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Carlos
Balbuena		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 8, 1995 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2021   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 20 MON NL   35 54 49 50 47 20 25 77 53 58
2017 21 MON NL   35 55 49 50 49 22 27 71 47 52
2018 22 MON NL   35 57 52 53 56 28 34 79 54 59
2019 23 HOU NL   35 72 68 69 66 38 44 78 53 58
2020 24 HOU NL $ 300,000 30 71 66 67 67 39 45 75 51 56
2021 25 HOU NL $ 300,000 30 73 68 69 67 39 45 78 53 58
2022 26 HOU NL   30 73 68 69 67 39 45 78 53 58
2023 27 HOU NL $ 300,000 24 73 68 69 67 39 45 78 53 58
2024 28 HOU NL   24 74 69 70 66 38 44 75 51 56
2025 29 HOU NL $ 300,000 24 74 70 71 67 39 45 75 51 56
OOTP6 Min Ratings   24 54 49 50 47 20 25 71 47 52
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 35 74 70 71 67 39 45 79 54 59
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
2016 20 MON NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2017 21 MON NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2018 22 MON NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2019 23 HOU NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2020 24 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2021 25 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2022 26 HOU NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2023 27 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2024 28 HOU NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
2025 29 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 27 27 27 12 12 12 12 12 12
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2016 20 AA   3 3 .500 26 0 0 0 9 25.3 29 16 3 14 23 5.68 .290 .377 .490 .867  
    A   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 11 19.3 21 8 2 2 24 3.72 .266 .284 .430 .714  
2017 21 AA   7 4 .636 56 0 0 0 37 63.3 47 12 2 31 66 1.71 .209 .305 .276 .580  
2018 22 AA   2 4 .333 59 0 0 0 25 63.0 47 17 5 24 63 2.43 .207 .283 .308 .591  
2019 23 AAA   5 7 .417 48 0 0 0 27 56.7 54 28 5 28 59 4.45 .252 .339 .360 .699  
2020 24 HOU NL 4 5 .444 58 0 0 0 28 71.3 72 32 8 27 66 4.04 .267 .341 .430 .771 9.7
    AAA   1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 10 16.3 11 6 1 9 18 3.31 .193 .303 .316 .619  
2021 25 HOU NL 6 2 .750 86 0 0 0 3 94.7 97 60 19 37 68 5.70 .262 .348 .470 .819 2.8
2022 26 AAA   6 4 .600 58 0 0 0 2 72.3 64 39 6 38 76 4.85 .239 .333 .381 .714  
2023 27 HOU NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.3
    AAA   8 1 .889 63 0 0 0 2 60.3 61 32 7 28 58 4.77 .270 .350 .412 .762  
2024 28 AAA   4 3 .571 64 0 0 0 2 58.0 58 24 4 26 66 3.72 .264 .341 .382 .723  
2025 29 HOU NL 2 7 .222 62 0 0 0 1 61.3 77 49 7 36 50 7.19 .314 .413 .490 .903 0.0
2026 30 AA   3 2 .600 67 0 0 0 8 75.7 55 18 5 32 101 2.14 .204 .289 .305 .594  
4 Years Sim 12 14 .462 207 0 0 0 32 229.3 247 141 34 100 186 5.53 .277 .363 .461 .824 12.9
5 Years AAA 24 17 .585 247 0 0 0 43 263.7 248 129 23 129 277 4.40 .252 .338 .380 .718  
4 Years AA 15 13 .536 208 0 0 0 79 227.3 178 63 15 101 253 2.49 .217 .303 .320 .623  
1 Years A 1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 11 19.3 21 8 2 2 24 3.72 .266 .284 .430 .714  
10 Years Minors 40 30 .571 473 0 0 0 133 510.3 447 200 40 232 554 3.53 .237 .321 .356 .677  
Season Average 3 3 .500 51 0 0 0 8 57.3 61 35 8 25 46 5.53 .277 .363 .461 .824  
Career Highs 6 7 .750 86 0 0 0 28 94.7 97 60 19 37 68 7.19 .314 .413 .490 .903  
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   175 102 26 76 118   .297 .377 .500 .877
vs LH   72 39 8 24 68   .238 .294 .384 .679
Home 4 8 .333 104 0 0 0 15 124.7 141 81 22 58 92 5.85 .287 .362 .489 .851
Away 8 6 .571 103 0 0 0 17 104.7 106 60 12 42 94 5.16 .264 .334 .426 .761
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 19 0 0 0 2 21.7 22 18 6 7 14 7.48 .268 .326 .537 .862
May 2 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 4 28.7 44 40 5 20 30 12.56 .361 .451 .533 .983
June 1 3 .250 42 0 0 0 8 48.0 51 16 6 13 45 3.00 .268 .315 .437 .752
July 1 3 .250 32 0 0 0 5 33.7 33 21 7 19 23 5.61 .256 .351 .481 .832
August 5 2 .714 40 0 0 0 6 44.7 37 14 3 16 35 2.82 .233 .303 .346 .649
Sep/Oct 3 6 .333 46 0 0 0 7 52.7 60 32 7 25 39 5.47 .286 .362 .486 .847
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP 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
2020 24 HOU NL 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2021 25 HOU NL 86 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2025 29 HOU NL 62 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
3 Years Sim 206 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
Career Highs 86 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
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   11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Home 104 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
Away 102 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2020 24 HOU NL P 58 0 71.3 3 7 1 2 .909 1.26    
2021 25 HOU NL P 86 0 94.7 2 9 2 0 .846 1.05    
2023 27 HOU NL P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2025 29 HOU NL P 62 0 61.3 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.03    
Career Totals   207 0 229.3 8 20 3 3 .903 1.10    
Career Highs   86 0 94.7 3 9 2 2 1.000 1.26    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2021 25 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 2 2 5 6 1.80 .263 .349 .421 .770
2025 29 HOU NL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 8.7 8 7 2 2 10 7.27 .258 .303 .484 .787
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 0 18.7 18 9 4 7 16 4.34 .261 .329 .449 .778
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2020-4-28
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Drafted in 9th round, 222nd overall pick, by Montreal in 2016
Injured on 5/21/2016 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Houston on 2/4/2019 (Going to HOU: P Carlos Balbuena. Going to MON: C Shon Perry)
Earned first career win on 8/1/2020
Won World Championship with Houston in 2021
Injured on 7/1/2023 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Released by Houston on 10/31/2025
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 3/4/2026 to a minor league contract
Released by Philadelphia on 10/11/2026
 
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