Steve Balboni

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: January 16, 1957 in Brockton, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL).

High School: Memorial HS (Manchester, NH)

School: Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)

Debut: April 22, 1981 (Age 24-096d, 14,440th in major league history)
vs. DET 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1993 (Age 36-259d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Stephen Charles Balboni

Nicknames: Bye Bye

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

3120

714

181

.229

351

RBI

495

OBP

.293

SLG

.451

OPS

.743

OPS+

101

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	KCR		NYY	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	13	2	1	16	0	1B
2	2	Apr 4	KCR		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
3	3	Apr 5	KCR		NYY	W,15-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 6	KCR		CLE	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
5	5	Apr 8	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
6	6	Apr 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
7	7	Apr 11	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
8	8	Apr 13	KCR		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 14	KCR		MIL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 15	KCR		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
11	11	Apr 18	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	10	1	0	11	2	1B
12	12	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
13	13	Apr 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
14	14	Apr 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	2	1B
15	15	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
16	16	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
17	17	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
18	18	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
19	19	Apr 28	KCR		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
21	21	May 3	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.2	14	0	0	14	2	1B
22	22	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
23	23	May 5	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
24	24	May 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 7	KCR		DET	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
26	26	May 8	KCR		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
27	27	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
28	28	May 11	KCR		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
29	29	May 12	KCR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
30	30	May 13	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
31	33 (2)	May 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	36 (2)	May 20	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
33	37	May 21	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
34	38	May 22	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	39	May 23	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
36	40	May 25	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
37	42 (1)	May 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
38	43	May 28	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
39	44	May 29	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	10.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
40	46 (1)	May 31	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	49 (2)	Jun 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
42	50	Jun 4	KCR		SEA	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
43	51	Jun 5	KCR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
44	53 (1)	Jun 7	KCR		SEA	W,9-8	GS	37	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
45	55 (1)	Jun 10	KCR		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	57 (1)	Jun 13	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
47	60 (2)	Jun 16	KCR		MIN	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
48	64 (3)	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	66 (1)	Jun 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
50	67	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
51	68	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	W,16-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	69	Jun 26 (1)	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
53	70	Jun 26 (2)	KCR		OAK	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
54	71	Jun 27	KCR		OAK	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
55	72	Jun 29	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	73	Jun 30	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	74	Jul 1	KCR		NYY	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
58	75	Jul 2 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	76	Jul 2 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
60	77	Jul 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-15	CG	48	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
61	78	Jul 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
62	79	Jul 6	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
63	80	Jul 7 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	81	Jul 7 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
65	82	Jul 8	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
66	83	Jul 12	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
67	84	Jul 13 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
68	85	Jul 13 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
69	86	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
70	87	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
71	88	Jul 16	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	14	1	1	16	2	1B
72	89	Jul 17 (1)	KCR		CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
73	90	Jul 17 (2)	KCR		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
74	91	Jul 18	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
75	92	Jul 19	KCR		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
76	93	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
77	94	Jul 21	KCR		BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
78	95	Jul 22	KCR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
79	96	Jul 23 (1)	KCR		TOR	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
80	97	Jul 23 (2)	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
81	98	Jul 24	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
82	100 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,12-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	101	Jul 27 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
84	102	Jul 28	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
85	103	Jul 29	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
86	104	Jul 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS	17	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	107 (2)	Aug 3	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
88	111 (3)	Aug 7	KCR		MIL	W,8-5	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
89	112	Aug 8	KCR		MIL	L,2-3	GS	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
90	119 (6)	Aug 15	KCR		BOS	W,13-8	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
91	120	Aug 16	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
92	121	Aug 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-8	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
93	122	Aug 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
94	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
95	124	Aug 20	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	33	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
96	125	Aug 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
97	126	Aug 22	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
98	127	Aug 24	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
99	128	Aug 25	KCR		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
100	129	Aug 26	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
101	130	Aug 27	KCR		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
102	131	Aug 28	KCR		TEX	L,0-6	GS	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	136 (4)	Sep 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
104	140 (3)	Sep 7	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
105	141	Sep 8	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
106	142	Sep 9	KCR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
107	143	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	144	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
109	145	Sep 12	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
110	146	Sep 14	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	12	1	0	13	2	1B
111	147	Sep 15	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS	33	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
112	148	Sep 16	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
113	149	Sep 17	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
114	150	Sep 18	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-0	GS	23	6.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
115	151	Sep 19	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
116	152	Sep 20	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
117	153	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
118	154	Sep 22	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
119	155	Sep 23	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
120	156	Sep 24 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,4-0	GS	23	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
121	157	Sep 24 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
122	158	Sep 25	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
123	159	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
124	160	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
125	162 (1)	Sep 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS	22	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
							125gm		1035.0	1102	79	15	1196	102