Balor Moore

Balor Lilbon Moore

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 25, 1951 in Smithville, TX
High School: Deer Park (Deer Park, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1970
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Expos/Angels 1970-1980
Final Game: August 6, 1980
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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
1970 19 MON NL 0 2 .000 7.45 6 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 14 9 8 0 8 0 6 0 1 0 48 55 2.276 13.0 0.0 7.4 5.6 0.75
1972 21 MON NL 9 9 .500 3.47 22 22 0 6 3 0 147.2 122 61 57 15 59 5 161 5 3 7 612 101 1.226 7.4 0.9 3.6 9.8 2.73
1973 22 MON NL 7 16 .304 4.49 35 32 1 3 1 0 176.1 151 98 88 18 109 2 151 3 3 6 775 85 1.474 7.7 0.9 5.6 7.7 1.39
1974 23 MON NL 0 2 .000 3.95 8 2 2 0 0 0 13.2 13 8 6 1 15 0 16 0 0 4 68 97 2.049 8.6 0.7 9.9 10.5 1.07
1977 26 CAL AL 0 2 .000 3.97 7 3 3 0 0 0 22.2 28 19 10 7 10 1 14 3 0 0 112 98 1.676 11.1 2.8 4.0 5.6 1.40
1978 27 TOR AL 6 9 .400 4.93 37 18 5 2 0 0 144.1 165 85 79 16 54 1 75 7 2 2 635 80 1.517 10.3 1.0 3.4 4.7 1.39
1979 28 TOR AL 5 7 .417 4.84 34 16 9 5 0 0 139.1 135 85 75 17 79 4 51 8 1 8 614 89 1.536 8.7 1.1 5.1 3.3 0.65
1980 29 TOR AL 1 1 .500 5.29 31 3 14 0 0 1 64.2 76 43 38 6 31 3 22 4 0 1 290 82 1.655 10.6 0.8 4.3 3.1 0.71
8 Seasons 28 48 .368 4.52 180 98 36 16 4 1 718.1 704 408 361 80 365 16 496 30 10 28 3154 87 1.488 8.8 1.0 4.6 6.2 1.36
162 Game Avg. 7 12 .368 4.52 44 24 9 4 1 0 176 172 100 88 20 89 4 121 7 2 7 771 87 1.488 8.8 1.0 4.6 6.2 1.36
MON (4 yrs) 16 29 .356 4.12 71 58 5 9 4 0 347.1 300 176 159 34 191 7 334 8 7 17 1503 90 1.414 7.8 0.9 4.9 8.7 1.75
TOR (3 yrs) 12 17 .414 4.96 102 37 28 7 0 1 348.1 376 213 192 39 164 8 148 19 3 11 1539 84 1.550 9.7 1.0 4.2 3.8 0.90
CAL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.97 7 3 3 0 0 0 22.2 28 19 10 7 10 1 14 3 0 0 112 98 1.676 11.1 2.8 4.0 5.6 1.40
AL (4 yrs) 12 19 .387 4.90 109 40 31 7 0 1 371.0 404 232 202 46 174 9 162 22 3 11 1651 85 1.558 9.8 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.93
NL (4 yrs) 16 29 .356 4.12 71 58 5 9 4 0 347.1 300 176 159 34 191 7 334 8 7 17 1503 90 1.414 7.8 0.9 4.9 8.7 1.75

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
1970 19 MON NL 6 48 38 9 14 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 .368 .458 .395 .853 .412 15 2 0 0 2 0
1972 21 MON NL 22 612 541 61 122 17 3 15 8 8 59 161 .226 .305 .351 .657 .290 190 9 5 3 4 5
1973 22 MON NL 35 775 649 98 151 27 5 18 10 9 109 151 .233 .343 .373 .716 .274 242 16 3 8 6 2
1974 23 MON NL 8 68 53 8 13 3 0 1 1 0 15 16 .245 .412 .358 .770 .333 19 2 0 0 0 0
1977 26 CAL AL 7 113 95 19 28 5 2 7 4 0 10 14 .295 .373 .611 .983 .276 58 1 3 3 2 1
1978 27 TOR AL 37 635 562 85 165 33 10 16 8 12 54 75 .294 .360 .473 .833 .313 266 17 7 7 5 1
1979 28 TOR AL 34 614 515 85 135 30 4 17 4 3 79 51 .262 .366 .435 .801 .262 224 23 8 8 4 4
1980 29 TOR AL 31 290 246 43 76 11 2 6 8 3 31 22 .309 .391 .443 .834 .317 109 7 4 6 3 3
8 Seasons 180 3155 2699 408 704 127 26 80 43 35 365 496 .261 .352 .416 .768 .290 1123 77 30 35 26 16
162 Game Avg. 44 772 660 100 172 31 6 20 11 9 89 121 .261 .352 .416 .768 .290 275 19 7 9 6 4
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
1970 19 MON NL 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 34 3 1 1 1 2.0 1.1 4.0
1972 21 MON NL 22 22 9 9 4 1 3 11 11 .500 0 2 6 3 14 64% 59 91 22 9 1 11 5 4.5 5.0 6.7
1973 22 MON NL 35 32 7 16 9 1 5 13 19 .406 1 4 3 1 12 38% 50 81 31 33 10 13 10 3.5 3.6 5.4
1974 23 MON NL 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 41 37 6 3 1 1 2.0 1.5 2.5
1977 26 CAL AL 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 47 26 2 0 2 0 6.0 4.5 5.3
1978 27 TOR AL 37 18 4 9 5 0 2 6 12 .333 1 1 2 0 7 39% 47 73 13 30 14 3 6 3.6 3.3 6.1
1979 28 TOR AL 34 16 5 7 4 0 2 7 9 .438 1 1 5 0 9 56% 46 71 20 31 17 1 10 4.8 5.6 5.9
1980 29 TOR AL 31 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 36 50 22 27 12 1 2 5.0 4.5 3.1
8 Seasons 180 98 25 48 25 2 12 40 58 .408 3 10 16 4 43 44% 49 91 13 141 58 33 35 4.0 4.2 5.7
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
1970 19 MON NL 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 9 0.954 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 1.3
1973 22 MON NL 35 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.042 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1974 23 MON NL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.741 1 1 4 1 0 5 2 4 3 2 4 1 4.3
1977 26 CAL AL 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 9 0.925 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 5.0
1978 27 TOR AL 37 19 5 2 0 3 0 3 0% 3 0 32 15 47% 7 0.932 5 4 10 3 2 14 16 3 12 5 14 1 5.5
1979 28 TOR AL 34 18 9 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 28 12 43% 5 0.857 3 6 9 2 0 16 16 2 11 3 15 2 7.4
1980 29 TOR AL 31 28 14 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 36 12 33% 8 0.670 2 7 18 3 1 24 22 6 15 9 18 4 5.9
7 Seasons 158 82 36 3 0 5 1 4 20% 7 2 105 41 39% 0.912 13 19 48 10 4 68 60 22 44 22 54 9 5.7

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%
1970 19 MON NL 48 69% 0.0% 12.5% 16.7% 2.1% 7% 1.75 71% 17 2 12%
1972 21 MON NL 612 88% 2.5% 26.3% 9.6% 5.7% 29% 0.83 60% 88 9 10%
1973 22 MON NL 775 76% 2.3% 19.5% 14.1% 6.5% 33% 1.06 63% 143 16 11%
1974 23 MON NL 68 65% 1.5% 23.5% 22.1% 5.9% 31% 0.67 53% 13 2 15%
1977 26 CAL AL 113 85% 6.2% 12.4% 8.9% 12.4% 50% 0.89 67% 22 1 5%
1978 27 TOR AL 635 74% 2.5% 11.8% 8.5% 9.3% 36% 0.95 75% 114 17 15%
1979 28 TOR AL 614 78% 2.8% 8.3% 12.9% 8.3% 38% 1.16 73% 123 23 19%
1980 29 TOR AL 290 62% 2.1% 7.6% 10.7% 6.6% 25% 1.20 76% 63 7 11%
8 Seasons 3155 77% 2.5% 15.7% 11.6% 7.4% 33% 1.02 68% 583 77 13%
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
1970 19 MON NL 48 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1972 21 MON NL 580 122 15 0 3 12 1 4 9 19 13 0 68% 7 7 1 209 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 7 3 16 32
1973 22 MON NL 757 151 18 0 21 14 3 10 7 37 20 3 54% 14 6 5 280 10 9 53% 7 8 3 1 0 0 5 3 24 18
1974 23 MON NL 68 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1977 26 CAL AL 113 28 7 0 5 7 0 2 5 7 4 2 57% 6 0 0 48 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1978 27 TOR AL 635 165 16 1 15 14 2 12 4 36 18 4 50% 13 2 3 237 8 12 40% 7 9 1 2 0 1 8 5 18 0
1979 28 TOR AL 614 135 17 1 12 14 3 8 9 34 14 3 41% 9 8 1 243 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 20 0
1980 29 TOR AL 290 76 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 19 11 0 58% 5 1 1 127 8 3 73% 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 7 0
8 Seasons 3105 704 80 2 61 65 12 38 39 156 84 12 54% 55 28 11 1205 43 35 55% 36 30 6 4 1 1 32 16 94 50
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+
1970 19 0 2 .000 7.45 6 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 14 9 8 0 8 0 6 0 1 0 48 55 2.276 13.0 0.0 7.4 5.6 0.75 55
1971 20 0 2 .000 7.45 6 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 14 9 8 0 8 0 6 0 1 0 48 55 2.276 13.0 0.0 7.4 5.6 0.75 55
1972 21 9 11 .450 3.72 28 24 2 6 3 0 157.1 136 70 65 15 67 5 167 5 4 7 660 96 1.290 7.8 0.9 3.8 9.6 2.49 96
1973 22 16 27 .372 4.13 63 56 3 9 4 0 333.2 287 168 153 33 176 7 318 8 7 13 1435 90 1.388 7.7 0.9 4.7 8.6 1.81 90
1974 23 16 29 .356 4.12 71 58 5 9 4 0 347.1 300 176 159 34 191 7 334 8 7 17 1503 90 1.414 7.8 0.9 4.9 8.7 1.75 90
1975 24 16 29 .356 4.12 71 58 5 9 4 0 347.1 300 176 159 34 191 7 334 8 7 17 1503 90 1.414 7.8 0.9 4.9 8.7 1.75 90
1976 25 16 29 .356 4.12 71 58 5 9 4 0 347.1 300 176 159 34 191 7 334 8 7 17 1503 90 1.414 7.8 0.9 4.9 8.7 1.75 90
1977 26 16 31 .340 4.11 78 61 8 9 4 0 370.0 328 195 169 41 201 8 348 11 7 17 1615 90 1.430 8.0 1.0 4.9 8.5 1.73 90
1978 27 22 40 .355 4.34 115 79 13 11 4 0 514.1 493 280 248 57 255 9 423 18 9 19 2250 87 1.454 8.6 1.0 4.5 7.4 1.66 87
1979 28 27 47 .365 4.45 149 95 22 16 4 0 653.2 628 365 323 74 334 13 474 26 10 27 2864 87 1.472 8.6 1.0 4.6 6.5 1.42 87
1980 29 28 48 .368 4.52 180 98 36 16 4 1 718.1 704 408 361 80 365 16 496 30 10 28 3154 87 1.488 8.8 1.0 4.6 6.2 1.36 87

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
1970 19 0 0 8.00 9.0 14 9 8 0 8 6 0 2.444 14.0 8.0 6.0 0.75 0.0 6
1972 21 8 8 .500 4.10 145.0 135 73 66 17 65 158 6 1.379 8.4 4.0 9.8 2.43 1.1 22
1973 22 7 11 .389 4.79 169.0 154 100 90 18 111 145 3 1.568 8.2 5.9 7.7 1.31 1.0 35
1974 23 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 13 7 6 1 15 15 0 2.154 9.0 10.4 10.4 1.00 0.7 8
1977 26 1 1 .500 4.30 23.0 30 12 11 8 11 14 3 1.783 11.7 4.3 5.5 1.27 3.1 7
1978 27 5 9 .357 5.71 134.0 171 94 85 17 56 70 7 1.694 11.5 3.8 4.7 1.25 1.1 37
1979 28 5 9 .357 5.11 132.0 135 83 75 17 79 48 8 1.621 9.2 5.4 3.3 0.61 1.2 34
1980 29 2 4 .333 5.46 61.0 74 41 37 6 30 21 4 1.705 10.9 4.4 3.1 0.70 0.9 31
8 Seasons 28 43 .394 4.96 686.0 726 419 378 84 375 477 31 1.605 9.5 6.3 1.27 1.1 180

* 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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.707 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.707 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  109 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1973 NL  16 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1951-01-25 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2361), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1659), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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