 5.48 727.0 964 492 443 98 242 231 18 1.659 11.9 2.9 0.95 1.2 197

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 AL (6, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Wins s c a p y
1989 AL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1989 AL  .692 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  2.382 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1989 AL  35 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 AL  240 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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