Collin Balester

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: June 6, 1986 in Huntington Beach, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Huntington Beach HS (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Huntington Beach HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

Last Game: October 2, 2015 (Age 29-118d)
vs. PIT 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Larry Reynolds

Full Name: Collin Thomas Balester

Twitter: @Ballystar99

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

ERA

5.47

200.2

157

WHIP

1.500

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2004	18	-2.3	Expos	GULF	Rk	MON	1	2	.333	2.19	2.92	5	4	1	0	0	0	24.2	20	8	6	0	5	1	21	1	0	4	101	1.014	7.3	0.0	1.8	7.7	4.20
2005	19	-2.8	Savannah	SALL	A	WSN	8	6	.571	3.67	4.46	24	23	0	1	0	0	125.0	105	62	51	11	42	0	95	6	1	4	521	1.176	7.6	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.26
2006	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	WSN	5	5	.500	4.72	4.98	26	25	0	0	0	0	137.1	141	76	72	12	59	1	97	6	0	14	595	1.456	9.2	0.8	3.9	6.4	1.64
2006	20	-4.8	Harrisburg	EL	AA	WSN	1	0	1.000	1.83	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	15	5	4	0	6	1	10	2	0	2	77	1.068	6.9	0.0	2.7	4.6	1.67
2006	20	-2.9	Potomac	CARL	A+	WSN	4	5	.444	5.20	5.43	23	22	0	0	0	0	117.2	126	71	68	12	53	0	87	4	0	12	518	1.521	9.6	0.9	4.1	6.7	1.64
2007	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	WSN	4	10	.286	3.89	4.43	27	27	0	0	0	0	150.1	152	74	65	12	48	2	117	8	1	7	649	1.330	9.1	0.7	2.9	7.0	2.44
2007	21	-5.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	WSN	2	3	.400	4.18	4.70	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.2	49	27	24	3	23	2	40	3	1	2	226	1.394	8.5	0.5	4.0	7.0	1.74
2007	21	-3.8	Harrisburg	EL	AA	WSN	2	7	.222	3.74	4.29	17	17	0	0	0	0	98.2	103	47	41	9	25	0	77	5	0	5	423	1.297	9.4	0.8	2.3	7.0	3.08
2008	22	-5.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	WSN	9	3	.750	4.00	4.23	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.2	79	37	35	14	23	0	64	4	0	4	332	1.297	9.0	1.6	2.6	7.3	2.78
2008	22	-6.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	3	7	.300	5.51	5.96	15	15	0	0	0	0	80.0	92	53	49	12	28	1	50	6	0	4	358	1.500	10.4	1.4	3.2	5.6	1.79
2009	23	-3.9	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	7	10	.412	4.44	4.86	20	20	0	0	0	0	107.1	129	58	53	5	37	3	71	6	1	6	474	1.547	10.8	0.4	3.1	6.0	1.92
2009	23	-5.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	1	4	.200	6.82	7.12	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.1	34	24	23	10	14	0	20	0	0	0	135	1.582	10.1	3.0	4.2	5.9	1.43
2010	24	-2.6	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	3	3	.500	5.87	6.13	35	5	5	0	0	0	69.0	74	47	45	8	32	4	52	3	0	7	309	1.536	9.7	1.0	4.2	6.8	1.63
2010	24	-4.7	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	1	.000	2.57	2.57	17	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	15	6	6	2	11	1	28	2	0	4	89	1.238	6.4	0.9	4.7	12.0	2.55
2011	25	-1.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	2	1	.667	4.35	4.35	28	0	9	0	0	1	39.1	47	19	19	2	15	1	46	1	0	3	174	1.576	10.8	0.5	3.4	10.5	3.07
2011	25	-3.5	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	1	4	.200	4.54	5.30	23	0	9	0	0	0	35.2	38	21	18	7	14	0	34	1	1	2	159	1.458	9.6	1.8	3.5	8.6	2.43
2012	26	-1.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	1	.500	3.64	3.83	31	0	13	0	0	1	47.0	38	20	19	7	12	2	45	3	1	1	188	1.064	7.3	1.3	2.3	8.6	3.75
2012	26	-2.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	0	1.000	6.50	7.00	11	0	2	0	0	0	18.0	14	14	13	5	11	1	12	3	0	4	83	1.389	7.0	2.5	5.5	6.0	1.09
2013	27	0.4	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	4	.200	7.33	7.67	6	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	34	23	22	4	9	2	22	3	0	2	122	1.593	11.3	1.3	3.0	7.3	2.44
2014	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-Rk	PIT	1	5	.167	8.53	11.37	18	0	7	0	0	1	19.0	28	24	18	3	13	1	16	0	1	3	101	2.158	13.3	1.4	6.2	7.6	1.23
2014	28	3.4	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	4	.200	6.55	7.36	10	0	7	0	0	1	11.0	10	9	8	2	9	1	10	0	0	2	53	1.727	8.2	1.6	7.4	8.2	1.11
2014	28	7.5	Bristol	APPY	Rk	PIT	0	0		2.70	6.75	6	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	5	2	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	31	1.500	10.8	1.4	2.7	6.8	2.50
2014	28	7.6	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	0	1	.000	54.00	67.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	10	10	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	17	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
2014-15	28	0.2	Mazatlan	MXPW	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
2015	29		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	2.21	2.37	42	0	26	0	0	11	57.0	42	15	14	3	14	0	35	1	1	4	225	0.982	6.6	0.5	2.2	5.5	2.50
2015	29	2.0	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	0	0		3.07	3.68	8	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	12	6	5	1	5	0	8	0	0	1	63	1.159	7.4	0.6	3.1	4.9	1.60
2015	29	2.0	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		2.05	2.05	21	0	16	0	0	7	22.0	16	5	5	1	3	0	13	0	0	2	83	0.864	6.5	0.4	1.2	5.3	4.33
2015	29	4.4	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	1.77	1.77	13	0	10	0	0	4	20.1	14	4	4	1	6	0	14	1	1	1	79	0.984	6.2	0.4	2.7	6.2	2.33
2015	29	0.6	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	7.47	7.47	15	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	17	13	13	3	13	0	13	1	0	1	77	1.915	9.8	1.7	7.5	7.5	1.00
2016	30	1.8	Samsung	KBO	Fgn		0	3	.000	8.03	10.22	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	20	14	11	1	12	0	5	0	0	2	66	2.595	14.6	0.7	8.8	3.6	0.42
2017	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	2	4	.333	4.40	4.60	26	1	11	0	0	1	43.0	46	22	21	3	10	0	46	0	0	9	184	1.302	9.6	0.6	2.1	9.6	4.60
2017	31	4.4	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	0	1.000	5.79	5.79	14	0	4	0	0	0	23.1	31	15	15	2	7	0	25	0	0	7	108	1.629	12.0	0.8	2.7	9.6	3.57
2017	31	6.7	Richmond	EL	AA	SFG	1	4	.200	2.75	3.20	12	1	7	0	0	1	19.2	15	7	6	1	3	0	21	0	0	2	76	0.915	6.9	0.5	1.4	9.6	7.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		8	17	.320	5.47	5.88	88	22	24	0	0	0	200.2	210	131	122	39	91	3	157	13	1	15	901	1.500	9.4	1.7	4.1	7.0	1.73
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		45	54	.455	4.28	4.72	303	125	72	1	0	15	924.2	935	485	440	84	319	17	727	42	6	68	3975	1.356	9.1	0.8	3.1	7.1	2.28
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		0	3	.000	6.46	8.22	6	3	2	0	0	2	15.1	22	14	11	1	13	0	6	0	0	2	78	2.283	12.9	0.6	7.6	3.5	0.46
All Levels (14 Seasons)							53	74	.417	4.52	4.97	397	150	98	1	0	17	1140.2	1167	630	573	124	423	20	890	55	7	85	4954	1.394	9.2	1.0	3.3	7.0	2.10

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		26	25	.510	4.54	4.82	188	55	47	0	0	9	480.0	509	257	242	47	166	14	386	23	3	35	2079	1.406	9.5	0.9	3.1	7.2	2.33
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		6	15	.286	3.35	3.83	55	21	24	0	0	6	169.1	157	72	63	13	49	2	132	8	1	12	708	1.217	8.3	0.7	2.6	7.0	2.69
A+ (1 season)					Minors		4	5	.444	5.20	5.43	23	22	0	0	0	0	117.2	126	71	68	12	53	0	87	4	0	12	518	1.521	9.6	0.9	4.1	6.7	1.64
A (1 season)					Minors		8	6	.571	3.67	4.46	24	23	0	1	0	0	125.0	105	62	51	11	42	0	95	6	1	4	521	1.176	7.6	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.26
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	3	.250	4.41	6.34	13	4	1	0	0	0	32.2	38	23	16	1	9	1	27	1	1	5	149	1.439	10.5	0.3	2.5	7.4	3.00
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		0	3	.000	8.03	10.22	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	20	14	11	1	12	0	5	0	0	2	66	2.595	14.6	0.7	8.8	3.6	0.42
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00