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

Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia
High School: Glenwood (Glenwood, AU)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2001
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2001 23 MIN AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 4 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 34 2.250 10.1 6.8 10.1 6.8 0.67
2003 25 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 4.15 17 1 6 0 0 0 26.0 23 12 12 4 14 2 30 0 0 0 115 109 1.423 8.0 1.4 4.8 10.4 2.14
2004 26 MIN AL 4 1 .800 4.35 36 0 14 0 0 0 39.1 35 19 19 4 21 1 42 2 0 3 172 109 1.424 8.0 0.9 4.8 9.6 2.00
2007 29 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 7.66 25 0 8 0 0 0 24.2 30 21 21 2 20 0 30 1 0 0 121 59 2.027 10.9 0.7 7.3 10.9 1.50
2007 29 MIL NL 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 6 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 18 22 3.000 13.5 3.4 13.5 10.1 0.75
2007 29 TBD AL 1 0 1.000 6.14 22 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 26 15 15 1 16 0 27 0 0 0 103 74 1.909 10.6 0.4 6.5 11.0 1.69
2008 30 TBR AL 6 2 .750 1.54 51 0 12 0 0 4 58.1 28 10 10 3 24 1 82 0 0 2 224 285 0.891 4.3 0.5 3.7 12.7 3.42
2009 31 TBR AL 5 4 .556 4.81 73 0 15 0 0 4 67.1 59 38 36 6 33 0 69 2 0 1 289 94 1.366 7.9 0.8 4.4 9.2 2.09
6 Seasons 17 9 .654 4.20 204 1 56 0 0 8 218.1 178 104 102 21 115 4 255 5 0 6 935 108 1.342 7.3 0.9 4.7 10.5 2.22
162 Game Avg. 6 3 .654 4.20 68 0 19 0 0 3 72 59 34 34 7 38 1 85 2 0 2 310 108 1.342 7.3 0.9 4.7 10.5 2.22
MIN (3 yrs) 5 1 .833 4.63 55 1 21 0 0 0 68.0 61 35 35 10 38 3 74 2 0 3 301 100 1.456 8.1 1.3 5.0 9.8 1.95
TBR (3 yrs) 12 6 .667 3.72 146 0 33 0 0 8 147.2 113 63 61 10 73 1 178 2 0 3 616 120 1.260 6.9 0.6 4.4 10.8 2.44
MIL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 6 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 18 22 3.000 13.5 3.4 13.5 10.1 0.75
AL (6 yrs) 17 7 .708 4.01 201 1 54 0 0 8 215.2 174 98 96 20 111 4 252 4 0 6 917 113 1.321 7.3 0.8 4.6 10.5 2.27
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 6 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 18 22 3.000 13.5 3.4 13.5 10.1 0.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 26 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
2008 30 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
2008 30 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 19.29 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 17 3.857 19.3 7.7 15.4 3.9 0.25
2008 30 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 3.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 16 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
2 Seasons (4 Series) 0 0 4.76 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 11 6 6 2 8 3 9 1 0 1 53 1.676 8.7 1.6 6.4 7.1 1.13
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 20 0.500 3.0 0.0 1.5 9.0 6.00
1 ALCS 0 0 19.29 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 17 3.857 19.3 7.7 15.4 3.9 0.25
1 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 16 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 MIN AL 2 14 9 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .333 .462 1.000 1.462 .167 9 0 0 1 1 0
2003 25 MIN AL 17 115 98 12 23 5 0 4 2 1 14 30 .235 .327 .408 .736 .292 40 1 0 2 1 2
2004 26 MIN AL 36 172 147 19 35 1 1 4 2 2 21 42 .238 .341 .340 .681 .307 50 2 2 2 0 1
2007 29 MIL NL 3 18 12 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 3 .333 .529 .583 1.113 .375 7 0 1 1 0 0
2007 29 TBD AL 22 103 83 15 26 4 3 1 1 1 16 27 .313 .412 .470 .882 .431 39 2 0 1 3 0
2007 29 TOT MLB 25 121 95 21 30 4 3 2 3 1 20 30 .316 .429 .484 .913 .424 46 2 1 2 3 0
2008 30 TBR AL 51 224 196 10 28 8 0 3 2 1 24 82 .143 .233 .230 .463 .219 45 0 0 1 3 1
2009 31 TBR AL 73 289 251 38 59 10 1 6 6 1 33 69 .235 .326 .355 .681 .298 89 7 2 1 2 0
6 Seasons 204 935 796 104 178 28 5 21 15 6 115 255 .224 .322 .351 .672 .296 279 12 5 9 10 4
162 Game Avg. 68 310 264 34 59 9 2 7 5 2 38 85 .224 .322 .351 .672 .296 93 4 2 3 3 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 25 MIN AL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 8 3 1 0 6.2 0.0 2.7 66 1 0 0 0 66
1 Season 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 8 3 1 0 6.2 0.0 2.7 66 1 0 0 0 66
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2001 23 MIN AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 0.323 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 24
2003 25 MIN AL 17 16 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 6 55% 6 0.831 4 2 10 6 1 9 7 9 6 2 9 2 4.4 25
2004 26 MIN AL 36 36 14 4 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 30 7 23% 8 1.001 10 7 19 12 7 17 16 20 13 11 14 5 3.3 20
2007 29 TOT MLB 25 25 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 11 5 45% 0.860 6 8 10 8 4 13 8 17 5 8 8 1 3.0 22
2007 29 MIL NL 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1.412 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2.7 25
2007 29 TBD AL 22 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 5 50% 7 0.764 4 8 9 8 2 12 7 15 4 6 6 1 3.0 21
2008 30 TBR AL 51 51 12 6 2 5 4 1 80% 19 14 44 9 20% 7 1.283 23 11 17 24 8 19 27 24 21 12 23 16 3.4 20
2009 31 TBR AL 73 73 15 5 4 9 4 5 44% 30 18 67 18 27% 7 1.114 32 16 24 39 8 26 43 30 20 34 27 21 2.8 17
6 Seasons 204 203 56 17 9 16 8 8 50% 57 38 165 45 27% 1.054 75 44 82 89 28 86 102 101 66 67 82 45 3.2 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2001 23 MIN AL 14 50% 14.3% 14.3% 21.4% 14.3% 67% 0.67 1.00 43% 0% 66.7% 0% 3 0 0%
2003 25 MIN AL 115 55% 3.5% 26.1% 12.2% 7.8% 39% 0.50 0.74 57% 20% 10.3% 15% 20 1 5%
2004 26 MIN AL 172 41% 2.3% 24.4% 12.2% 3.5% 17% 0.55 0.64 59% 22% 6.6% 9% 48 2 4%
2007 29 TOT MLB 121 49% 1.7% 24.8% 16.5% 7.4% 30% 0.72 1.10 55% 21% 5.9% 13% 29 2 7%
2007 29 MIL NL 18 44% 5.6% 16.7% 22.2% 5.6% 25% 0.29 0.25 44% 20% 20.0% 29% 4 0 0%
2007 29 TBD AL 103 50% 1.0% 26.2% 15.5% 7.8% 31% 0.81 1.31 56% 22% 3.4% 9% 25 2 8%
2008 30 TBR AL 224 42% 1.3% 36.6% 10.7% 4.9% 39% 0.41 0.44 51% 20% 4.3% 15% 33 0 0%
2009 31 TBR AL 289 39% 2.1% 23.9% 11.4% 5.9% 29% 0.55 0.68 62% 22% 5.9% 14% 74 7 9%
6 Seasons 935 43% 2.3% 27.3% 12.3% 5.8% 30% 0.53 0.66 57% 21% 6.8% 13% 207 12 6%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 MIN AL 14 47 3.36 28 60% 18% 25% 25% 32% 82% 0% 49% 70% 71% 7% 1 1 36% 5 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 MIN AL 115 465 4.04 294 63% 26% 18% 32% 24% 74% 5% 47% 75% 57% 8% 9 3 29% 33 19 0 17% 7 4 0 0 0
2004 26 MIN AL 172 737 4.28 451 61% 25% 18% 33% 24% 75% 1% 46% 76% 55% 6% 11 7 30% 51 31 2 24% 8 3 0 0 0
2007 29 TOT MLB 121 543 4.49 323 59% 26% 21% 31% 22% 74% 0% 44% 71% 57% 5% 6 4 18% 22 11 1 20% 1 2 0 0 0
2007 29 MIL NL 18 76 4.22 42 55% 26% 17% 33% 24% 74% 0% 41% 77% 56% 11% 2 1 11% 2 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
2007 29 TBD AL 103 467 4.53 281 60% 26% 22% 31% 21% 74% 0% 45% 70% 57% 4% 4 3 19% 20 10 1 22% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 30 TBR AL 224 1027 4.58 640 62% 28% 21% 33% 18% 72% 1% 45% 71% 50% 6% 13 6 33% 75 47 0 26% 11 6 0 0 0
2009 31 TBR AL 289 1201 4.16 748 62% 27% 16% 32% 25% 73% 0% 46% 78% 52% 4% 11 7 24% 70 53 3 23% 7 4 0 0 0
6 Seasons 935 4020 4.30 2484 62% 27% 19% 32% 23% 73% 1% 45% 74% 54% 5% 51 28 27% 256 165 6 23% 34 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2001 23 MIN AL 14 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 25 MIN AL 115 23 2 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 6 2 0 33% 2 0 0 44 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 26 MIN AL 172 35 6 0 4 0 11 2 2 2 2 14 6 7 43% 1 3 0 69 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 29 TOT MLB 121 30 3 0 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 9 9 0 100% 0 0 1 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
2007 29 MIL NL 18 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 TBD AL 103 26 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 8 8 0 100% 0 0 1 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
2008 30 TBR AL 224 28 0 0 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 12 5 4 42% 0 2 0 77 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 31 TBR AL 289 59 5 1 6 0 12 3 3 0 6 29 11 6 38% 2 1 1 126 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 Seasons 935 178 17 2 21 0 38 14 7 8 13 72 34 18 47% 5 6 2 372 15 6 71% 12 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 22 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2001 23 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 4 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 34 2.250 10.1 6.8 10.1 6.8 0.67 34
2002 24 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 4 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 34 2.250 10.1 6.8 10.1 6.8 0.67 34
2003 25 1 0 1.000 5.02 19 1 7 0 0 0 28.2 26 16 16 6 17 2 32 0 0 0 129 90 1.500 8.2 1.9 5.3 10.0 1.88 90
2004 26 5 1 .833 4.63 55 1 21 0 0 0 68.0 61 35 35 10 38 3 74 2 0 3 301 100 1.456 8.1 1.3 5.0 9.8 1.95 100
2005 27 5 1 .833 4.63 55 1 21 0 0 0 68.0 61 35 35 10 38 3 74 2 0 3 301 100 1.456 8.1 1.3 5.0 9.8 1.95 100
2006 28 5 1 .833 4.63 55 1 21 0 0 0 68.0 61 35 35 10 38 3 74 2 0 3 301 100 1.456 8.1 1.3 5.0 9.8 1.95 100
2007 29 6 3 .667 5.44 80 1 29 0 0 0 92.2 91 56 56 12 58 3 104 3 0 3 422 85 1.608 8.8 1.2 5.6 10.1 1.79 85
2008 30 12 5 .706 3.93 131 1 41 0 0 4 151.0 119 66 66 15 82 4 186 3 0 5 646 115 1.331 7.1 0.9 4.9 11.1 2.27 115
2009 31 17 9 .654 4.20 204 1 56 0 0 8 218.1 178 104 102 21 115 4 255 5 0 6 935 108 1.342 7.3 0.9 4.7 10.5 2.22 108

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2001 23 0 0 12.00 3.0 3 4 4 2 3 2 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 6.0 2
2003 25 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 24 13 12 4 15 29 0 1.560 8.6 5.4 10.4 1.93 1.4 17
2004 26 2 2 .500 3.92 39.0 33 19 17 4 20 42 2 1.359 7.6 4.6 9.7 2.10 0.9 36
2007 29 0 2 .000 7.50 24.0 29 22 20 2 19 29 1 2.000 10.9 7.1 10.9 1.53 0.8 25
2008 30 5 1 .833 1.58 57.0 28 11 10 3 24 80 0 0.912 4.4 3.8 12.6 3.33 0.5 51
2009 31 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 59 39 35 6 33 67 2 1.415 8.2 4.6 9.3 2.03 0.8 73
6 Seasons 11 10 .524 4.14 213.0 176 108 98 21 114 249 5 1.362 7.4 10.5 2.18 0.9 204

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--73--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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