Jeff Ballard
Baltimore Orioles 1987–1991; Pittsburgh Pirates 1993–1994
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified pitchers
of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.9 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.1 |
| 1990 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 120.5 | 118.5 | .367 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 172.2 | 160.8 | .454 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 51 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 69.7 | 6.59 | 1.938 | 3.49 | 6.41 | 145.2 | 67.0 | -0.9 |
| 1988 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 167 | 75 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 153.3 | 4.40 | 1.363 | 2.41 | 4.50 | 114.9 | 89.0 | 0.7 |
| 1989 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 240 | 82 | 57 | 62 | 16 | 215.3 | 3.43 | 1.379 | 2.59 | 4.09 | 107.4 | 111.1 | 3.1 |
| 1990 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 73 | 42 | 50 | 22 | 133.3 | 4.93 | 1.455 | 3.38 | 5.21 | 135.9 | 77.8 | -0.4 |
| 1991 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 77 | 28 | 37 | 16 | 123.7 | 5.60 | 1.464 | 2.69 | 4.72 | 117.4 | 71.7 | -1.0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 53.7 | 4.86 | 1.584 | 2.68 | 4.06 | 100.5 | 83.0 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 24.3 | 6.66 | 1.726 | 4.07 | 6.19 | 144.3 | 64.4 | -0.4 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-07-28 | WSH @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993-09-16 | PIT @ MIA Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993-08-07 | PIT @ NYM Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994-04-16 | LAD @ PIT Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993-07-06 | PIT @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-08-25 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 8.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988-06-22 | BAL @ TOR Gameday | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991-05-25 | NYY @ BAL Gameday | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989-09-16 | KC @ BAL Gameday | 5.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1993-07-06 | PIT @ HOU Gameday | 8.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.