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Bryce
Balbuena		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 29, 1970 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2004   
All-Star Selections 2003    2005   
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
2001 30 GRN VL $ 3,460,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2002 31 GRN VL $ 3,460,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
2003 32 GRN VL $ 3,460,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2004 33 GRN VL $ 3,460,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
2005 34 GRN VL $ 4,400,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5
2006 35 BOS VL $ 4,400,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2007 36 DAK VL $ 4,400,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4
2008 37 NRW GL $ 1,250,000 7 6 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
2009 38 GRN VL $ 500,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
2010 39 GRN VL $ 500,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4
2011 40 PAS VL $ 400,000 7 6 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
2012 41 NRL VL $ 400,000 4 3 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2
2013 42 NRW GL $ 100,000 1 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000 1 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 4,400,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 30 GRN VL 146 554 89 185 31 1 16 86 5 3 62 120 .334 .399 .480 .880 98.7 18.7
2002 31 GRN VL 150 563 83 172 27 0 7 79 4 3 63 82 .306 .374 .391 .765 79.3 12.7
2003 32 GRN VL 157 627 85 167 50 0 14 83 1 3 79 135 .266 .349 .413 .762 87.0 9.6
2004 33 GRN VL 154 649 108 219 37 0 20 99 6 4 53 128 .337 .391 .487 .878 113.1 14.4
2005 34 GRN VL 162 657 96 203 43 1 23 80 2 0 54 108 .309 .361 .482 .843 104.2 13.7
2006 35 BOS VL 162 647 86 176 30 4 16 81 3 0 57 132 .272 .331 .405 .736 85.8 9.4
2007 36 DAK VL 149 586 75 162 17 1 20 70 1 0 44 104 .276 .327 .411 .738 76.9 7.4
    AAA   12 49 3 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .286 .300 .327 .627 4.4  
2008 37 NRW GL 111 356 31 95 17 3 6 44 1 0 22 67 .267 .309 .382 .691 39.5 4.0
2009 38 GRN VL 111 351 51 101 14 0 9 47 0 0 25 67 .288 .334 .405 .739 44.0 4.1
2010 39 GRN VL 106 361 52 103 19 0 9 54 3 0 32 51 .285 .342 .413 .755 53.4 7.9
2011 40 PAS VL 114 313 33 85 5 0 11 32 1 0 18 68 .272 .320 .393 .713 38.4 5.8
2012 41 NRL VL 86 315 37 89 10 0 2 37 1 1 18 55 .283 .318 .333 .652 32.4 6.6
2013 42 NRW GL 13 41 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 8 .220 .304 .220 .524 2.9 0.3
    AAA   61 196 14 47 7 0 0 10 1 0 13 36 .240 .287 .276 .563 15.3  
13 Years Sim 1621 6020 829 1766 300 10 153 797 28 14 532 1125 .293 .351 .423 .774 855.6 114.8
2 Years AAA 73 245 17 61 9 0 0 12 1 0 14 42 .249 .288 .286 .574 19.8  
162 Game Average 601 82 176 29 0 15 79 2 1 53 112 .293 .351 .423 .774 85.5  
Career Highs 162 657 108 219 50 4 23 99 6 4 79 135 .337 .399 .487 .880 113.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4157 542 1201 212 9 101 547 16 12 331 722 .289 .341 .417 .758 574.7
vs LH   1863 287 565 88 1 52 250 6 2 201 403 .303 .372 .435 .808 295.5
Home 798 2942 431 911 172 5 77 421 9 8 267 536 .310 .366 .450 .816 463.3
Away 823 3078 398 855 128 5 76 376 13 6 265 589 .278 .337 .397 .733 406.9
RISP   1562 0 454 83 2 44 631 0 0 190 314 .291 .361 .431 .792 245.9
Pinch Hitting   140 12 42 10 0 1 23 0 0 6 26 .300 .329 .393 .722 16.8
Close/Late   704 66 176 31 1 16 95 0 0 71 157 .250 .317 .365 .682 83.9
Mar/Apr 277 1042 137 299 50 3 22 122 4 1 91 199 .287 .344 .404 .748 142.8
May 261 967 133 278 39 2 27 123 4 1 85 181 .287 .345 .416 .760 137.2
June 254 928 121 265 50 1 22 122 3 4 83 172 .286 .343 .413 .756 128.6
July 198 691 114 233 48 2 17 91 2 2 67 130 .337 .398 .486 .884 122.7
August 246 897 113 245 39 0 35 148 7 2 78 165 .273 .332 .434 .766 128.5
Sep/Oct 385 1495 211 446 74 2 30 191 2 4 128 278 .298 .354 .411 .765 210.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 30 GRN VL 3B 2 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 140 131 1200.3 970 74 4 2 .996 7.83 154 55 .357 6 6.9
2002 31 GRN VL 3B 5 0 12.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 141 135 1205.0 1025 86 10 9 .991 8.30 184 62 .337 8 5.9
2003 32 GRN VL C 157 157 1397.0 1080 83 16 3 .986 7.49 200 66 .330 9 5.8
2004 33 GRN VL C 154 154 1363.0 1124 103 6 4 .995 8.10 203 82 .404 7 9.2
2005 34 GRN VL 3B 64 63 551.0 51 130 12 10 .938 2.96 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 98 98 877.3 619 42 5 3 .992 6.78 85 28 .329 2 4.5
2006 35 BOS VL 3B 84 84 760.7 60 177 15 22 .940 2.80 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    C 78 77 682.7 512 20 6 0 .989 7.01 54 13 .241 2 3.3
2007 36 DAK VL C 149 149 1323.3 885 33 9 3 .990 6.24 103 27 .262 11 6.6
2008 37 NRW GL 2B 1 0 1.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 16 0 38.3 3 9 2 2 .857 2.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 85 81 725.0 511 51 8 3 .986 6.98 122 37 .303 5 3.2
2009 38 GRN VL 3B 54 54 473.3 44 104 7 9 .955 2.81 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 1 0 8.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 1 0 .000 0 0.1
2010 39 GRN VL 1B 5 4 41.0 40 1 0 6 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 73 61 553.3 30 118 11 9 .931 2.41 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 40 PAS VL 1B 3 0 8.0 6 0 1 1 .857 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 11 6 54.7 7 13 2 2 .909 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 53 20 237.0 155 12 1 0 .994 6.34 22 6 .273 0 1.2
    LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 41 NRL VL 3B 9 4 47.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 43 43 374.7 210 18 1 0 .996 5.48 40 12 .300 1 1.6
2013 42 NRW GL 3B 2 0 11.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 7 5 52.0 42 4 0 0 1.000 7.96 5 3 .600 0 0.3
  C 1107 1050 9450.3 7142 528 66 27 .991 7.30 1173 391 .333 51 48.5
  3B 320 272 2509.4 197 562 50 55 .938 2.72 0 0 .000 0 7.6
  1B 8 4 49.0 46 1 1 7 .979 8.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1438 1326 12016.3 7389 1092 117 89 .986 6.35 1173 391 .333 51 56.2
Career Highs   162 161 1443.4 1124 197 21 22 .996 8.23 203 82 .600 11  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2001-10-.334
2004-10-.337
 Games
2005-1-162
2006-6-162
 At-Bats
2005-6-657
 Hits
2005-8-203
 Singles
2004-10-162
 Doubles
2003-3-50
Strikeouts
2006-8-132
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Julian Barthel (935)
  2. Julio Armendariz (907)
  3. Jose Zamora (906)
  4. Jose Vallejos (905)
  5. Hugh Secor (901)
  6. Ross Heater (896)
  7. Rafael Hammett (893)
  8. Joseph Claborn (891)
  9. Douglas Schultz (887)
  10. Pedro Cortez (885)
History
Drafted in 7th round, 220th overall pick, by Greenbelt in 2001
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Won VL Gold Glove in 2004
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Traded from Greenbelt to Boston on 7/9/2006
Traded from Boston to Dakota on 5/28/2007
Injured on 5/18/2008 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/29/2010 with a Broken Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Greenbelt on 10/6/2011
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston on 4/10/2012
 
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