Steve Balboni

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: January 16, 1957 in Brockton, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL).

High School: Memorial HS (Manchester, NH)

School: Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)

Debut: April 22, 1981 (Age 24-096d, 14,440th in major league history)
vs. DET 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1993 (Age 36-259d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Stephen Charles Balboni

Nicknames: Bye Bye

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

3120

714

181

.229

351

RBI

495

OBP

.293

SLG

.451

OPS

.743

OPS+

101

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 10	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	10	2	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 11	KCR		TOR	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 12	KCR		TOR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
6	6	Apr 13	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
7	7	Apr 14	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 16	KCR	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
9	9	Apr 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
10	10	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	2	13	2	1B
11	11	Apr 19	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 20	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
13	13	Apr 21	KCR		NYY	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
14	14	Apr 22	KCR		NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
15	15	Apr 23	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
16	16	Apr 25	KCR		BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
17	17	Apr 26	KCR		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
18	18	Apr 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	19	Apr 30	KCR	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 2	KCR		BAL	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
21	21	May 3	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
22	22	May 4	KCR		BAL	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	23	May 5	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	11	0	1	12	0	1B
24	24	May 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	19	4.1	5	0	0	5	1	1B
25	25	May 7	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
26	26	May 9	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
27	27	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
28	28	May 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
29	29	May 12	KCR		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
30	30	May 13	KCR		DET	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
31	31	May 14	KCR		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
32	32	May 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
33	33	May 16	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
34	34	May 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	7	1	1	9	1	1B
35	35	May 18	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
36	36	May 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
37	37	May 20	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	38	May 21	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	40 (1)	May 23	KCR		CHW	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
40	41	May 24	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
41	42	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GS	46	13.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
42	43	May 26	KCR		MIL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
43	44	May 27	KCR		MIL	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
44	45	May 28	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	46	May 30	KCR		TEX	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
46	47	May 31	KCR		TEX	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 1	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
48	49	Jun 2	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
49	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
50	51	Jun 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
51	52	Jun 5	KCR		MIN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
52	53	Jun 6	KCR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
53	54	Jun 7	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
54	55	Jun 8	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
55	56	Jun 9	KCR		SEA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
56	57	Jun 10	KCR		SEA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
57	58	Jun 11	KCR		SEA	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
58	59	Jun 12	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
59	60	Jun 13	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
60	61	Jun 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
61	62	Jun 15	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
62	63	Jun 16	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
63	64	Jun 17	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
64	65	Jun 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	66	Jun 20	KCR		CAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
66	67	Jun 21	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
67	68	Jun 22	KCR		CAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
68	69	Jun 23	KCR		OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
69	70	Jun 24	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
70	71	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
71	72	Jun 26	KCR		OAK	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
72	73	Jun 27	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
73	74	Jun 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
74	75	Jun 29	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
75	76	Jun 30	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
77	78	Jul 2	KCR	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
78	79	Jul 4	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
79	80	Jul 5	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	81	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	82	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
82	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	L,4-8	CG	55	13.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
83	84	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
84	85	Jul 11 (1)	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
85	86	Jul 11 (2)	KCR		DET	L,7-8	CG	53	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
86	87	Jul 12	KCR		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
87	88	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	89	Jul 17	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
89	90	Jul 18	KCR		CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
90	91	Jul 19	KCR		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
91	92	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
92	93	Jul 21	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
93	94	Jul 22	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
94	95	Jul 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
95	96	Jul 24	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
96	97	Jul 25	KCR	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
97	98	Jul 26	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	42	10.1	6	1	0	7	2	1B
98	99	Jul 27	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
99	100	Jul 28	KCR		TOR	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
100	102 (1)	Jul 30	KCR		TOR	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	103	Aug 1	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
102	104	Aug 2	KCR	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
103	105	Aug 3	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
104	106	Aug 5	KCR	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
105	107	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
106	108	Aug 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
107	109	Aug 8	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
108	110	Aug 9	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
109	111	Aug 10	KCR	@	NYY	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
110	112	Aug 12 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	5	1B
111	113	Aug 12 (2)	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
112	114	Aug 13	KCR		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
113	115	Aug 14	KCR		BOS	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	10	0	2	12	0	1B
114	116	Aug 15	KCR		NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
115	117	Aug 16	KCR		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
116	118	Aug 17	KCR		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
117	119	Aug 19	KCR		TEX	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
118	120	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
119	121	Aug 21	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
120	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
121	123	Aug 23	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
122	124	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	47	10.1	10	1	0	11	1	1B
123	125	Aug 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
124	126	Aug 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
125	127	Aug 27	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
126	128	Aug 29	KCR		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
127	129	Aug 30	KCR		MIL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
128	130	Aug 31	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	131	Sep 1	KCR		CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
130	132	Sep 2	KCR		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
131	133	Sep 3	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
132	134	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
133	135	Sep 5	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
134	136	Sep 6	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
135	137	Sep 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
136	138	Sep 8	KCR		MIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
137	139	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
							137gm		1204.0	1236	98	18	1352	115