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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Steve Balboni 2026 Season · TEX

Steve Balboni played in the majors from 1981 to 1993. His career NUT is +2.0, #1,507 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1984 (+1.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .229/.293/.451, 181 HR, 714 H in 960 games.

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Steve Balboni

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1B · TEX

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CAverage

+2.0Career NUT

+1 to Good

Career

.229AVG181HR495RBI714H351R1SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 225 lb · b. Jan 16, 1957 · Brockton, MA · Draft 1978 (2nd Rd, #52)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1981	24	NYY	—	4	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	.428	1.089	.667
1982	25	NYY	-0.8	33	114	107	8	20	2	1	2	4	6	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	1	.187	.228	.280	.093	.508	.250
1983	26	NYY	—	32	95	86	8	20	2	0	5	17	8	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	2	.233	.295	.430	.197	.725	.254
1984	27	KC	+1.7	126	488	438	58	107	23	2	28	77	45	4	5	139	0	0	1	0	9	.244	.320	.498	.254	.818	.290
1985	28	KC	+1.3	160	662	600	74	146	28	2	36	88	52	5	4	166	1	1	5	0	14	.243	.307	.477	.234	.784	.273
1986	29	KC	+0.1	138	562	512	54	117	25	1	29	88	43	1	2	146	0	0	6	0	8	.229	.286	.451	.222	.737	.257
1987	30	KC	-0.8	121	425	386	44	80	11	1	24	60	34	2	1	97	0	0	3	0	11	.207	.273	.427	.220	.700	.209
1988	31	KC	—	21	64	63	2	9	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.156	.270	.127	.426	.171
1988	31	SEA	+0.9	97	376	350	44	88	15	1	21	61	23	1	2	67	0	1	2	0	8	.251	.298	.480	.229	.778	.254
1988	31	TOT	+0.3	118	440	413	46	97	17	1	23	66	24	1	2	87	0	1	2	0	8	.235	.277	.448	.213	.725	.243
1989	32	NYY	+0.5	110	334	300	33	71	12	2	17	59	25	3	5	67	0	0	6	0	10	.237	.296	.460	.223	.756	.243
1990	33	NYY	-0.2	116	307	266	24	51	6	0	17	34	35	3	2	91	0	0	2	1	4	.192	.291	.406	.214	.697	.212
1993	36	TEX	—	2	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	.000	1.200	1.000
Career	—	11 yrs	+2.0	960	3440	3120	351	714	127	11	181	495	273	19	21	856	1	2	27	1	67	.229	.293	.451	.222	.744	.253

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Balboni's career NUT of +2

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.7

8284858687888990

NUT by Season

-0.8

+1.7

+1.3

+0.1

-0.8

+0.3

+0.5

-0.2

Awards

1985AL Player of the Week · World Series Championship

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	CS	SF	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1991	34	AAA	83	339	301	44	81	15	1	20	63	33	1	2	74	2	4	6	.269	.339	.525	.256	.864	.289
1992	35	AAA	117	518	454	75	114	26	2	30	104	55	3	6	100	0	6	12	.251	.332	.515	.264	.847	.255
1993	36	AAA	126	535	471	67	115	22	0	36	108	51	6	4	98	1	7	16	.244	.321	.520	.276	.841	.230

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