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: 6-20 / in Starts: 6-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	119	1	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	6	7	6	0	3	1	0	9.53	4.09	24	83	52	18	5	7	14	7	2	0	34			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.256	.79	-0.18%	-2.61	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d4
2	120	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,11-4	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	1	2	1	7.71	6.03	27	90	57	16	5	9	15	3	4	0	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.068	.82	-0.05%	-1.07	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a5
3	121	8	Apr 18	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	4	3	2	4	2	0	0	6.00	5.36	28	97	52	17	5	14	8	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	1	0	2	1.37	0.180	1.88	0.15%	0.91	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
4	122	13	Apr 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	5	8.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.50	4.28	26	93	57	19	4	13	9	2	2	0	70			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.270	.61	0.16%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a5
5	123	18	Apr 30	BAL		SEA	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.2	4	5	2	3	1	1	0	4.40	4.71	21	69	40	15	2	9	8	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.300	1.02	-0.15%	-3.03	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
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	124	22	May 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	8	6	3	0	1	1	0	4.30	4.66	30	88	60	16	9	12	17	4	3	0	44			0	1	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.404	.60	-0.18%	-2.54	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
7	125	26	May 10	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS-3	L(2-4)	4	3.0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.43	4.68	14	50	27	6	3	4	8	2	3	0	41			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.162	.59	-0.06%	-1.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
8	126	30	May 15	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.2	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.47	4.52	26	99	61	16	7	8	12	8	2	0	41			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.184	.63	-0.07%	-1.35	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
9	127	34	May 19	BAL		CAL	L,2-10	GS-3	L(2-6)	3	2.2	7	5	2	0	2	0	0	4.59	4.35	16	55	36	11	3	10	4	1	3	0	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.339	.48	-0.11%	-3.99	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
10	128	35	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,5-11	5-GF(8)		0	3.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.27	4.26	15	57	30	9	2	5	8	2	3	0		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.012	.03	0.00%	2.45	5b 12- 1 out d6	8b end d 6
11	129	39	May 25	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.97	3.94	22	74	51	13	7	5	12	8	1	0	66			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.90	0.296	.29	0.06%	2.10	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
12	130	44	May 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-7	W(3-6)	4	6.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.99	4.00	25	83	54	16	5	15	9	3	1	0	50			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.079	.26	0.02%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 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
13	131	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-5		4	4.0	8	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.15	4.17	19	68	39	9	0	5	13	5	1	0	33			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.171	.30	-0.04%	-1.30	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out tie
14	132	54	Jun 9	BAL		TOR	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.18	4.22	24	85	53	14	3	6	15	7	1	0	47			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.120	.42	-0.03%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
15	133	59	Jun 15	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-4	GS-6	W(4-7)	5	6.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.32	4.23	26	72	53	15	2	11	13	6	1	0	42			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.042	.15	0.00%	-0.89	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
16	134	64	Jun 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.21	4.22	25	82	53	15	7	5	15	7	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.057	.18	-0.01%	0.81	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
17	135	69	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS-3	L(4-8)	5	3.0	10	10	10	3	0	1	0	5.06	4.42	22	73	44	11	2	6	13	9	0	0	-4			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.435	.15	-0.07%	-8.49	1b start tie	3b 3 out d9
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
18	136	75	Jul 2	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-9)	5	5.2	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.14	4.48	28	89	56	16	4	12	14	5	2	0	35			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.192	.19	-0.03%	-1.55	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
19	137	80	Jul 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-9)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.96	4.38	26	78	50	16	6	12	12	1	3	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.202	.12	0.01%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
20	138	85	Jul 15	BAL	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-9)	7	8.0	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.69	4.23	30	101	72	10	12	12	16	5	2	0	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.234	.08	0.01%	2.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	139	90	Jul 20	BAL		SEA	L,1-5	GS-6	L(6-10)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	0	3	0	4.76	4.54	26	93	59	16	6	15	9	3	2	0	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.137	.03	0.00%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
22	140	96	Jul 27	BAL		OAK	L,1-9	GS-1	L(6-11)	6	0.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	1	5.03	4.54	8	30	17	4	2	2	4	3	1	0	27			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.343	.02	0.00%	-4.11	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d4
23	141	98	Jul 29	BAL	@	SEA	L,4-11	7-7		1	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.34	4.59	4	13	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.51	-0.351	.04	0.00%	-4.00	7b -2- 1 out tie	7b -2- 1 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
24	142	135	Sep 7	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	8-8		39	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.31	4.63	5	19	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.28	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 123 2 out d4
25	143	148	Sep 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-10	4-7		13	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.34	4.60	10	33	24	5	2	5	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	.22	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.54	4b 12- 1 out d4	7b 1-- 0 out d5
26	144	159	Oct 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-3	L(6-12)	11	2.1	7	6	5	0	0	1	0	5.60	4.67	13	36	24	5	0	6	7	1	2	0	21			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-4.77	1b start a 1	3b --- 1 out d5
							6-20		W-L:6-12	4.1	123.2	153	91	77	28	37	16	2	5.60	4.67	540	1810	63%	17%	6%	0.81		22%	9%	0	42	5	20%	1	4	0	506	33	4	2	11	3	9	.89	-2.637	.43	-0.57%	-28.96

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