Steve Balboni
Born: January 16, 1957, Brockton, MAHeight: 6'3" Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Eckerd
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1981 New York AL 24 4 7 2 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .286 .714 .375 1982 New York AL 25 33 107 8 20 30 2 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 34 1 .187 .280 .228 1983 New York AL 26 32 86 8 20 37 2 0 5 17 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 23 2 .233 .430 .295 1984 Kansas City AL 27 126 438 58 107 218 23 2 28 77 0 1 0 0 40 5 4 139 9 .244 .498 .320 1985 Kansas City AL 28 160 600 74 146 286 28 2 36 88 0 5 1 1 48 4 5 166 14 .243 .477 .307 1986 Kansas City AL 29 138 512 54 117 231 25 1 29 88 0 6 0 0 41 2 1 146 8 .229 .451 .286 1987 Kansas City AL 30 121 386 44 80 165 11 1 24 60 0 3 0 0 33 1 2 97 11 .207 .427 .273 1988 Kansas City AL 31 21 63 2 9 17 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 .143 .270 .156 1988 Seattle AL 31 97 350 44 88 168 15 1 21 61 0 2 0 1 21 2 1 67 8 .251 .480 .298 1989 New York AL 32 110 300 33 71 138 12 2 17 59 0 6 0 0 20 5 3 67 10 .237 .460 .296 1990 New York AL 33 116 266 24 51 108 6 0 17 34 1 2 0 0 33 2 3 91 4 .192 .406 .291 1993 Texas AL 36 2 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .600 .600 .600 TOTALS 960 3120 351 714 1406 127 11 181 495 1 27 1 2 252 21 19 856 67 .229 .451 .293
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1981 New York AL 1B 17.0 2 1 1 3 14 1 0 2 1.000 7.94 1982 New York AL 1B 207.0 25 1 3 26 194 13 2 23 .990 9.00 1983 New York AL 1B 160.0 23 0 18 23 178 9 3 19 .984 10.52 1984 Kansas City AL 1B 1035.0 123 2 26 125 1102 79 15 102 .987 10.27 1985 Kansas City AL 1B 1428.0 159 1 6 160 1573 101 12 138 .993 10.55 1986 Kansas City AL 1B 1204.0 136 1 3 137 1236 98 18 115 .987 9.97 1987 Kansas City AL 1B 468.0 54 1 5 55 521 41 6 39 .989 10.81 1988 Kansas City AL 1B 93.0 10 3 2 13 94 5 2 11 .980 9.58 1988 Seattle AL 1B 346.2 39 1 1 40 334 25 2 34 .994 9.32 1989 New York AL 1B 137.0 15 5 4 20 150 7 1 15 .994 10.31 1990 New York AL 1B 186.0 20 8 3 28 183 7 3 23 .984 9.19
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Roger Erickson to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (December 8, 1983).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (December 22, 1986).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (February 25, 1987).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (December 21, 1987).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (February 18, 1988).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (May 27, 1988).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (June 1, 1988).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to New York Yankees in exchange for Dana Ridenour (March 27, 1989).
- Released by New York Yankees (April 1, 1991).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (June 2, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1991).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (March 28, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1992).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (February 8, 1993).
- Granted free agency (October 4, 1993).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 27, 1994).
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