Jeff Ballard
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 13, 1963 in Billings, Montana, Jeff Ballard (Jeffrey Scott Ballard) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 7 year career. Ballard broke into the bigs on May 9, 1987 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 6.59 ERA in 69.2 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jeff Ballard's best season was 1989, when he posted a 3.43 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 62 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | BAL | A | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 6.59 | 27 | 60 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 | 100 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | BAL | A | 25 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 4.40 | 41 | 83 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 153.1 | 167 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1989 | BAL | A | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 3.43 | 62 | 95 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 215.1 | 240 | 16 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 1990 | BAL | A | 44 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 4.93 | 50 | 79 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.1 | 152 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 1991 | BAL | A | 26 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 5.60 | 37 | 91 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.2 | 153 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1993 | PIT | N | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4.86 | 16 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 70 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1994 | PIT | N | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.66 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.1 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 53 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5.42 | 27 | 50 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 102 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | AL | 144 | 113 | 36 | 51 | 4.63 | 217 | 408 | 358 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 695.1 | 812 | 84 | 204 | 16 | 10 | 15 | |
| Total | 197 | 118 | 41 | 53 | 4.71 | 244 | 458 | 405 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 773.1 | 914 | 92 | 229 | 22 | 13 | 18 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | BAL | A | P | 14 | 14 | 69.2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | BAL | A | P | 25 | 25 | 153.1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | BAL | A | P | 35 | 35 | 215.1 | 13 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 9 | .971 |
| 1990 | BAL | A | P | 44 | 17 | 133.1 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .969 |
| 1991 | BAL | A | P | 26 | 22 | 123.2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .950 |
| 1993 | PIT | N | P | 25 | 5 | 53.2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .941 |
| 1994 | PIT | N | P | 28 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 197 | 118 | 773.1 | 47 | 128 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 35 | 12 | .972 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | BAL | A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | BAL | A | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL | A | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | BAL | A | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | BAL | A | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | PIT | N | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .455 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | PIT | N | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 53 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .462 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 197 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .462 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 16th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1981).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 27th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1984).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985).
- Granted free agency (October 18, 1991).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 22, 1992).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 10, 1992).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 26, 1993).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (March 12, 1993).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 27, 1993).
- Granted free agency (October 11, 1994).
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