Steve Balboni
1981–1993 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers
960G
.229AVG
.293OBP
.451SLG
More career statistics
714H
181HR
495RBI
1SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 960 | 3,440 | 3,120 | 351 | 714 | 127 | 11 | 181 | 495 | 273 | 856 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 1,406 | .229 | .293 | .451 | .744 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1984-09-10 to 1984-09-23
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1989-06-15 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1984-05-16 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1986-08-10 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 469 | 1640 | 330 | 75 | 228 | 126 | 409 | .222 | .278 | .430 |
| Away | 491 | 1800 | 384 | 106 | 267 | 147 | 447 | .235 | .295 | .469 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 112 | 409 | 83 | 15 | 48 | 24 | 83 | .216 | .262 | .383 |
| May | 158 | 574 | 111 | 24 | 66 | 51 | 153 | .216 | .282 | .393 |
| June | 157 | 551 | 115 | 32 | 88 | 49 | 143 | .234 | .298 | .478 |
| July | 181 | 634 | 144 | 41 | 111 | 52 | 141 | .253 | .309 | .529 |
| August | 158 | 566 | 114 | 32 | 84 | 42 | 144 | .219 | .276 | .444 |
| September | 177 | 646 | 131 | 35 | 93 | 49 | 180 | .223 | .279 | .455 |
| October | 17 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | .296 | .367 | .426 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 83 | 287 | 61 | 17 | 36 | 27 | 68 | .238 | .307 | .477 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 81 | 277 | 70 | 13 | 40 | 26 | 72 | .283 | .347 | .534 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 283 | 53 | 10 | 32 | 16 | 75 | .199 | .244 | .361 |
| baltimore-orioles | 78 | 266 | 48 | 13 | 33 | 29 | 66 | .207 | .289 | .409 |
| texas-rangers | 74 | 270 | 52 | 14 | 34 | 21 | 73 | .210 | .270 | .415 |
| athletics | 73 | 258 | 51 | 15 | 45 | 15 | 68 | .218 | .256 | .466 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 73 | 265 | 55 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 60 | .222 | .257 | .440 |
| california-angels | 71 | 271 | 63 | 15 | 40 | 20 | 64 | .256 | .306 | .484 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  New York Yankees | 4 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1982 | New York Yankees | 33 | 107 | 20 | 2 | 4 | – | .187 | – | – |
| 1983 | New York Yankees | 32 | 86 | 20 | 5 | 17 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1984 |  Kansas City Royals | 126 | 438 | 107 | 28 | 77 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1985 | Kansas City Royals | 160 | 600 | 146 | 36 | 88 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1986 | Kansas City Royals | 138 | 512 | 117 | 29 | 88 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1987 | Kansas City Royals | 121 | 386 | 80 | 24 | 60 | – | .207 | – | – |
| 1988 | Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners | 118 | 413 | 97 | 23 | 66 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1989 | New York Yankees | 110 | 300 | 71 | 17 | 59 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1990 | New York Yankees | 116 | 266 | 51 | 17 | 34 | – | .192 | – | – |
| 1993 |  Texas Rangers | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | .600 | – | – |