Jay Baller
Jay Scot Baller
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 6, 1960 in Stayton, OR
High School: Canby (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
Final Game: August 31, 1992
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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
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 35 109 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50
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 2 223 114 1.327 9.0 1.4 2.9 5.4 1.82
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 75 1.602 9.7 1.2 4.7 7.0 1.50
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 63 1.977 11.7 1.2 6.1 8.3 1.35
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 25 2.571 15.4 3.9 7.7 3.9 0.50
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 43 1.818 8.2 4.1 8.2 7.4 0.90
6 Seasons 4 9 .308 5.24 94 5 36 0 0 6 156.1 169 98 91 26 79 14 117 5 7 11 710 76 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 76 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 82 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 58 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 25 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 78 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 25 2.571 15.4 3.9 7.7 3.9 0.50

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 94 710 610 98 169 40 7 26 15 8 79 117 .277 .362 .493 .855 .303 301 8 5 11 5 14
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
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
1982 21 PHI NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 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 58 28 12 3 0 1 2.3 2.0 5.7
2 Seasons 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

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
1982 21 PHI NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.499 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 1.032 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 1.284 16 7 12 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 0.836 6 4 13 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 0.398 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 0.732 2 2 4 1 0 7 2 6 3 0 4 2 4.1 25
6 Seasons 94 89 36 4 6 13 6 7 46% 24 11 52 24 46% 1.021 31 18 39 30 10 49 31 58 44 17 49 28 4.4 22

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%
1982 21 PHI NL 35 37% 2.9% 20.0% 5.7% 5.7% 29% 1.83 66% 4 0 0%
1985 24 CHC NL 223 61% 3.6% 13.9% 7.6% 9.9% 42% 0.97 73% 23 2 9%
1986 25 CHC NL 248 51% 2.8% 16.9% 11.3% 12.1% 52% 0.97 67% 28 0 0%
1987 26 CHC NL 139 45% 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 53% 9.8% 17.7% 19.6% 11.8% 60% 0.72 0.83 53% 25% 38.5% 28% 4 0 0%
6 Seasons 710 52% 3.7% 16.5% 11.1% 10.3% 43% 0.78 1.04 66% 21% 33.3% 22% 93 8 9%
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
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 51 200 3.92 108 54% 22% 20% 28% 30% 78% 0% 42% 74% 49% 12% 6 3 20% 10 6 1 11% 1 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons 65 239 3.68 129 54% 22% 20% 26% 33% 78% 1% 42% 74% 48% 11% 7 3 18% 12 7 1 10% 2 3 0 0 0
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1982 21 0 0 3.38 4 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 3 1 2 0 7 1 1 0 35 109 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 109
1983 22 0 0 3.38 4 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 3 1 2 0 7 1 1 0 35 109 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 109
1984 23 0 0 3.38 4 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 3 1 2 0 7 1 1 0 35 109 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 109
1985 24 2 3 .400 3.45 24 5 5 0 0 1 60.0 59 25 23 9 19 7 38 2 1 2 258 114 1.300 8.9 1.4 2.9 5.7 2.00 114
1986 25 4 7 .364 4.35 60 5 21 0 0 6 113.2 117 62 55 16 47 11 80 4 5 4 506 91 1.443 9.3 1.3 3.7 6.3 1.70 91
1987 26 4 8 .333 4.85 83 5 30 0 0 6 143.0 155 84 77 20 67 13 107 4 7 9 645 83 1.552 9.8 1.3 4.2 6.7 1.60 83
1988 27 4 8 .333 4.85 83 5 30 0 0 6 143.0 155 84 77 20 67 13 107 4 7 9 645 83 1.552 9.8 1.3 4.2 6.7 1.60 83
1989 28 4 8 .333 4.85 83 5 30 0 0 6 143.0 155 84 77 20 67 13 107 4 7 9 645 83 1.552 9.8 1.3 4.2 6.7 1.60 83
1990 29 4 9 .308 5.02 86 5 32 0 0 6 145.1 159 88 81 21 69 14 108 5 7 10 659 80 1.569 9.8 1.3 4.3 6.7 1.57 80
1991 30 4 9 .308 5.02 86 5 32 0 0 6 145.1 159 88 81 21 69 14 108 5 7 10 659 80 1.569 9.8 1.3 4.3 6.7 1.57 80
1992 31 4 9 .308 5.24 94 5 36 0 0 6 156.1 169 98 91 26 79 14 117 5 7 11 710 76 1.586 9.7 1.5 4.5 6.7 1.48 76

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
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 53 22 20 8 17 30 1 1.373 9.4 3.0 5.3 1.76 1.4 20
1986 25 2 3 .400 5.26 53.0 58 34 31 7 28 41 2 1.623 9.8 4.8 7.0 1.46 1.2 36
1987 26 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 36 23 21 4 19 26 0 1.964 11.6 6.1 8.4 1.37 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 9.90 10.0 11 12 11 6 11 8 0 2.200 9.9 9.9 7.2 0.73 5.4 8
6 Seasons 6 8 .429 5.33 152.0 169 98 90 27 79 113 5 1.632 10.0 6.7 1.43 1.6 94

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1982 NL--born 1960-10-06--9th

                                         

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