Thomas
Ball
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 2, 1955 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 21 SLC FL     0 0 2 1 6 7 6 8 8 8 0 1 1 6 7 7 4 5 5
1977 22 SLC FL     0 2 3 3 6 7 6 8 8 8 1 2 1 7 7 7 4 5 5
1978 23 SLC FL     1 3 4 4 6 7 6 8 8 8 1 2 1 7 7 7 5 5 5
1979 24 SLC FL     3 4 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 1 2 1 7 7 7 5 6 6
1980 25 SLC FL     6 5 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 3 2 7 8 7 8 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 2 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 1 1 6 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings     6 5 7 6 6 7 6 8 8 8 2 3 2 7 8 7 8 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 SLC FL $ 300,000 31 18 19 19 17 18 17 9 12 11
1982 27 SLC FL $ 300,000 31 19 20 19 17 18 17 9 11 10
1983 28 SLC FL $ 300,000 31 18 19 19 17 18 17 9 12 11
1984 29 SLC FL $ 771,429 31 18 19 19 15 16 16 10 12 11
1985 30 LBC FL $ 964,286 31 19 19 19 15 16 15 7 9 8
1986 31 LBC FL   31 19 19 19 14 15 15 7 10 9
1987 32 GRE JL $ 2,100,000 31 18 19 19 14 16 15 7 10 9
1988 33 GRE JL $ 2,100,000 29 18 18 18 13 14 14 7 10 9
1989 34 GRE JL $ 2,100,000 27 17 18 18 13 14 14 7 10 9
1990 35 HAW JL $ 1,955,000 27 17 18 17 14 15 14 7 9 8
1991 36 HAW JL $ 1,955,000 27 16 16 16 12 14 13 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   27 16 16 16 12 14 13 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 31 19 20 19 17 18 17 10 12 11
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 21 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 22 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 23 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 24 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 25 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 27 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 28 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1984 29 SLC FL $ 771,429   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1985 30 LBC FL $ 964,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1986 31 LBC FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1987 32 GRE JL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1988 33 GRE JL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1989 34 GRE JL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1990 35 HAW JL $ 1,955,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1991 36 HAW JL $ 1,955,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1976 21 A   5 3 .625 38 0 0 0 3 51.0 44 17 2 14 48 3.00 .232 .284 .326 .611  
1977 22 AA   3 2 .600 19 0 0 0 0 25.0 32 15 6 7 22 5.40 .296 .339 .528 .867  
    A   0 3 .000 25 0 0 0 1 22.7 18 7 0 2 25 2.78 .214 .233 .250 .483  
1978 23 AAA   0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 8.7 5 2 0 4 10 2.08 .161 .257 .258 .515  
    AA   3 1 .750 12 0 0 0 3 15.3 9 3 0 2 16 1.76 .170 .200 .189 .389  
1979 24 AAA   4 15 .211 52 0 0 0 24 59.0 58 31 10 16 53 4.73 .261 .311 .428 .739  
1980 25 AAA   4 10 .286 49 0 0 0 26 62.3 53 33 16 15 74 4.76 .229 .276 .481 .757  
1981 26 SLC FL 6 11 .353 64 0 0 0 29 62.7 73 29 7 19 57 4.17 .294 .348 .456 .804 8.0
1982 27 SLC FL 6 5 .545 85 0 0 0 1 81.7 72 42 13 15 59 4.63 .238 .272 .447 .719 6.0
1983 28 SLC FL 6 3 .667 67 0 0 0 0 65.7 77 40 10 18 43 5.48 .291 .336 .506 .841 2.2
1984 29 SLC FL 4 4 .500 83 0 0 0 1 89.0 99 59 17 38 83 5.97 .279 .349 .501 .851 0.8
1985 30 LBC FL 3 5 .375 70 0 0 0 1 90.7 90 42 16 19 69 4.17 .256 .296 .481 .777 4.8
1986 31 LBC FL 5 4 .556 62 0 0 0 0 63.3 80 44 13 22 57 6.25 .309 .364 .529 .893 2.7
    AAA   2 2 .500 15 0 0 0 2 16.0 22 12 6 7 24 6.75 .338 .403 .723 1.126  
1987 32 GRE JL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 1 3 5 10.80 .350 .435 .550 .985 0.0
    AAA   2 8 .200 40 0 0 0 14 41.7 48 26 14 14 54 5.62 .291 .346 .582 .928  
1988 33 GRE JL 5 1 .833 55 0 0 0 3 62.7 51 31 13 21 56 4.45 .218 .282 .444 .726 4.1
    AAA   5 1 .833 20 0 0 0 0 35.7 40 17 9 6 41 4.29 .282 .311 .514 .825  
1989 34 GRE JL 2 2 .500 40 0 0 0 1 58.0 53 23 4 15 51 3.57 .241 .290 .345 .635 4.5
1990 35 HAW JL 6 3 .667 59 0 0 0 1 65.3 65 40 12 20 41 5.51 .253 .309 .447 .756 3.1
1991 36 AAA   3 3 .500 62 0 0 0 9 54.0 41 20 9 19 58 3.33 .209 .279 .388 .667  
10 Years Sim 44 39 .530 592 0 0 0 37 644.0 667 356 106 190 521 4.98 .266 .318 .467 .785 36.2
7 Years AAA 20 40 .333 242 0 0 0 75 277.3 267 141 64 81 314 4.58 .254 .307 .481 .788  
2 Years AA 6 3 .667 31 0 0 0 3 40.3 41 18 6 9 38 4.02 .255 .294 .416 .710  
2 Years A 5 6 .455 63 0 0 0 4 73.7 62 24 2 16 73 2.93 .226 .269 .303 .572  
11 Years Minors 31 49 .388 336 0 0 0 82 391.3 370 183 72 106 425 4.21 .249 .299 .441 .740  
Season Average 4 3 .571 59 0 0 0 3 64.4 66 35 10 19 52 4.98 .266 .318 .467 .785  
Career Highs 6 11 .833 85 0 0 0 29 90.7 99 59 17 38 83 10.80 .350 .435 .550 .985  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   280 164 41 86 262   .239 .291 .413 .704
vs LH   387 192 65 104 259   .289 .340 .514 .854
Home 21 15 .583 303 0 0 0 22 337.3 338 177 54 106 270 4.72 .258 .313 .461 .774
Away 23 24 .489 289 0 0 0 15 306.6 329 179 52 84 251 5.25 .274 .322 .473 .795
Mar/Apr 7 5 .583 106 0 0 0 4 115.6 114 63 18 24 84 4.90 .255 .293 .434 .727
May 12 6 .667 115 0 0 0 7 128.0 111 54 17 37 100 3.80 .233 .288 .437 .725
June 9 5 .643 115 0 0 0 9 120.6 131 75 24 34 93 5.60 .272 .320 .499 .819
July 8 8 .500 84 0 0 0 6 79.6 105 53 15 29 68 5.99 .317 .372 .544 .916
August 5 12 .294 101 0 0 0 5 118.0 123 71 17 42 113 5.42 .265 .326 .450 .777
Sep/Oct 3 3 .500 71 0 0 0 6 82.0 83 40 15 24 63 4.39 .266 .318 .452 .770
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 26 SLC FL 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
1982 27 SLC FL 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1983 28 SLC FL 67 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1984 29 SLC FL 83 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1985 30 LBC FL 70 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1988 33 GRE JL 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1989 34 GRE JL 40 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2
1990 35 HAW JL 59 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 523 31 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .032 .061 .032 .093 -1.3 0.2
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .032 .061 .032 .093 -0.4  
Career Highs 85 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .042 .080 .042 .122 -1.4
vs LH   7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Home 229 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .063 .111 .063 .174 -0.6
Away 253 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Mar/Apr 82 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
May 29 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
June 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
August 78 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Sep/Oct 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 26 SLC FL P 64 0 62.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.01    
1982 27 SLC FL P 85 0 81.7 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.32    
1983 28 SLC FL P 67 0 65.7 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1984 29 SLC FL P 83 0 89.0 8 6 4 2 .778 1.42    
1985 30 LBC FL P 70 0 90.7 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.19    
1986 31 LBC FL P 62 0 63.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.43    
1987 32 GRE JL P 7 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1988 33 GRE JL P 55 0 62.7 2 10 1 0 .923 1.72    
1989 34 GRE JL P 40 0 58.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1990 35 HAW JL P 59 0 65.3 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.52    
Career Totals   592 0 644.0 29 69 5 4 .951 1.37    
Career Highs   85 0 90.7 8 11 4 2 1.000 5.40    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1989 34 GRE JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 0 9.00 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 0 9.00 .286 .375 .286 .661
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1981-6-29
Games Pitched
1982-7-85
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 94th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1976
Earned first career win on 5/21/1981