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Steve Balboni

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Full Name: Stephen Charles Balboni Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/225 First Game: April 22, 1981
Birthdate: January 16, 1957 Final Game: October 2, 1993
Birthplace: Brockton, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Steve Balboni (Stephen Charles Balboni) was born on January 16, 1957 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1981 for the New York Yankees. In 1984, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 28 home runs and 77 RBI. Balboni played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Steve Balboni's best season was 1985, when he slugged 36 home runs and knocked in 88 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1981 NY A 4 7 2 2 0 2 .286 .375 .714 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NY A 33 107 8 20 2 4 .187 .228 .280 2 1 6 34 0 0 0 0 1
1983 NY A 32 86 8 20 5 17 .233 .295 .430 2 0 8 23 0 0 0 0 2
1984 KC A 126 438 58 107 28 77 .244 .320 .498 23 2 45 139 4 0 0 5 9
1985 KC A 160 600 74 146 36 88 .243 .307 .477 28 2 52 166 5 0 1 4 14
1986 KC A 138 512 54 117 29 88 .229 .286 .451 25 1 43 146 1 0 0 2 8
1987 KC A 121 386 44 80 24 60 .207 .273 .427 11 1 34 97 2 0 0 1 11
1988 SEA A 97 350 44 88 21 61 .251 .298 .480 15 1 23 67 1 0 0 2 8
1988 KC A 21 63 2 9 2 5 .143 .156 .270 2 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOT A 118 413 46 97 23 66 .235 .277 .448 17 1 24 87 1 0 0 2 8
1989 NY A 110 300 33 71 17 59 .237 .296 .460 12 2 25 67 3 0 0 5 10
1990 NY A 116 266 24 51 17 34 .192 .291 .406 6 0 35 91 3 1 0 2 4
1993 TEX A 2 5 0 3 0 0 .600 .600 .600 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 960 3120 351 714 181 495 .229 .293 .451 127 11 273 856 19 1 1 21 67

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1981 NY A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 NY A 1B 3 2 17 14 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY A 1B 26 25 207 194 13 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1982 NY A DH 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 NY A 1B 23 23 160 178 9 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1983 NY A DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A 1B 125 123 1035 1102 79 15 102 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1985 KC A 1B 160 159 1428 1573 101 12 138 1 0 0 0 0 .993
1986 KC A 1B 137 136 1204 1236 98 18 115 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1987 KC A 1B 55 54 468 521 41 6 39 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1987 KC A DH 52 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 SEA A 1B 40 39 346.2 334 25 2 34 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1988 SEA A DH 56 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 KC A 1B 13 10 93 94 5 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1988 KC A DH 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 TOT A DH 62 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 TOT A 1B 53 49 439.2 428 30 4 45 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1989 NY A DH 82 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 NY A 1B 20 15 137 150 7 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1990 NY A DH 72 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 NY A 1B 28 20 186 183 7 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1993 TEX A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 630 606 5281.2 5579 386 64 521 1 0 0 0 0 .989
Total DH 281 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] 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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