COACHING CAREER
• In his 10th full season as Padres pitching coach.
• Since the beginning of his first full season in 2004, the Padres have posted a 3.93 ERA.
• 2010 club posted a 3.39 ERA, ranking second in the Majors with the lowest ERA in franchise history since 1989...both
the 2007 and 2010 clubs recorded a franchise-record 20 shutouts under his guidance.
• Guided the San Diego staff to a Major League-best 3.70 ERA in 2007 and a National League-low 3.87 ERA in 2006,
marking the first two times in franchise history the team has led the league in ERA.
• Promoted to Major League pitching coach on 5/17/03...began the 2003 season as the pitching coach for Double-A Mobile,
where he had served since 2002...that season, he guided the BayBears pitching staff to a 3.37 ERA, second best in the
Southern League.
• Served as pitching coach at Single-A Lake Elsinore in 2001, his second season in the Padres organization...named a
co-recipient of the 2001 Jack Krol Award (along with Craig Colbert) for contributions in player development in the Padres
organization.
• Joined the Padres after 10 years in the Toronto Blue Jays system where he served as a minor league pitching instructor,
minor league coach and Major League advance scout.
• Began his coaching career at Single-A St. Catherines in 1990 and 1991 before moving to Single-A Myrtle Beach in 1992
and Single-A Hagerstown in 1993...from 1994-1995, he served as the manager at Rookie-level Medicine Hat before
returning to Hagerstown in 1996...between stints at Single-A Dunedin (1997) and Double-A Knoxville (1999), he was the
Blue Jays Major League advance scout (1998).
PLAYING CAREER
• A third-round selection by the Oakland A's in the 1984 First-Year Player Draft.
• Pitched at Rookie-level Idaho Falls, Single-A Modesto and Rookie-level Pocatello in the A's chain.
• Registered career highs in starts (20), innings pitched (115) and strikeouts (70), while going 6-5 with a 4.38 ERA at Modesto in 1986.
• Moved on to the Blue Jays organization after being selected in the 1986 minor league draft...saved a career-high nine games at Dunedin in 1987.
• Final professional season came in 1989 when he went 3-3 for Double-A Knoxville.
PERSONAL
Darren Balsley and his wife Carrie have three children: Allison, Sarah and Jacob...1982 graduate of San Diego's Mt.
Carmel High School...also attended Palomar College.
