Batting

Pitching

Mike Ballard

Free Agent (AA)

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Age: 41

Bats/Throws: R/L

6'2" / 180

DOB: 2/6/1984

(41 years, 2 months, 28 days)

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Stats

Minor LeaguesSpring Training

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2006	TEX	A-	22	2	7	0	18	13	63.1		5.83	2.70	0.99	.330	55.6%						5.68		4.38
2007	TEX	A	23	9	4	0	14	14	75.2		7.02	1.67	0.59	.337	65.3%						3.93		3.35	3.27
2007	TEX	A+	23	5	3	0	14	14	88.1		7.34	2.24	1.22	.311	65.6%						4.99		4.69	4.45
2007	TEX	MiLB	23	14	7	0	28	28	164.0		7.19	1.98	0.93	.324	65.4%	51.2%	8.9%				4.50		4.07	3.91
2008	TEX	AA	24	8	3	0	17	16	96.1		6.73	3.18	0.28	.356	70.9%	46.1%	3.2%				4.02		3.33	4.12
2008	TEX	AAA	24	3	3	0	8	8	38.1		5.40	1.64	0.94	.376	59.6%	57.6%	11.4%				6.81		4.36	4.27
2008	TEX	MiLB	24	11	6	0	25	24	134.2		6.35	2.74	0.47	.362	67.6%	49.8%	5.5%				4.81		3.62	4.16
2009	TEX	AA	25	7	6	0	20	18	123.2		5.82	1.89	0.87	.299	70.7%	44.9%	8.6%				3.71		3.97	3.81
2009	TEX	AAA	25	1	2	0	8	4	28.0		5.14	1.29	1.61	.258	60.7%	51.6%	17.2%				5.14		5.29	4.13
2009	TEX	MiLB	25	8	8	0	28	22	151.2		5.70	1.78	1.01	.291	69.1%	46.2%	10.1%				3.98		4.21	3.87
2010	TEX	AAA	26	6	8	0	29	18	111.1		5.90	2.67	1.05	.342	66.1%	42.1%	9.8%				5.09		4.73	4.74
2010	TEX	ST	26	0	0	0	1	0	3.2		12.27	0.00	2.45	.250	38.5%	40.0%	25.0%				4.91		4.59	2.24
2011	BAL	AA	27	8	3	0	17	16	108.0		9.33	1.08	1.00	.273	68.0%	38.0%	8.8%				3.33		3.31	3.09
2011	BAL	AAA	27	2	4	0	10	9	51.1		6.66	2.98	1.23	.351	72.9%	33.3%	9.6%				4.91		4.81	4.70
2011	BAL	MiLB	27	10	7	0	27	25	159.1		8.47	1.69	1.07	.302	70.2%	36.3%	9.1%				3.84		3.79	3.61
2011	BAL	ST	27	1	1	0	5	0	9.0		4.00	4.00	2.00	.353	52.6%	36.1%	11.8%				10.00		6.87	6.06
2012	WSN	AA	28	1	5	0	12	12	64.2		7.79	2.37	1.39	.355	75.0%	41.8%	11.1%				4.31		4.27	3.68

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2006	TEX	A-	22	2	7	0	18	13	63.1		5.83	2.70	0.99	.330	55.6%						5.68		4.38
2007	TEX	A	23	9	4	0	14	14	75.2		7.02	1.67	0.59	.337	65.3%						3.93		3.35	3.27
2007	TEX	A+	23	5	3	0	14	14	88.1		7.34	2.24	1.22	.311	65.6%						4.99		4.69	4.45
2007	TEX	MiLB	23	14	7	0	28	28	164.0		7.19	1.98	0.93	.324	65.4%	51.2%	8.9%				4.50		4.07	3.91
2008	TEX	AA	24	8	3	0	17	16	96.1		6.73	3.18	0.28	.356	70.9%	46.1%	3.2%				4.02		3.33	4.12
2008	TEX	AAA	24	3	3	0	8	8	38.1		5.40	1.64	0.94	.376	59.6%	57.6%	11.4%				6.81		4.36	4.27
2008	TEX	MiLB	24	11	6	0	25	24	134.2		6.35	2.74	0.47	.362	67.6%	49.8%	5.5%				4.81		3.62	4.16
2009	TEX	AA	25	7	6	0	20	18	123.2		5.82	1.89	0.87	.299	70.7%	44.9%	8.6%				3.71		3.97	3.81
2009	TEX	AAA	25	1	2	0	8	4	28.0		5.14	1.29	1.61	.258	60.7%	51.6%	17.2%				5.14		5.29	4.13
2009	TEX	MiLB	25	8	8	0	28	22	151.2		5.70	1.78	1.01	.291	69.1%	46.2%	10.1%				3.98		4.21	3.87
2010	TEX	AAA	26	6	8	0	29	18	111.1		5.90	2.67	1.05	.342	66.1%	42.1%	9.8%				5.09		4.73	4.74
2010	TEX	ST	26	0	0	0	1	0	3.2		12.27	0.00	2.45	.250	38.5%	40.0%	25.0%				4.91		4.59	2.24
2011	BAL	AA	27	8	3	0	17	16	108.0		9.33	1.08	1.00	.273	68.0%	38.0%	8.8%				3.33		3.31	3.09
2011	BAL	AAA	27	2	4	0	10	9	51.1		6.66	2.98	1.23	.351	72.9%	33.3%	9.6%				4.91		4.81	4.70
2011	BAL	MiLB	27	10	7	0	27	25	159.1		8.47	1.69	1.07	.302	70.2%	36.3%	9.1%				3.84		3.79	3.61
2011	BAL	ST	27	1	1	0	5	0	9.0		4.00	4.00	2.00	.353	52.6%	36.1%	11.8%				10.00		6.87	6.06
2012	WSN	AA	28	1	5	0	12	12	64.2		7.79	2.37	1.39	.355	75.0%	41.8%	11.1%				4.31		4.27	3.68

Minor LeaguesSpring Training

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2006	TEX	A-	2	7	5.68	18	13		0	0	0	1	0	63.1	283	78	49	40	7	19	0	1	3	0	41
2007	TEX	A	9	4	3.93	14	14		1	1	0	0	0	75.2	325	87	41	33	5	14	0	4	2	1	59
2007	TEX	A+	5	3	4.99	14	14		0	0	0	0	0	88.1	377	96	52	49	12	22	0	1	4	0	72
2007	TEX	MiLB	14	7	4.50	28	28		1	1	0	0	0	164.0	702	183	93	82	17	36	0	5	6	1	131
2008	TEX	AA	8	3	4.02	17	16		1	0	0	0	0	96.1	419	113	46	43	3	34	0	1	6	1	72
2008	TEX	AAA	3	3	6.81	8	8		0	0	0	0	0	38.1	177	57	30	29	4	7	0	2	1	0	23
2008	TEX	MiLB	11	6	4.81	25	24		1	0	0	0	0	134.2	596	170	76	72	7	41	0	3	7	1	95
2009	TEX	AA	7	6	3.71	20	18		2	0	0	0	0	123.2	530	134	60	51	12	26	0	4	3	1	80
2009	TEX	AAA	1	2	5.14	8	4		0	0	0	0	0	28.0	120	29	18	16	5	4	0	2	1	0	16
2009	TEX	MiLB	8	8	3.98	28	22		2	0	0	0	0	151.2	650	163	78	67	17	30	0	6	4	1	96
2010	TEX	AAA	6	8	5.09	29	18		1	1	0	0	0	111.1	498	142	72	63	13	33	1	2	2	1	73
2010	TEX	ST	0	0	4.91	1	0		0	0	0	0	1	3.2	18	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
2011	BAL	AA	8	3	3.33	17	16		1	0	0	0	0	108.0	425	89	46	40	12	13	0	6	6	0	112
2011	BAL	AAA	2	4	4.91	10	9		1	1	0	0	0	51.1	235	66	31	28	7	17	0	5	2	2	38
2011	BAL	MiLB	10	7	3.84	27	25		2	1	0	0	0	159.1	660	155	77	68	19	30	0	11	8	2	150
2011	BAL	ST	1	1	10.00	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	9.0	44	14	10	10	2	4	0	0	1	0	4
2012	WSN	AA	1	5	4.31	12	12		0	0	0	0	0	64.2	283	81	35	31	10	17	0	0	2	1	56

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2006	TEX	A-	2	7	5.68	18	13		0	0	0	1	0	63.1	283	78	49	40	7	19	0	1	3	0	41
2007	TEX	A	9	4	3.93	14	14		1	1	0	0	0	75.2	325	87	41	33	5	14	0	4	2	1	59
2007	TEX	A+	5	3	4.99	14	14		0	0	0	0	0	88.1	377	96	52	49	12	22	0	1	4	0	72
2007	TEX	MiLB	14	7	4.50	28	28		1	1	0	0	0	164.0	702	183	93	82	17	36	0	5	6	1	131
2008	TEX	AA	8	3	4.02	17	16		1	0	0	0	0	96.1	419	113	46	43	3	34	0	1	6	1	72
2008	TEX	AAA	3	3	6.81	8	8		0	0	0	0	0	38.1	177	57	30	29	4	7	0	2	1	0	23
2008	TEX	MiLB	11	6	4.81	25	24		1	0	0	0	0	134.2	596	170	76	72	7	41	0	3	7	1	95
2009	TEX	AA	7	6	3.71	20	18		2	0	0	0	0	123.2	530	134	60	51	12	26	0	4	3	1	80
2009	TEX	AAA	1	2	5.14	8	4		0	0	0	0	0	28.0	120	29	18	16	5	4	0	2	1	0	16
2009	TEX	MiLB	8	8	3.98	28	22		2	0	0	0	0	151.2	650	163	78	67	17	30	0	6	4	1	96
2010	TEX	AAA	6	8	5.09	29	18		1	1	0	0	0	111.1	498	142	72	63	13	33	1	2	2	1	73
2010	TEX	ST	0	0	4.91	1	0		0	0	0	0	1	3.2	18	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
2011	BAL	AA	8	3	3.33	17	16		1	0	0	0	0	108.0	425	89	46	40	12	13	0	6	6	0	112
2011	BAL	AAA	2	4	4.91	10	9		1	1	0	0	0	51.1	235	66	31	28	7	17	0	5	2	2	38
2011	BAL	MiLB	10	7	3.84	27	25		2	1	0	0	0	159.1	660	155	77	68	19	30	0	11	8	2	150
2011	BAL	ST	1	1	10.00	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	9.0	44	14	10	10	2	4	0	0	1	0	4
2012	WSN	AA	1	5	4.31	12	12		0	0	0	0	0	64.2	283	81	35	31	10	17	0	0	2	1	56

Minor LeaguesSpring TrainingAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2006	TEX	A-	5.83	2.70	2.16	0.99		14.5%	6.7%	7.8%		.297	1.53	.330	55.6%		145	115		4.38
2007	TEX	A	7.02	1.67	4.21	0.59		18.2%	4.3%	13.8%		.283	1.33	.337	65.3%		103	89		3.35
2007	TEX	A+	7.34	2.24	3.27	1.22		19.1%	5.8%	13.3%		.271	1.34	.311	65.6%		102	95		4.69
2007	TEX	MiLB	7.19	1.98	3.64	0.93		18.7%	5.1%	13.5%		.277	1.34	.324	65.4%		102	92		4.07
2008	TEX	AA	6.73	3.18	2.12	0.28		17.2%	8.1%	9.1%		.294	1.53	.356	70.9%		93	76		3.33
2008	TEX	AAA	5.40	1.64	3.29	0.94		13.0%	4.0%	9.0%		.339	1.67	.376	59.6%		144	92		4.36
2008	TEX	MiLB	6.35	2.74	2.32	0.47		15.9%	6.9%	9.1%		.308	1.57	.362	67.6%		107	81		3.62
2009	TEX	AA	5.82	1.89	3.08	0.87		15.1%	4.9%	10.2%		.268	1.29	.299	70.7%		89	93		3.97
2009	TEX	AAA	5.14	1.29	4.00	1.61		13.3%	3.3%	10.0%		.254	1.18	.258	60.7%		117	120		5.29
2009	TEX	MiLB	5.70	1.78	3.20	1.01		14.8%	4.6%	10.2%		.265	1.27	.291	69.1%		94	98		4.21
2010	TEX	AAA	5.90	2.67	2.21	1.05		14.7%	6.6%	8.0%		.307	1.57	.342	66.1%		109	101		4.73
2010	TEX	ST	12.27	0.00	5.00	2.45		27.8%	0.0%	27.8%		.222	1.09	.250	38.5%		101	91		4.59
2011	BAL	AA	9.33	1.08	8.62	1.00		26.4%	3.1%	23.3%		.219	0.94	.273	68.0%		82	80		3.31
2011	BAL	AAA	6.66	2.98	2.24	1.23		16.2%	7.2%	8.9%		.310	1.62	.351	72.9%		123	121		4.81
2011	BAL	MiLB	8.47	1.69	5.00	1.07		22.7%	4.5%	18.2%		.250	1.16	.302	70.2%		96	93		3.79
2011	BAL	ST	4.00	4.00	1.00	2.00		9.1%	9.1%	0.0%		.350	2.00	.353	52.6%		206	139		6.87
2012	WSN	AA	7.79	2.37	3.29	1.39		19.8%	6.0%	13.8%		.305	1.52	.355	75.0%		109	109		4.27

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2006	TEX	A-	5.83	2.70	2.16	0.99		14.5%	6.7%	7.8%		.297	1.53	.330	55.6%		145	115		4.38
2007	TEX	A	7.02	1.67	4.21	0.59		18.2%	4.3%	13.8%		.283	1.33	.337	65.3%		103	89		3.35
2007	TEX	A+	7.34	2.24	3.27	1.22		19.1%	5.8%	13.3%		.271	1.34	.311	65.6%		102	95		4.69
2007	TEX	MiLB	7.19	1.98	3.64	0.93		18.7%	5.1%	13.5%		.277	1.34	.324	65.4%		102	92		4.07
2008	TEX	AA	6.73	3.18	2.12	0.28		17.2%	8.1%	9.1%		.294	1.53	.356	70.9%		93	76		3.33
2008	TEX	AAA	5.40	1.64	3.29	0.94		13.0%	4.0%	9.0%		.339	1.67	.376	59.6%		144	92		4.36
2008	TEX	MiLB	6.35	2.74	2.32	0.47		15.9%	6.9%	9.1%		.308	1.57	.362	67.6%		107	81		3.62
2009	TEX	AA	5.82	1.89	3.08	0.87		15.1%	4.9%	10.2%		.268	1.29	.299	70.7%		89	93		3.97
2009	TEX	AAA	5.14	1.29	4.00	1.61		13.3%	3.3%	10.0%		.254	1.18	.258	60.7%		117	120		5.29
2009	TEX	MiLB	5.70	1.78	3.20	1.01		14.8%	4.6%	10.2%		.265	1.27	.291	69.1%		94	98		4.21
2010	TEX	AAA	5.90	2.67	2.21	1.05		14.7%	6.6%	8.0%		.307	1.57	.342	66.1%		109	101		4.73
2010	TEX	ST	12.27	0.00	5.00	2.45		27.8%	0.0%	27.8%		.222	1.09	.250	38.5%		101	91		4.59
2011	BAL	AA	9.33	1.08	8.62	1.00		26.4%	3.1%	23.3%		.219	0.94	.273	68.0%		82	80		3.31
2011	BAL	AAA	6.66	2.98	2.24	1.23		16.2%	7.2%	8.9%		.310	1.62	.351	72.9%		123	121		4.81
2011	BAL	MiLB	8.47	1.69	5.00	1.07		22.7%	4.5%	18.2%		.250	1.16	.302	70.2%		96	93		3.79
2011	BAL	ST	4.00	4.00	1.00	2.00		9.1%	9.1%	0.0%		.350	2.00	.353	52.6%		206	139		6.87
2012	WSN	AA	7.79	2.37	3.29	1.39		19.8%	6.0%	13.8%		.305	1.52	.355	75.0%		109	109		4.27