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Jay Baller

Jay Scott Baller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 6, 1960 in Stayton, OR
High School: Canby HS (Canby, OR)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1982
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/Royals 1982-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 31, 1992
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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
1979	18	PHI-min	Rk	5	6	.455	5.78	13	13					67.0	89	59	43	9	34								1.836	12.0	1.2	4.6			HEL · PION
1980	19	PHI-min	A	10	5	.667	3.56	26	25		2	1	0	139.0	132	69	55	11	72	0	95	10	2	18			1.468	8.5	0.7	4.7	6.2	1.32	SPB · SALL
1981	20	PHI-min	A	9	14	.391	3.92	27	27	0	6	1	0	147.0	119	85	64	14	78	0	166	19	0	15			1.340	7.3	0.9	4.8	10.2	2.13	PNS · CARL
1982	21	PHI-min	AA	9	8	.529	2.68	50	15	30	4	2	8	151.1	110	64	45	7	85	7	155	12	0	14			1.289	6.5	0.4	5.1	9.2	1.82	REA · EL
1982	21	PHI	NL	0	0		3.38	4	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	3	1	2	0	7	1	1	0	35	115	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	7.9	3.50

1983	22	CLE-min	AAA,AA	5	14	.263	8.42	36	17	14	2	0	3	113.1	123	113	106	12	101	0	97	15	0	12			1.976	9.8	1.0	8.0	7.7	0.96	CHL,BFL · IL,EL
1984	23	CLE-min	AAA,AA	13	9	.591	4.97	29	26	2	7	3	0	163.0	155	107	90	21	96	2	126	10	0	11			1.540	8.6	1.2	5.3	7.0	1.31	MAI,BFL · IL,EL
1985	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.23	24	24	0	7	3	0	149.0	140	77	70	12	63	6	119	5	2	7			1.362	8.5	0.7	3.8	7.2	1.89	IWA · AA
1985	24	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	3.46	20	4	4	0	0	1	52.0	52	21	20	8	17	7	31	1	0	2	223	115	1.327	9.0	1.4	2.9	5.4	1.82
1986	25	CHC-min	AAA	3	7	.300	4.40	27	5	20	1	1	9	59.1	63	32	29	1	32	6	51	6	2	2			1.601	9.6	0.2	4.9	7.7	1.59	IWA · AA
1986	25	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	5.37	36	0	16	0	0	5	53.2	58	37	32	7	28	4	42	2	4	2	248	76	1.602	9.7	1.2	4.7	7.0	1.50
1987	26	CHC-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.64	44	0	40	0	0	15	59.1	50	24	24	7	24	4	62	3	0	3			1.247	7.6	1.1	3.6	9.4	2.58	IWA · AA
1987	26	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	23	0	9	0	0	0	29.1	38	22	22	4	20	2	27	0	2	5	139	64	1.977	11.7	1.2	6.1	8.3	1.35

1988	27	SEA-min	AAA	10	7	.588	3.75	66	1	38	0	0	10	98.1	91	48	41	9	33	6	82	1	14	4			1.261	8.3	0.8	3.0	7.5	2.48	CGY · PCL
1989	28	WSN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	2.02	62	0	59	0	0	34	62.1	49	19	14	3	20	2	53	1	1	1			1.107	7.1	0.4	2.9	7.7	2.65	INA · AA
1990	29	KCR-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.24	52	0	47	0	0	20	75.0	69	35	27	3	33	4	68	6	2	11			1.360	8.3	0.4	4.0	8.2	2.06	OMA · AA
1990	29	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	15.43	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	14	29	2.571	15.4	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50

1991	30	PHI-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.98	61	1	51	0	0	17	72.1	84	43	40	10	33	6	79	3	3	11	328		1.618	10.5	1.2	4.1	9.8	2.39	SWB · IL
1992	31	PHI-min	AAA	4	5	.444	1.42	44	0	36	0	0	22	63.1	48	13	10	0	25	6	67	1	0	8	259		1.153	6.8	0.0	3.6	9.5	2.68	SWB · IL
1992	31	PHI	NL	0	0		8.18	8	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	10	10	10	5	10	0	9	0	0	1	51	45	1.818	8.2	4.1	8.2	7.4	0.90
6 Yrs				4	9	.308	5.24	94	5	36	0	0	6	156.1	169	98	91	26	79	14	117	5	7	11	710	77	1.586	9.7	1.5	4.5	6.7	1.48
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.308	5.24	65	3	25	0	0	4	107	116	67	63	18	54	10	80	3	5	8	488	77	1.586	9.7	1.5	4.5	6.7	1.48

CHC (3 yrs)				4	8	.333	4.93	79	4	29	0	0	6	135.0	148	80	74	19	65	13	100	3	6	9	610	83	1.578	9.9	1.3	4.3	6.7	1.54
PHI (2 yrs)				0	0		6.16	12	1	5	0	0	0	19.0	17	14	13	6	12	0	16	1	1	1	86	61	1.526	8.1	2.8	5.7	7.6	1.33
KCR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	15.43	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	14	29	2.571	15.4	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50

NL (5 yrs)				4	8	.333	5.08	91	5	34	0	0	6	154.0	165	94	87	25	77	13	116	4	7	10	696	79	1.571	9.6	1.5	4.5	6.8	1.51
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	15.43	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	14	29	2.571	15.4	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50

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
1982	21	PHI	NL	8.0	4	1	4	4.50	4.20	-0.07	-0.09	103.7	4.33	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.493	.500	$

1985	24	CHC	NL	52.0	20	4	21	3.63	4.24	-0.15	-0.13	109.4	4.66	6	0.6	1.2	-0.0	1.0	11	.532	.504	$
1986	25	CHC	NL	53.2	36	0	37	6.20	4.15	-0.39	-0.32	106.3	4.49	-10	-1.1	1.3	-0.3	-0.9	-5	.469	.493	$
1987	26	CHC	NL	29.1	23	0	22	6.75	4.68	-0.47	-0.35	102.8	4.93	-6	-0.6	.8	0.0	-0.4	-3	.473	.496	$75,000

1990	29	KCR	AL	2.1	3	0	4	15.43	4.27	-0.45	-0.33	98.6	4.34	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.406	.498	$

1992	31	PHI	NL	11.0	8	0	10	8.18	3.96	-0.13	-0.31	98.0	3.71	-6	-0.6	.7	0.1	-0.4	-5	.425	.496	$
6 Seasons				156.1	94	5	98	5.64	4.27	-0.29	-0.25	105.9	4.57	-20	-2.0	1.0	-0.2	-0.9	-4	.479	.498	$75,000

CHC (3 yrs)				135.0	79	4	80	5.33	4.30	-0.31	-0.25	106.7	4.65	-11	-1.1	1.1	-0.3	-0.3	3	.486	.498	$75,000
PHI (2 yrs)				19.0	12	1	14	6.63	4.06	-0.11	-0.21	100.4	3.97	-6	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-4	.448	.498	$
KCR (1 yr)				2.1	3	0	4	15.43	4.27	-0.45	-0.33	98.6	4.34	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.406	.498	$

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
1982	21	PHI	NL	4	35	31	4	7	1	0	1	1	0	2	7	.226	.294	.355	.649	.261	11	0	1	1	0	0	1

1985	24	CHC	NL	20	223	200	21	52	12	2	8	2	2	17	31	.260	.320	.460	.780	.272	92	2	1	4	1	7	2
1986	25	CHC	NL	36	248	211	37	58	19	4	7	7	4	28	42	.275	.361	.502	.863	.309	106	0	2	4	3	4	3
1987	26	CHC	NL	23	139	117	22	38	6	1	4	2	0	20	27	.325	.423	.496	.919	.395	58	6	0	2	0	2	1

1990	29	KCR	AL	3	14	11	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.364	.500	.727	1.227	.333	8	0	1	0	0	1	0

1992	31	PHI	NL	8	51	40	10	10	1	0	5	3	2	10	9	.250	.392	.650	1.042	.185	26	0	0	0	1	0	1
6 Yrs				94	710	610	98	169	40	7	26	15	8	79	117	.277	.362	.493	.855	.303	301	8	5	11	5	14	8
162 Game Avg.				65	488	419	67	116	27	5	18	10	5	54	80	.277	.362	.493	.855	.303	207	5	3	8	3	10	5
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.388	.711	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	21	PHI	NL	0.2	0.0	38	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.47	0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.47	-0.4	0	0	3

1985	24	CHC	NL	3.4	0.4	229	0.4	4.1	-3.6	1.00	0.1	0.4	4.3	0.4	1.00	0.0	6	5	5
1986	25	CHC	NL	-7.8	-0.8	267	-0.8	4.8	-5.7	1.23	-0.5	-0.2	-18.6	-1.8	1.23	-14.0	13	9	13
1987	26	CHC	NL	-6.6	-0.6	149	0.1	2.1	-1.9	.83	-0.4	0.6	-9.0	-0.9	0.83	-8.8	6	4	11

1990	29	KCR	AL	-2.7	-0.3	15	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	.38	-0.2	-1.7	-3.8	-0.4	0.38	-2.6	1	0	2

1992	31	PHI	NL	-5.1	-0.5	58	-0.2	0.5	-0.8	.66	-0.6	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.66	-5.2	1	2	5
6 Yrs				-18.5	-1.8	756	-1.4	11.7	-13.1	.98	-1.7	0.3	-32.6	-3.2	0.98	-31.0	27	20	39

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
1982	21	PHI	NL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	1	0	1	0	5.4	0.0	4.0

1985	24	CHC	NL	20	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	2	50%	43.2	58	28	12	3	0	1	2.3	2.0	5.7
2 Yrs				24	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	4	.200	0	1	0	0	2	40%	43	58	28	13	3	1	1	2.8	1.7	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.3	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1982	21	PHI	NL	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.470	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0

1985	24	CHC	NL	20	16	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	5	4	11	2	18%	7	1.002	6	5	5	7	1	8	8	8	12	2	13	7	5.5
1986	25	CHC	NL	36	36	16	2	4	10	5	5	50%	15	5	22	11	50%	7	1.231	13	9	13	17	4	15	13	23	18	9	20	11	4.5
1987	26	CHC	NL	23	23	9	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	13	7	54%	6	.834	6	4	11	4	5	14	7	16	10	5	11	8	3.8

1990	29	KCR	AL	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	1	1	100%	8	.376	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	2.3	13

1992	31	PHI	NL	8	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	3	60%	6	.656	1	2	5	1	0	7	2	6	3	0	4	2	4.1	26
6 Yrs				94	89	36	4	6	13	6	7	46%	24	11	52	24	46%		.986	27	20	39	30	10	49	31	58	44	17	49	28	4.4	22

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%
1982	21	PHI	NL	35	63%	2.9%	20.0%	5.7%	5.7%	29%		1.83	66%				4	0	0%

1985	24	CHC	NL	223	39%	3.6%	13.9%	7.6%	9.9%	42%		0.97	73%				23	2	9%
1986	25	CHC	NL	248	49%	2.8%	16.9%	11.3%	12.1%	52%		0.97	67%				28	0	0%
1987	26	CHC	NL	139	55%	2.9%	19.4%	14.4%	7.9%	29%		1.31	62%				32	6	19%

1990	29	KCR	AL	14	50%	7.1%	7.1%	14.3%	14.3%	50%	1.00	1.00	64%	10%	20.0%	0%	2	0	0%

1992	31	PHI	NL	51	47%	9.8%	17.7%	19.6%	11.8%	60%	0.72	0.83	53%	25%	38.5%	28%	4	0	0%
6 Yrs				710	48%	3.7%	16.5%	11.1%	10.3%	43%	0.78	1.04	66%	21%	33.3%	22%	93	8	9%
MLB Averages					40%	2.1%	14.5%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%			11%

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
1990	29	KCR	AL	14	39	2.79	21	54%	19%	19%	14%	48%	81%	6%	44%	76%	43%	7%	1	0	14%	2	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0

1992	31	PHI	NL	54	206	3.81	109	53%	23%	20%	28%	29%	77%	0%	41%	74%	46%	11%	6	3	19%	10	6	1	11%	1	3	-3	0	0
2 Yrs				68	245	3.60	130	53%	22%	20%	25%	32%	78%	1%	41%	74%	46%	10%	7	3	18%	12	7	1	10%	2	3	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

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
1982	21	PHI	NL	35	7			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	1	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1985	24	CHC	NL	223	52			8	0	3	7	1	7	1	9	3	0	33%	2	2	0	72	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1986	25	CHC	NL	248	58			7	1	8	5	2	1	6	15	12	2	80%	3	2	1	90	7	4	64%	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0
1987	26	CHC	NL	139	38			4	0	3	1	3	2	2	10	7	4	70%	1	5	1	62	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0

1990	29	KCR	AL	14	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1992	31	PHI	NL	51	10	3	1	5	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	0	67%	1	1	1	13	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				710	169	4	1	26	2	18	18	8	13	13	39	25	6	64%	8	11	4	257	15	8	65%	15	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	37	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1982	21	0	0		3.38	4	1	1	0	8.0	7	4	3	1	2	0	7	1	1	0	35	115	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	7.9	3.50	115
1983	22	0	0		3.38	4	1	1	0	8.0	7	4	3	1	2	0	7	1	1	0	35	115	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	7.9	3.50	115
1984	23	0	0		3.38	4	1	1	0	8.0	7	4	3	1	2	0	7	1	1	0	35	115	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	7.9	3.50	115
1985	24	2	3	.400	3.45	24	5	5	1	60.0	59	25	23	9	19	7	38	2	1	2	258	115	1.300	8.9	1.4	2.9	5.7	2.00	115
1986	25	4	7	.364	4.35	60	5	21	6	113.2	117	62	55	16	47	11	80	4	5	4	506	92	1.443	9.3	1.3	3.7	6.3	1.70	92
1987	26	4	8	.333	4.85	83	5	30	6	143.0	155	84	77	20	67	13	107	4	7	9	645	84	1.552	9.8	1.3	4.2	6.7	1.60	84
1988	27	4	8	.333	4.85	83	5	30	6	143.0	155	84	77	20	67	13	107	4	7	9	645	84	1.552	9.8	1.3	4.2	6.7	1.60	84
1989	28	4	8	.333	4.85	83	5	30	6	143.0	155	84	77	20	67	13	107	4	7	9	645	84	1.552	9.8	1.3	4.2	6.7	1.60	84
1990	29	4	9	.308	5.02	86	5	32	6	145.1	159	88	81	21	69	14	108	5	7	10	659	81	1.569	9.8	1.3	4.3	6.7	1.57	81
1991	30	4	9	.308	5.02	86	5	32	6	145.1	159	88	81	21	69	14	108	5	7	10	659	81	1.569	9.8	1.3	4.3	6.7	1.57	81
1992	31	4	9	.308	5.24	94	5	36	6	156.1	169	98	91	26	79	14	117	5	7	11	710	77	1.586	9.7	1.5	4.5	6.7	1.48	77

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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
1982	21	0	0		3.38	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	7	1	1.125	7.9	2.3	7.9	3.50	1.1	4

1985	24	3	2	.600	3.53	51.0	52	22	20	8	17	30	1	1.353	9.2	3.0	5.3	1.76	1.4	20
1986	25	2	3	.400	5.17	54.0	57	34	31	7	28	42	2	1.574	9.5	4.7	7.0	1.50	1.2	36
1987	26	1	2	.333	6.75	28.0	37	23	21	4	19	25	0	2.000	11.9	6.1	8.0	1.32	1.3	23

1990	29	0	0		18.00	2.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.000	18.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	4.5	3

1992	31	0	1	.000	10.80	10.0	11	13	12	6	11	8	0	2.200	9.9	9.9	7.2	0.73	5.4	8
6 Yrs		6	8	.429	5.35	153.0	168	99	91	27	79	113	5	1.614	9.9		6.6	1.43	1.6	94

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