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Steve Balboni

Royals Career team 1984 to 1988
Position 1B
Born Jan 16, 1957

Key Insights

1993
One opponent brings the best out of him

Balboni has hit .412/.444/1.000 against Jim Clancy in 18 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

7 for 17 with 3 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .679 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Dan Plesac has struck Balboni out 8 times in 12 plate appearances, 66.7% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Balboni has hit .000/.000/.000 against Willie Fraser in 15 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

0 for 15 with 0 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .679 OPS median across his matchups.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Balboni has hit 5 home runs off Frank Tanana, one every 10.8 plate appearances they have shared.

54 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Balboni swings through more against Jerry Reuss than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

17 plate appearances between them. 96th percentile of the 68 matchups on his own record.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Balboni has never got a hit off Buddy Black: 0 for 18 across 19 plate appearances.

8 strikeouts and 1 walk in those 19 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 16, 1957