Steve Balboni Notable

b. January 16, 1957 · New York Yankees 1981–1983, 1989–1990, Kansas City Royals 1984–1988, Seattle Mariners 1988, Texas Rangers 1993

Steve Balboni played for four clubs across 13 seasons as a first baseman, opening with the New York Yankees in 1981 and closing with the Texas Rangers in 1993. His longest stay was with the Kansas City Royals, from 1984 to 1988.

Across 960 games he batted .229, with 714 hits and 351 runs. He finished with 181 home runs, 127 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He played 630 games at first base, with 5,579 putouts and 64 errors. He turned 521 double plays.

He was born in Brockton, MA, USA on January 16, 1957. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	1	1985

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1981	NYY	4	7	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	.286
1982	NYY	33	107	8	20	2	1	2	4	6	34	0	.187
1983	NYY	32	86	8	20	2	0	5	17	8	23	0	.233
1984	KCR	126	438	58	107	23	2	28	77	45	139	0	.244
1985	KCR	160	600	74	146	28	2	36	88	52	166	1	.243
1986	KCR	138	512	54	117	25	1	29	88	43	146	0	.229
1987	KCR	121	386	44	80	11	1	24	60	34	97	0	.207
1988	KCR/SEA	118	413	46	97	17	1	23	66	24	87	0	.235
1989	NYY	110	300	33	71	12	2	17	59	25	67	0	.237
1990	NYY	116	266	24	51	6	0	17	34	35	91	0	.192
1993	TEX	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.600
Career	—	960	3120	351	714	127	11	181	495	273	856	1	.229

On this day & linked events

1957

Born January 16, 1957

Brockton, MA, USA

1981

Major-league debut: Steve Balboni

Steve Balboni made a major-league debut on April 22, 1981.

1993

Final major-league game: Steve Balboni

Steve Balboni played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.

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