Jeff Ballard
Jeffrey Scott Ballard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: August 13, 1963 in Billings, MT
High School: West (Billings, MT)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1987
Final Game: July 8, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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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 78 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 65 1.726 11.8 1.8 3.7 4.1 1.10
7 Seasons 41 53 .436 4.71 197 118 22 10 2 2 773.1 914 458 405 92 229 22 244 18 5 13 3357 83 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 83 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
1990 26 BAL AL 44 577 525 79 152 34 0 22 8 6 42 50 .290 .344 .480 .824 .286 252 15 3 5 2 6
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
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
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
7 Seasons 197 3356 3068 458 914 179 17 92 47 35 229 244 .298 .349 .457 .806 .299 1403 96 18 25 16 22
162 Game Avg. 43 724 662 99 197 39 4 20 10 8 49 53 .298 .349 .457 .806 .299 303 21 4 5 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 37 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 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 73 11 35 12 7 7 5.7 5.8 6.2 85 12 14 8 1 123
1990 26 BAL AL 44 17 1 10 6 0 2 6 11 .353 1 3 0 0 6 35% 43 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 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% 44 55 21 12 5 4 1 6.0 6.4 5.1 60 3 0 0 0 72
6 Seasons 169 118 36 51 31 7 8 54 64 .458 9 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.955 9 7 10 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 0.899 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 0.781 4 7 8 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 0.646 10 2 13 7 2 19 11 17 6 14 7 4 2.6 13
4 Seasons 123 79 22 5 2 5 2 3 40% 16 11 55 13 24% 0.883 24 16 34 21 11 47 32 47 30 34 34 12 3.6 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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 85% 4.6% 8.3% 10.7% 10.1% 33% 1.52 76% 70 11 16%
1988 24 BAL AL 654 86% 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 83% 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 74% 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 82% 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 71% 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 66% 4.5% 9.8% 8.9% 12.5% 44% 0.89 1.48 75% 28% 11.9% 11% 20 3 15%
7 Seasons 3357 81% 2.7% 7.3% 6.8% 8.6% 32% 0.76 1.07 82% 21% 7.1% 24% 619 96 16%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 654 2217 3.39 1350 61% 26% 7% 25% 42% 74% 1% 45% 91% 56% 4% 28 20 13% 87 31 7 41% 5 6 0 0 0
1989 25 BAL AL 912 2987 3.28 1862 62% 25% 8% 24% 42% 74% 2% 46% 89% 59% 4% 37 21 14% 125 57 7 27% 11 11 0 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 540 1807 3.35 1133 63% 27% 9% 22% 42% 73% 1% 45% 87% 58% 3% 18 10 16% 86 32 3 30% 3 6 0 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 Seasons 2951 9965 3.38 6111 61% 26% 9% 24% 41% 74% 2% 45% 88% 56% 4% 124 67 14% 413 172 20 28% 27 39 79 1 7
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 14 11 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 83 1.478 10.6 1.1 2.7 2.8 1.07 83

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5.22 143.0 175 92 83 16 44 38 6 1.531 11.0 2.8 2.4 0.86 1.0 25
1989 25 10 12 .455 4.23 198.0 253 103 93 17 60 57 4 1.581 11.5 2.7 2.6 0.95 0.8 35
1990 26 4 9 .308 6.00 123.0 161 91 82 23 44 46 3 1.667 11.8 3.2 3.4 1.05 1.7 44
1991 27 3 9 .250 6.52 116.0 160 93 84 17 29 35 2 1.629 12.4 2.3 2.7 1.21 1.3 26
1993 29 2 3 .400 5.22 50.0 68 32 29 3 15 15 2 1.660 12.2 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.5 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 Seasons 28 49 .364 5.49 728.0 959 493 444 98 240 231 18 1.647 11.9 2.9 0.96 1.2 197

* 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.

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 (236th)

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 - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Todd Ritchie (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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