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Jeff Ballard
Jeffrey Scott Ballard

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: August 13, 1963 in Billings, MT
Schools: 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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Minors
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- 1987
- 1991
- 1988
- 1993
- 1989
- 1994
- 1990
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1987
- 1991
- 1988
- 1993
- 1989
- 1994
- 1990
HR Log
vs. Batter
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

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Minors
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- 1987
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- 1988
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- 1989
- 1994
- 1990
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1987
- 1991
- 1988
- 1993
- 1989
- 1994
- 1990
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos
1993	29	PIT	NL	25	12	11	4	1	4	.364	.364	.455	.818	119	5	1	1
1994	30	PIT	NL	28	2	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	1
7 Seasons				53	14	13	5	1	4	.385	.385	.462	.846	126	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	43	40	15	3	12	.385	.385	.462	.846	126	18	3

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1987	BAL	AL	23	P	14	14	69.2	15	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.94	1.07	.953	1.83	0.67
1988	BAL	AL	24	P	25	25	153.1	22	9	13	0	3	1.000	1.29	0.88	.959	1.78	0.67
1989	BAL	AL	25	P	35	35	215.1	70	13	55	2	6	.971	2.84	1.94	.960	1.87	0.66	CYA-6
1990	BAL	AL	26	P	44	17	133.1	32	11	20	1	0	.969	2.09	0.70	.953	1.78	0.59
1991	BAL	AL	27	P	26	22	123.2	20	4	15	1	3	.950	1.38	0.73	.955	1.80	0.58
1993	PIT	NL	29	P	25	5	53.2	17	4	12	1	3	.941	2.68	0.64	.953	1.84	0.54
1994	PIT	NL	30	P	28	0	24.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.48	0.14	.950	1.85	0.54
7 Seasons				P	197	118	773.1	180	47	128	5	16	.972	2.04	0.89	.957	1.82	0.60
7 Seasons				TOT	197	118	773.1	180	47	128	5	16	.972	2.04	0.89	.929	1.82	0.60

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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 10 (1501), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1352), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Jason Jacome (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lloyd Brown (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Young (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Wegman (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Perez (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Todd Ritchie (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.

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Salaries

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1989	Baltimore Orioles	$97,000
1990	Baltimore Orioles	$200,000
1991	Baltimore Orioles	$465,000
1994	Pittsburgh 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.

Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Jeffrey Jeff Scott Ballard

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1501), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1352), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 50