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: 10-15 / in Starts: 10-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	15	41	May 21	BAL		SEA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.08	2.05	31	98	63	17	4	13	15	7	1	0	62			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	0.383	.00	0.00%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
2	16	46	May 27	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.2	10	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.00	3.70	32	118	71	16	5	14	13	4	0	1	36			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d2
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
3	17	51	Jun 1	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.2	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.74	3.74	27	75	46	10	3	7	16	4	5	1	49			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d1
4	18	55	Jun 6	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GS-9	W(2-2)	4	8.2	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.26	3.79	33	118	70	23	4	17	12	6	0	0	60			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.200	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
5	19	59	Jun 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.1	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.41	3.78	21	73	45	14	1	9	9	5	0	0	22			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out tie
6	20	64	Jun 16	BAL		BOS	W,8-4	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.54	3.56	27	93	60	20	2	12	14	5	2	0	48			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a2
7	21	70	Jun 22	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-4)	5	8.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	4.53	3.41	37	129	78	20	10	11	18	8	0	0	50			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	1	.91	-0.170	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
8	22	75	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.13	3.42	29	94	57	13	5	8	16	2	5	0	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.257	.00	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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
9	23	80	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-13	GS-2	L(4-5)	5	1.1	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	4.66	3.41	11	30	19	5	0	3	8	4	0	0	24			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-4.68	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d5
10	24	85	Jul 8	BAL		TEX	L,5-8	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	3.1	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.99	3.55	17	73	45	8	3	4	12	6	2	0	31			3	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d2
11	25	90	Jul 15	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	L(4-7)	6	9.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.86	3.64	34	107	72	13	8	7	21	4	6	1	60			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.52	-0.123	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
12	26	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(4-8)	6	4.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	1	5.09	3.58	20	73	47	12	4	8	9	6	1	0	32			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-2.00	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
13	27	101	Jul 29	BAL		KCR	L,2-6	GS-4	L(4-9)	6	3.1	6	6	5	0	3	2	1	5.45	3.84	18	60	36	10	2	4	10	6	0	0	29			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-4.61	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d5
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
14	28	105	Aug 3	BAL		CLE	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-9)	4	7.0	7	3	2	1	0	1	1	5.21	3.97	29	86	55	14	3	12	14	6	0	1	52			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
15	29	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIL	L,2-7	GS-5	L(5-10)	3	5.0	7	6	2	0	1	1	0	5.12	4.03	24	82	53	13	4	10	13	4	1	0	38			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	2	.88	-0.418	.00	0.00%	-3.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
16	30	115	Aug 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-10)	5	9.0	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	4.65	4.11	34	143	75	19	6	13	13	1	0	0	75			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.401	.00	0.00%	4.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
17	31	120	Aug 18	BAL		OAK	W,10-1	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	3	1	1	4.35	4.23	36	143	80	30	5	5	21	3	0	1	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.093	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	32	125	Aug 24(1)	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.32	4.29	29	98	61	9	6	12	13	4	0	1	46			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	3	0	0	1.00	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
19	33	130	Aug 29	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-11)	4	8.0	6	4	3	1	1	1	1	4.26	4.33	32	96	63	17	5	13	15	4	2	1	56			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
20	34	135	Sep 4	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-2		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.19	4.35	9	26	13	4	0	4	3	1	0	0	52			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
21	35	140	Sep 10	BAL		TOR	W,7-4	GS-7	W(8-11)	5	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.10	4.27	30	93	56	18	3	9	19	8	3	0	53			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
22	36	145	Sep 16	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-5		5	4.1	7	6	6	1	2	2	1	4.37	4.43	22	80	52	16	1	8	10	2	0	0	26			0	0	0	19	1	2	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.408	.00	0.00%	-3.90	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out tie
23	37	150	Sep 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	5	2	2	4	0	1	0	4.22	4.50	34	104	60	13	3	14	16	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.34	0.411	.00	0.00%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
24	38	155	Sep 26	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	GS-1		4	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.40	4.54	6	34	15	5	1	0	4	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
25	39	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(8-12)	3	8.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.40	4.45	32	99	62	13	6	9	18	7	0	0	51			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	0	.59	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
							10-15		W-L:8-12	4.5	153.1	167	83	75	42	41	15	6	4.40	4.45	654	2225	61%	16%	4%	0.68		20%	6%	7	47		---%	12	3	0	600	34	5	2	19	3	6	.92	-1.731	.00	0.00%	-8.85

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