Jeff Ballard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: August 13, 1963 in Billings, MT us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 16th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Billings West HS (Billings, MT), the Baltimore Orioles in the 27th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Billings West HS (Billings, MT)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: May 9, 1987 (Age 23-269d, 15,320th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: July 8, 1994 (Age 30-329d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Jeffrey Scott Ballard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

ERA

4.71

197

118

773.1

244

WHIP

1.478

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-9 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	29	May 9	BAL	@	CHW	W,15-6	GS-3		99	2.0	7	6	4	1	0	2	0	18.00	17.37	14	3	4	1	0	6	21			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.532	.73	-0.19%	-5.23	1b start a 2	3b 1-3 0 out tie
2	2	34	May 14	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	8.59	8.33	21	8	2	0	0	5	48			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.033	.65	-0.01%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
3	3	39	May 19	BAL	@	SEA	W,15-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	4	2	0	6.91	7.55	30	8	7	1	0	8	46			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.130	.46	0.08%	0.05	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
4	4	43	May 24	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	3	0	5.91	7.56	26	12	8	2	0	3	54			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.061	1.29	0.04%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
5	5	47	May 29	BAL		SEA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.1	9	4	4	2	0	1	0	6.31	7.51	21	8	2	0	0	9	27			4	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.186	1.52	-0.17%	-1.62	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	52	Jun 3	BAL		OAK	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	5.2	3	3	2	9	3	1	0	5.74	7.75	28	4	9	2	0	3	47			0	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.083	1.22	-0.06%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
7	7	56	Jun 8	BAL		BOS	L,2-6	GS-3	L(2-3)	4	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.21	7.55	12	4	2	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.237	.62	-0.09%	-2.94	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	133	Sep 2	BAL		SEA	L,6-8	GS-3	L(2-4)	85	2.0	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	7.39	7.37	15	4	2	0	0	8	15			1	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.463	.00	0.00%	-4.56	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d1
9	9	137	Sep 7	BAL		DET	L,4-12	GS-5	L(2-5)	4	4.2	8	7	5	3	2	1	0	7.65	7.30	24	10	1	0	0	8	23			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	.69	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-4.79	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d5
10	10	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	10	3	2	2	2	1	0	6.89	6.96	31	12	13	4	1	2	47			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.102	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
11	11	147	Sep 18(2)	BAL		BOS	L,7-10	GS-5	L(2-6)	5	4.0	9	6	6	3	0	1	0	7.41	7.07	21	4	5	1	0	9	17			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	-0.411	.00	0.00%	-3.87	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
12	12	151	Sep 22	BAL		TOR	L,4-8	GS-8	L(2-7)	3	7.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	7.14	6.84	29	9	9	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
13	13	155	Sep 27	BAL		NYY	W,9-5	GS-7		4	6.1	9	5	2	1	3	1	0	6.72	6.60	28	11	4	0	1	9	43			2	1	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out tie
14	14	160	Oct 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-8)	4	5.1	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	6.59	6.40	27	9	11	5	0	0	41			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.08	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
							5-9		W-L:2-8	4.0	69.2	100	60	51	35	27	15	0	6.59	6.40	327	1.34		9%	1%	80	37		---%	9	7	1	291	18	0	1	11	1	5	1.00	-2.448	.45	-0.41%	-22.97

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