Steve Balboni

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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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.

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