Jay
Baller
 
Nickname: A Straight
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 6, 1960 in Usa, OR, STAYTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 21 BSN NL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1983 22 BSN NL   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1984 23 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1985 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1986 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1987 26 BSN NL $ 350,000 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 27 BSN NL $ 350,000 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 28 BSN NL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
1990 29 BSN NL $ 350,000 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1982 21 AA   6 4 .600 47 0 0 0 26 60.7 37 11 3 17 69 1.63 .173 .234 .224 .458  
1983 22 AA   3 6 .333 51 0 0 0 30 59.7 65 26 6 9 74 3.92 .275 .302 .411 .713  
1984 23 BSN NL 4 4 .500 39 0 0 0 11 36.3 38 11 4 16 19 2.73 .266 .342 .399 .740 5.1
1985 24 BSN NL 5 3 .625 49 0 0 0 28 59.7 52 22 5 20 25 3.32 .241 .305 .398 .704 9.7
1986 25 BSN NL 0 0 .000 19 0 0 0 1 37.7 40 15 3 17 16 3.58 .278 .358 .410 .768 2.4
1987 26 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 0 49.3 43 18 4 23 36 3.28 .230 .318 .364 .681 3.4
1988 27 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.2
    AAA   2 1 .667 22 0 0 0 0 40.3 43 22 6 21 26 4.91 .287 .374 .460 .834  
    AA   1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 1 22.3 19 8 5 5 25 3.22 .226 .270 .452 .722  
1989 28 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 1 11.0 13 6 2 3 7 4.91 .283 .320 .413 .733 0.5
    AAA   2 2 .500 57 0 0 0 4 49.0 36 11 2 25 44 2.02 .220 .323 .280 .603  
1990 29 BSN NL 4 1 .800 27 0 0 0 0 52.0 49 24 7 35 34 4.15 .254 .364 .409 .774 3.1
    AAA   0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 2 11.7 12 6 2 3 9 4.63 .279 .326 .512 .838  
7 Years Sim 15 8 .652 169 0 0 0 41 247.0 236 96 25 115 138 3.50 .253 .336 .395 .731 24.4
3 Years AAA 4 5 .444 93 0 0 0 6 101.0 91 39 10 49 79 3.48 .255 .345 .384 .729  
3 Years AA 10 10 .500 111 0 0 0 57 142.7 121 45 14 31 168 2.84 .227 .269 .343 .612  
6 Years Minors 14 15 .483 204 0 0 0 63 243.6 212 84 24 80 247 3.10 .238 .301 .359 .660  
Season Average 2 1 .667 24 0 0 0 5 35.3 33 13 3 16 19 3.50 .253 .336 .395 .731  
Career Highs 5 4 1.000 49 0 0 0 28 59.7 52 24 7 35 36 4.91 .283 .400 .413 .774  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   106 40 11 48 79   .233 .307 .361 .668
vs LH   130 56 14 67 59   .271 .361 .428 .789
Home 5 4 .556 80 0 0 0 15 112.7 113 50 10 56 64 3.99 .265 .350 .400 .750
Away 10 4 .714 89 0 0 0 26 134.3 123 46 15 59 74 3.08 .243 .322 .391 .713
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 4 36.3 33 15 5 8 19 3.72 .241 .283 .372 .655
May 2 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 5 43.0 37 8 2 19 23 1.68 .234 .316 .323 .639
June 0 2 .000 26 0 0 0 10 33.7 31 17 4 16 17 4.55 .244 .329 .417 .746
July 4 3 .571 27 0 0 0 8 40.7 40 17 6 27 18 3.76 .261 .372 .425 .797
August 4 1 .800 32 0 0 0 8 47.0 47 13 4 18 26 2.49 .260 .327 .387 .713
Sep/Oct 4 2 .667 32 0 0 0 6 46.3 48 26 4 27 35 5.05 .271 .368 .446 .814
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 23 BSN NL P 39 0 36.3 0 3 1 0 .750 0.74    
1985 24 BSN NL P 49 0 59.7 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.36    
1986 25 BSN NL P 19 0 37.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1987 26 BSN NL P 27 0 49.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.82    
1988 27 BSN NL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 28 BSN NL P 7 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1990 29 BSN NL P 27 0 52.0 4 4 0 2 1.000 1.38    
Career Totals   169 0 247.0 14 28 1 3 .977 1.53    
Career Highs   49 0 59.7 4 7 1 2 1.000 2.39    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1985-6-28
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 84th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1982
Earned first career win on 7/8/1984
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration