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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-25-2078
Russ Ballard Left Field
Retired (1980, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .727 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
H 505 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 11-18-1944
HR 61 Drafted Round 3, Pick 37
(1966)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(124 games)
RBI 250
SB 8
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR F 
Speed D+ Bunt C  Control F    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 1
1B F  (2.4%) LF A+ (100%) Arm D+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF C  (42.9%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (98.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1966 CIN
12
37
8
15
3
0
3
5
4
 2 0 0
2
 1 0
1.193
.463
.730
.324
.405
1967 CIN
32
95
10
23
1
0
2
6
7
 20 2 0
3
 7 1
.623
.308
.316
.074
.242
1968 CIN
21
69
9
22
3
0
1
5
4
 11 0 0
2
 0 0
.762
.356
.406
.087
.319
1969 CIN
14
38
1
7
2
1
0
3
3
 5 0 0
1
 0 0
.533
.244
.289
.105
.184
1970 CIN
58
154
14
35
6
0
2
15
13
 22 3 2
0
 1 1
.602
.297
.305
.078
.227
1971 CIN
61
138
15
41
4
0
6
19
9
 20 0 1
0
 0 3
.794
.338
.457
.159
.297
1972 CIN
54
196
17
48
6
0
1
14
11
 42 0 0
0
 0 0
.576
.285
.291
.046
.245
1973 CIN
89
182
19
49
8
0
4
22
16
 32 0 0
0
 0 0
.707
.328
.379
.110
.269
1974 CHA
86
207
39
58
4
1
11
38
25
 27 2 1
0
 0 0
.830
.362
.469
.188
.280
1975 CHA
92
232
35
65
6
0
9
45
26
 32 1 3
0
 0 2
.774
.351
.422
.142
.280
1976 CHA
69
163
18
38
4
1
4
15
11
 22 0 1
0
 0 2
.624
.280
.344
.110
.233
1977 CHA
64
80
13
20
5
0
5
13
4
 12 0 0
0
 0 1
.786
.286
.500
.250
.250
1978 CHA
86
158
20
46
3
0
5
29
15
 33 3 1
0
 0 2
.767
.362
.405
.114
.291
1979 CHA
65
137
20
38
3
1
8
21
11
 25 2 2
0
 0 0
.825
.336
.489
.212
.277
Total
803
1886
238
505
58
4
61
250
159
 305 13 11
8
 9 12
.727
.327
.400
.132
.268
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Russ Ballard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1980-05-13The Chicago SOX have waived Russ Ballard.
1980-04-03The Chicago SOX have designated Russ Ballard for assignment.
1978-08-01The Chicago SOX have promoted Jimmy LaCorte to the major league team. The Chicago SOX have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team.
1978-07-27The Chicago SOX have designated Russ Ballard for assignment.
1974-04-12The Chicago SOX have acquired Russ Ballard from the waiver wire.
1974-04-08The Washington Waterboys have designated Russ Ballard for assignment.
1974-04-05The Washington Waterboys have acquired Russ Ballard from the waiver wire.
1974-04-01The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Norse Reichman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Mike Crossin to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have designated Russ Ballard for assignment. The Cincinnati Hobos have designated Bump Underhill for assignment.
1971-06-15The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team.
1971-05-02The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Dave Epling to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1970-08-05The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Doug Ganzel to the minors.
1970-07-13The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1970-05-27The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Slim Fenwick to the minors.
1970-04-01The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Doug Ganzel to the minors. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Razor DiSarcina to the minors. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1969-09-19The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team.
1969-05-02The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Newly O"Brien to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1969-04-24The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Boog Craft to the minors.
1969-03-01The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1968-08-08The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have designated Chris Gwynn for assignment.
1968-04-01The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Chris Gwynn to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1967-08-15The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russ Ballard to the major league team.
1967-06-06The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Happy Felsch to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have sent Russ Ballard to the minors.
1967-03-05The Cincinnati Hobos have renamed Russel Ballard to Russ Ballard.
1966-09-13The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Russel Ballard to the major league team.
1966-04-01The Cincinnati Hobos have renamed Ray Watson to Russel Ballard.