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: 18-26 / in Starts: 6-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 14

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	75	2	Apr 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.02	20	71	44	13	5	8	10	3	2	0	44			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.086	1.67	-0.07%	-0.12	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d1
2	76	7	Apr 17	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.0	5	4	4	1	2	3	0	5.59	6.84	20	59	36	6	5	8	9	1	1	0	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.176	.85	-0.14%	-2.06	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
3	77	12	Apr 22	BAL		DET	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	1	4.08	5.86	32	101	62	12	5	9	19	2	6	0	63			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.095	.97	0.07%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	78	17	Apr 27	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	7.2	6	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.91	5.29	30	102	70	19	5	14	13	5	1	1	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.006	.79	0.00%	0.44	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	79	22	May 2	BAL		CAL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-4)	4	7.2	9	3	1	2	3	1	0	3.27	5.11	34	103	61	12	11	16	13	8	1	0	54			1	0	0	30	1	0	2	1	1	1	1.06	0.029	.81	0.01%	0.33	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
6	80	27	May 8	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	GS-5	L(0-5)	5	4.2	7	6	6	2	0	3	1	4.30	6.10	23	67	42	14	1	9	8	2	2	3	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.222	.40	-0.10%	-3.08	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
7	81	34	May 17	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-6		8	6.0	7	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.92	5.69	25	76	51	11	6	10	11	3	1	0	52			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.21	-0.023	.88	-0.01%	0.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	82	39	May 22	BAL		MIN	W,10-2	GS-4		4	3.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.05	5.72	18	54	24	5	2	6	7	5	1	0	38			1	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.080	1.07	-0.03%	-0.57	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out a1
9	83	44	May 27	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-2	GS-7	W(1-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.93	5.77	26	92	50	12	8	7	15	3	3	0	52			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.003	1.16	0.00%	0.52	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	84	48	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-6)	4	5.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.19	5.74	23	94	54	14	2	6	15	6	4	0	40			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.179	1.34	-0.11%	-0.61	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d1
11	85	53	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-7	GS-6		4	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.50	5.62	27	95	56	14	9	11	12	1	2	0	36			0	1	1	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.244	1.35	-0.21%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
12	86	58	Jun 12	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.1	7	3	3	2	3	2	1	4.48	5.78	26	97	60	10	11	7	13	7	0	0	48			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.052	1.55	0.05%	0.78	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
13	87	63	Jun 17	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	GS-7	L(1-7)	4	6.1	9	6	6	3	4	1	0	4.81	5.72	28	98	55	16	5	7	14	8	2	0	32			1	2	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.175	.99	-0.10%	-1.25	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
14	88	68	Jun 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-8)	4	6.2	11	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.86	5.50	34	124	75	22	5	10	17	5	4	0	37			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.49	-0.208	1.44	-0.12%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
15	89	73	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-9)	5	3.2	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	5.28	5.54	18	66	37	7	3	6	10	4	1	0	23			2	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.274	.34	-0.06%	-3.44	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
16	90	77	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-7	4-5		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.16	5.46	6	25	13	0	4	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.016	.06	0.00%	0.97	4b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
17	91	78	Jul 4	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-4	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.14	5.48	2	9	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.03	8b --- 0 out a5	8b 1-- 1 out a5
18	92	80	Jul 6	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.12	5.48	2	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.69	0.026	.24	0.01%	0.44	7b --3 1 out d2	7b 1-3 2 out d2
19	93	82	Jul 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-6	7-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.06	5.43	4	12	7	1	2	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.021	.46	0.00%	0.10	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
20	94	84	Jul 13(1)	BAL		MIN	W,8-5	6-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.03	5.39	2	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.036	.43	0.01%	0.50	6t 1-- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d2
21	95	88	Jul 16	BAL		TEX	W,7-6	GS-5		2	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.95	5.39	18	59	40	13	2	8	10	4	1	0	51			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.029	.61	0.01%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
22	96	95	Jul 23	BAL	@	DET	W,13-3	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.90	5.40	4	14	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a10	9b end a10
23	97	98	Jul 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	7-8		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	5.36	5	13	9	3	0	1	4	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.015	.19	0.01%	0.90	7b 12- 2 out a6	8b 3 out a6
24	98	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-1	8-8	H(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	5.34	2	8	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.052	1.72	0.05%	0.50	8b 1-- 1 out a3	8b 3 out a3
25	99	103	Jul 31	BAL		TOR	W,6-4	8-8	H(2)	1	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.86	5.31	3	10	6	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.019	1.68	0.02%	0.16	8t --- 0 out a3	8t -2- 2 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
26	100	104	Aug 1	BAL		TOR	L,4-7	5-7	L(1-10)	0	2.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.91	5.27	11	47	31	8	2	4	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.149	3.12	0.20%	0.99	5t --- 0 out tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
27	101	107	Aug 4	BAL		KCR	L,1-9	5-8		2	4.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.89	5.29	14	55	37	10	6	3	8	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.13	5t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
28	102	109	Aug 8	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	7-8	H(3)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	5.26	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.203	2.42	0.15%	1.65	7b 12- 0 out a3	8b --- 1 out a3
29	103	111	Aug 10	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-2	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	5.26	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.26	-0.157	2.76	-0.12%	-0.98	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
30	104	115	Aug 14	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-7	3-6		3	3.2	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.92	5.27	20	76	36	12	2	6	9	5	3	0		1	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.28	-0.105	.34	-0.08%	-1.89	3b -2- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d7
31	105	120	Aug 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-8		5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	5.27	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.109	1.69	-0.05%	-0.72	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 0 out tie
32	106	122	Aug 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-13	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	5	6	5	2	0	1	0	5.27	5.42	10					3	4	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.01	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-5.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d11
33	107	124	Aug 25	BAL		CLE	L,5-11	4-6		2	2.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.34	5.38	12	35	22	4	1	6	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.173	.52	-0.06%	-1.69	4t --- 1 out d2	6t 12- 1 out d3
34	108	125	Aug 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.25	5.32	6	26	19	4	4	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
35	109	128	Aug 29	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	7-GF		2	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.13	5.21	10	38	28	6	6	2	5	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.050	.03	0.00%	0.43	7t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
36	110	132	Sep 2	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.12	5.26	7	16	13	2	3	1	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.04	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
37	111	134	Sep 4	BAL		SEA	L,2-7	6-8		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	5.21	8	30	15	5	0	6	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.81	6t 12- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d4
38	112	137	Sep 8	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	6-7		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.05	5.19	5	17	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.59	6t 1-3 2 out tie	7t 123 1 out tie
39	113	140	Sep 11	BAL		DET	L,1-2	8-8	H(4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04	5.18	1	8	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.140	.00	0.00%	0.66	8t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out a1
40	114	142	Sep 13	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-3	8-8	H(5)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	5.17	2	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b 1-- 0 out a3	8b -2- 2 out a3
41	115	143	Sep 14	BAL	@	TOR	L,7-8	7-7	H(6)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	5.16	3	12	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.82	7b 12- 0 out a3	7b -2- 2 out a1
42	116	149	Sep 21	BAL		MIL	W,5-3	8-9	H(7)	6	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.03	5.23	3	10	7	2	3	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.12	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t --- 0 out a3
43	117	151	Sep 23	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	W(2-10)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.99	5.20	4	22	13	3	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
44	118	154	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-11)	2	5.1	6	3	2	2	2	1	0	4.93	5.22	25	102	58	17	7	11	9	6	1	0	46			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d1
							18-26		W-L:2-11,Hld:7	2.9	133.1	152	79	73	42	50	22	3	4.93	5.22	578	1975	60%	15%	7%	0.75		20%	10%	5	43	21	19%	8	6	2	525	34	0	6	15	2	5	.95	-1.359	.85	-0.64%	-10.60

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