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Grant Balfour

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

Debut July 22, 2001

Born December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 23 MIN AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    3    4    4   2    3    2   0   0    14   0   0 13.50  4.57   34 2.250
 2003 25 MIN AL   1   0  17   1   0   0   6  0   26.0   23   12   12   4   14   30   0   0   115   2   0  4.15  4.53  109 1.423
 2004 26 MIN AL   4   1  36   0   0   0  14  0   39.3   35   19   19   4   21   42   2   3   172   1   0  4.35  4.73  109 1.424
 2007 29 TOT      1   2  25   0   0   0   8  0   24.7   30   21   21   2   20   30   1   0   121   0   0  7.66  4.51   59 2.027
         MIL NL   0   2   3   0   0   0   2  0    2.7    4    6    6   1    4    3   1   0    18   0   0 20.25  4.48   22 3.000
         TBD AL   1   0  22   0   0   0   6  0   22.0   26   15   15   1   16   27   0   0   103   0   0  6.14  4.52   74 1.909
 2008 30 TBR AL   2   0  13   0   0   0   4  3   17.7    6    2    2   0    7   27   0   0    66   0   0  1.02  4.08  401 0.736
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .727   8   3  93   1   0   0  33  3  110.3   97   58   58  12   65  131   3   3   488   3   0  4.73  4.53   96 1.468
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   2  67   0   0   0  23  2   79.7   70   41   41   8   47   94   2   2   353   2   0  4.73  4.53   96 1.468
 Career High      4   2  36   1   0   0  14  3   39.3   35   21   21   4   21   42   2   3   172   2   0                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2008 30 TBR AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       27    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2008 30 TBR AL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .263| .000  .331| .000  .408| .000  .739|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .263| .000  .331| .000  .408| .000  .739|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 23 MIN AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.50 3.33 1.67 0 2.7 2003 25 MIN AL P 17 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.49 1.38 1.73 1 26.0 2004 26 MIN AL P 36 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 0.19 0.45 1.60 1.65 0 39.3 2007 29 TOT P 25 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.42 2.19 1.60 0 24.7 MIL NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 TBD AL P 22 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.42 2.45 1.60 0 22.0 2008 30 TBR AL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.44 0.51 1.68 0 17.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 MIN AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.50 3.33 1.67 0 2.7 2003 25 MIN AL P 17 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.49 1.38 1.73 1 26.0 2004 26 MIN AL P 36 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 0.19 0.45 1.60 1.65 0 39.3 2007 29 TOT P 25 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.42 2.19 1.60 0 24.7 MIL NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 TBD AL P 22 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.42 2.45 1.60 0 22.0 2008 30 TBR AL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.44 0.51 1.68 0 17.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 93 4 15 0 0 1.000 .955 0.20 0.45 1.55 1.66 1 110.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 93 4 15 0 0 1.000 .955 0.20 0.45 1.55 1.67 1 110
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   0   0   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


Transactions 

January 19, 1997: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

December 21, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 5, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 28, 2007: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Seth McClung.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Minnesota Twins$330,000
2006Cincinnati Reds$340,000
Career (may be incomplete)$670,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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