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: 24-11 / in Starts: 24-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 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	40	5	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.00	3.99	32	91	61	7	4	14	17	13	0	0	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.308	.92	0.25%	3.64	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
2	41	10	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	5.2	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	1.84	3.99	24	86	48	15	0	10	10	2	5	0	47			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.112	1.75	0.10%	0.86	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a3
3	42	14	Apr 20	BAL		KCR	W,2-0	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.1	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.17	3.55	31	98	65	16	8	10	16	8	3	0	70			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.420	1.85	0.35%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
4	43	19	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-1	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.20	3.23	25	82	51	10	5	8	15	5	1	0	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.55	0.192	.85	0.18%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
5	44	24	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-0)	4	7.0	7	3	2	1	2	1	0	1.46	3.47	27	76	50	16	5	11	13	5	2	0	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.78	-0.031	1.17	-0.03%	0.48	1b start tie	7b 3 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
6	45	28	May 6(2)	BAL		SEA	L,5-6	GS-2	L(5-1)	5	1.2	4	5	5	3	1	1	0	2.56	3.95	12	41	21	5	3	2	6	2	1	0	25			0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	.94	-0.371	1.44	-0.34%	-3.82	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
7	46	31	May 11	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	7.0	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.36	3.73	28	92	61	13	3	13	14	4	2	0	56			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.238	1.29	0.18%	2.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
8	47	38	May 20	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	GS-8	W(7-1)	8	7.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.19	3.63	29	97	57	14	4	12	13	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.384	1.49	0.41%	3.13	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a5
9	48	43	May 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-8	W(8-1)	5	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.24	3.79	26	77	45	11	1	11	14	3	3	0	54			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.072	2.34	0.09%	0.42	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a3
10	49	48	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-5	GS-5		4	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.07	3.65	19	63	44	14	3	9	8	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.00	0.236	2.26	0.32%	2.32	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
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
11	50	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,16-3	GS-7	W(9-1)	4	7.0	9	2	2	6	3	0	1	2.12	3.77	35	123	74	25	3	14	11	4	1	0	48			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.093	1.31	0.17%	1.34	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a12
12	51	57	Jun 10	BAL		MIL	L,0-6	GS-3	L(9-2)	4	3.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.51	3.82	18	62	34	9	2	6	8	4	1	0	29			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.262	3.30	-0.46%	-2.61	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
13	52	61	Jun 15	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.1	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.50	3.78	31	102	67	18	2	13	15	7	3	0	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.078	3.60	0.15%	1.21	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
14	53	67	Jun 20	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	GS-1		4	0.1	3	5	2	1	0	0	1	2.71	3.85	7	23	11	3	0	2	3	3	0	0	30			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.312	3.54	-0.50%	-4.07	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d3
15	54	72	Jun 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-3	L(9-3)	4	2.0	9	7	6	2	1	1	0	3.28	4.02	18	55	34	6	5	5	10	6	2	0	11			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.420	2.60	-0.70%	-6.88	1b start tie	3b 123 0 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	55	77	Jul 1	BAL		DET	W,8-1	GS-8	W(10-3)	5	7.1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.93	28	93	58	18	4	5	21	6	6	0	64			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.251	2.90	0.43%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
17	56	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	6.1	11	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.28	3.95	29	84	57	15	7	13	14	6	1	0	37			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.206	1.84	-0.35%	-1.44	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d3
18	57	86	Jul 13	BAL		CAL	L,5-13	GS-4		6	3.1	7	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.53	3.91	20	80	47	11	8	7	8	7	1	0	29			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.307	4.16	-0.54%	-3.30	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out tie
19	58	91	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GS-6	W(11-4)	4	5.1	5	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.52	3.96	23	79	52	14	2	8	12	4	4	0	49			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.106	2.91	-0.17%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
20	59	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(11-5)	4	8.0	4	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.51	4.07	30	102	53	11	2	11	16	3	1	0	59			2	1	1	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	.71	-0.008	2.02	-0.01%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	60	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.42	3.97	31	92	66	16	3	11	19	7	2	0	64			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.429	3.95	0.83%	2.83	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
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
22	61	106	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-3		4	2.1	7	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.71	4.02	15	55	37	12	5	6	5	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.260	4.16	-0.68%	-3.38	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
23	62	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-6)	4	7.0	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.96	30	99	63	10	5	13	17	7	1	0	43			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.31	-0.269	4.57	-0.56%	-1.37	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d2
24	63	115	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,8-10	GS-5		4	4.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.88	4.05	21	70	39	14	2	6	12	4	0	0	29			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.024	6.23	-0.07%	-1.12	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a5
25	64	120	Aug 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-6	GS-6	W(12-6)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.97	4.10	25	73	47	13	4	9	12	3	2	0	42			0	1	1	22	2	1	0	1	1	0	.77	0.067	4.11	0.21%	-1.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
26	65	124	Aug 21	BAL		MIL	W,5-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.73	4.06	33	112	73	20	0	15	16	5	5	0	73			0	1	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.319	3.90	1.08%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	66	129	Aug 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-9	W(14-6)	3	8.2	10	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.59	3.96	36	109	68	13	10	13	16	9	2	0	63			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.27	0.386	5.50	1.00%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
28	67	133	Aug 30	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-7	W(15-6)	4	7.0	6	4	2	0	1	2	0	3.54	4.06	28	86	55	12	5	12	14	7	1	1	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.30	0.028	1.36	0.08%	-0.59	1b start a 7	7b 3 out a3
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
29	68	137	Sep 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-7)	3	6.1	7	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.62	4.12	28	114	65	16	7	10	11	4	2	0	42			0	1	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.233	3.91	-0.62%	-1.38	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
30	69	141	Sep 7(1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	GS-6	W(16-7)	3	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.65	4.14	24	78	51	15	7	13	8	5	0	0	47			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.038	5.07	0.10%	-0.05	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
31	70	146	Sep 11	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	W(17-7)	3	6.1	9	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.62	4.09	28	93	60	14	9	9	16	2	5	0	46			2	1	1	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.082	4.98	0.20%	0.00	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a3
32	71	150	Sep 16	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	GS-6		4	5.2	8	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.66	4.13	29	104	55	17	6	12	8	6	0	0	42			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.058	6.50	-0.18%	-0.44	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
33	72	153	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,9-2	GS-7	W(18-7)	3	7.0	5	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.57	4.05	27	94	62	17	3	9	13	6	3	0	64			0	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.089	4.00	0.25%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
34	73	156	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(18-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.50	4.02	35	111	71	17	6	26	6	1	1	0	64			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	1	.80	0.097	5.04	0.36%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
35	74	160	Sep 29	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.1	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.43	4.00	30	115	72	20	13	10	13	6	1	0	61			1	2	1	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.476	23.10	4.23%	3.17	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
							24-11		W-L:18-8	4.1	215.1	240	95	82	57	62	16	4	3.43	4.00	912	3011	62%	16%	5%	0.83		22%	8%	1	49		---%	14	14	9	836	41	4	5	25	5	13	.98	1.528	3.85	5.76%	7.21

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