Stephen Charles Steve Balboni is an American former Major League Baseball player, who played for the New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, and Texas Rangers.
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20 Facts About Steve Balboni
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Steve Balboni was a player with home run power and a tendency to strike out.
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Steve Balboni was nicknamed "Bye Bye" because of his home run hitting prowess.
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Steve Balboni was known by the nickname "Bones", which is a malapropism for Balboni.
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Steve Balboni is known for the "Curse of the Balboni", an idea written about by Rany Jazayerli which said no baseball team with a player hitting more than 36 home runs for that team could win the World Series.
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Steve Balboni was drafted by the New York Yankees in the second round of the free agent draft in 1978.
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Steve Balboni was named designated hitter on The Sporting News college All-America team in 1978.
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Steve Balboni won the Most Valuable Player award in 1979 with the Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League and the Southern League MVP Award in 1980 for the Double-A Nashville Sounds.
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Steve Balboni led the league in strikeouts in 2 seasons, 1979 and 1981.
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Steve Balboni went on to play in the big leagues through 1990 with a short comeback in 1993.
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Steve Balboni played for the Yankees from 1981 to 1983 until the Yankees traded him along with Roger Erickson to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey .
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Steve Balboni returned to the Yankees for the 1989 and 1990 seasons when the Seattle Mariners traded him to the Yankees for Dana Ridenour .
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Steve Balboni was the starting first baseman for the Kansas City Royals from 1984 to mid-1988, when the Seattle Mariners signed him as a free agent.
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Steve Balboni set the single-season home run mark for the Royals with 36.
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Steve Balboni had career highs in games played, at-bats, hits, runs, doubles, triples, homers, and runs batted in .
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Steve Balboni led American League first basemen with 1686 total chances and 1573 putouts in 1985.
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Steve Balboni was the Royals' starting first baseman in the 1985 World Series.
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Steve Balboni demonstrated good glove work in the field, something he was not known for during his career.
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Steve Balboni was elected to the International League Hall of Fame in 2011.
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