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Grant Balfour \BAL-fore\

Grant Robert Balfour

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
High School: Glenwood (Glenwood, AU)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2001 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Rays/Athletics/Twins/DevilRays/Brewers 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$12.25M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.099, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Trevor Jarrett [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #795. Billy Loes… #796. Eric Gagne… #797. Jesse Petty… #798. GRANT BALFOUR… #799. Mickey McDermott… #800. Brad Ziegler… #801. Jim Shaw…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #795. Billy Loes… #796. Eric Gagne… #797. Jesse Petty… #798. GRANT BALFOUR… #799. Mickey McDermott… #800. Brad Ziegler… #801. Jim Shaw…

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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
1997	19	MIN-min	Rk	2	4	.333	3.76	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	0	43	4	2	3	275		1.388	9.8	0.1	2.7	5.8	2.15	TWN · GULF
1998	20	MIN-min	Rk	7	2	.778	3.36	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	70	36	29	7	27	0	75	5	0	6	327		1.249	8.1	0.8	3.1	8.7	2.78	ELZ · APPY
1999	21	MIN-min	A	8	5	.615	3.53	19	14	2	0	0	1	91.2	66	39	36	7	37	0	95	6	0	1	368		1.124	6.5	0.7	3.6	9.3	2.57	QDS · MIDW
2000	22	MIN-min	A+	8	5	.615	4.25	35	10	13	0	0	6	89.0	91	46	42	8	34	2	90	8	1	10	392		1.404	9.2	0.8	3.4	9.1	2.65	FTM · FLOR
2001	23	MIN-min	AA,AAA	4	3	.571	2.17	46	0	26	0	0	13	66.1	44	17	16	3	32	3	89	0	0	3	270		1.146	6.0	0.4	4.3	12.1	2.78	NBR,EDM · EL,PCL
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	38	2.250	10.1	6.8	10.1	6.8	0.67

2002	24	MIN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.16	58	0	25	0	0	8	71.1	60	34	33	3	30	1	88	0	1	2	296		1.262	7.6	0.4	3.8	11.1	2.93	EDM · PCL
2003	25	MIN-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.41	21	11	10	0	0	5	71.0	48	21	19	6	16	0	87	3	1	0	276		0.901	6.1	0.8	2.0	11.0	5.44	ROC · IL
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	110	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	110	1.424	8.0	0.9	4.8	9.6	2.00
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006	28	CIN-min	A+,A,Rk	0	0		7.00	9	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	9	7	0	6	0	12	2	1	4	44		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00	SAR,DAY,RDL · FLOR,MIDW,GULF
2007	29	MIL-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	1.87	32	0	16	0	0	7	43.1	25	9	9	2	15	0	68	0	1	0	168		0.923	5.2	0.4	3.1	14.1	4.53	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
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	60	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	25	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	75	1.909	10.6	0.4	6.5	11.0	1.69
2008	30	TBD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.38	15	0	15	0	0	8	23.2	5	1	1	1	10	0	39	0	1	1	85		0.634	1.9	0.4	3.8	14.8	3.90	DHM · IL
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	287	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	90	1.366	7.9	0.8	4.4	9.2	2.09
2010	32	TBD-min	A+	0	1	.000	10.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	10		3.000	10.8	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67	POE · FLOR
2010	32	TBR	AL	2	1	.667	2.28	57	0	8	0	0	0	55.1	43	16	14	3	17	2	56	0	1	4	222	172	1.084	7.0	0.5	2.8	9.1	3.29
2011	33	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6		3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	SAC · PCL
2011	33	OAK	AL	5	2	.714	2.47	62	0	15	0	0	2	62.0	44	17	17	8	20	1	59	0	0	0	242	163	1.032	6.4	1.2	2.9	8.6	2.95
2012	34	OAK	AL	3	2	.600	2.53	75	0	34	0	0	24	74.2	41	21	21	4	28	2	72	1	0	2	289	157	0.924	4.9	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.57
2013	35	OAK	AL	0	0		1.76	15	0	11	0	0	6	15.1	13	3	3	2	7	2	18	0	0	2	66	231	1.304	7.6	1.2	4.1	10.6	2.57
10 Yrs				27	14	.659	3.32	413	1	124	0	0	40	425.2	319	161	157	38	187	11	460	6	1	14	1754	128	1.189	6.7	0.8	4.0	9.7	2.46
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.659	3.32	68	0	20	0	0	7	70	52	26	26	6	31	2	76	1	0	2	288	128	1.189	6.7	0.8	4.0	9.7	2.46

TBR (4 yrs)				14	7	.667	3.33	203	0	41	0	0	8	203.0	156	79	75	13	90	3	234	2	1	7	838	129	1.212	6.9	0.6	4.0	10.4	2.60
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	102	1.456	8.1	1.3	5.0	9.8	1.95
OAK (3 yrs)				8	4	.667	2.43	152	0	60	0	0	32	152.0	98	41	41	14	55	5	149	1	0	4	597	165	1.007	5.8	0.8	3.3	8.8	2.71
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	25	3.000	13.5	3.4	13.5	10.1	0.75

AL (10 yrs)				27	12	.692	3.21	410	1	122	0	0	40	423.0	315	155	151	37	183	11	457	5	1	14	1736	132	1.177	6.7	0.8	3.9	9.7	2.50
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	25	3.000	13.5	3.4	13.5	10.1	0.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2001	23	MIN	AL	2.2	2	0	4	13.50	6.11	0.19	-0.46	96.3	5.26	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.390	.499

2003	25	MIN	AL	26.0	17	1	12	4.15	4.50	-0.02	-0.28	102.2	4.33	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.3	3	.503	.500
2004	26	MIN	AL	39.1	36	0	19	4.35	5.11	-0.01	-0.38	103.9	4.92	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.5	7	.505	.501	$305,000

2007	29	MIL	NL	2.2	3	0	6	20.25	4.70	-0.10	-0.34	101.8	4.55	-5	-0.4	1.6	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.364	.497
2007	29	TBD	AL	22.0	22	0	15	6.14	5.14	-0.36	-0.38	101.4	5.20	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	-0.0	0	.489	.499
2008	30	TBR	AL	58.1	51	0	10	1.54	4.80	0.09	-0.35	101.6	4.42	18	1.8	1.7	0.4	2.9	25	.536	.511
2009	31	TBR	AL	67.1	73	0	38	5.08	5.00	0.24	-0.37	98.5	4.32	-6	-0.6	1.4	-0.3	-0.2	2	.491	.496	$1,400,000
2010	32	TBR	AL	55.1	57	0	16	2.60	4.46	0.29	-0.34	96.5	3.69	6	0.7	1.2	-0.1	1.2	12	.512	.504	$2,050,000
2011	33	OAK	AL	62.0	62	0	17	2.47	4.49	-0.08	-0.34	98.5	4.16	11	1.2	1.5	0.1	2.0	18	.520	.508	$3,750,000
2012	34	OAK	AL	74.2	75	0	21	2.53	4.54	0.10	-0.34	96.2	3.95	12	1.3	1.6	0.2	2.3	19	.517	.508	$4,000,000
2013	35	OAK	AL	15.1	15	0	3	1.76	4.54	-0.46	-0.33	94.6	4.42	4	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.6	6	.530	.503	$4,500,000
10 Seasons				425.2	413	1	161	3.40	4.72	0.06	-0.35	99.0	4.28	38	4.2	1.4	0.2	8.9	87	.510	.502	$16,005,000

TBR (4 yrs)				203.0	203	0	79	3.50	4.81	0.15	-0.36	99.2	4.27	15	1.6	1.4	0.0	3.8	39	.508	.502	$3,450,000
MIN (3 yrs)				68.0	55	1	35	4.63	4.92	-0.00	-0.35	102.9	4.71	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.7	8	.501	.500	$305,000
OAK (3 yrs)				152.0	152	0	41	2.43	4.52	-0.03	-0.34	96.9	4.08	27	2.9	1.5	0.4	4.9	43	.519	.506	$12,250,000
MIL (1 yr)				2.2	3	0	6	20.25	4.70	-0.10	-0.34	101.8	4.55	-5	-0.4	1.6	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.364	.497

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

2010	32	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.545	4.9	0.0	0.0	2.5

2012	34	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	DET	0	1	.000	5.40	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	8	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
4 Yrs (6 Series)							0	1	.000	3.78	17	0	5	0	0	1	16.2	16	7	7	2	9	4	12	1	0	1	73	1.500	8.6	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.33
4 ALDS							0	1	.000	0.79	10	0	4	0	0	1	11.1	7	1	1	0	2	1	9	0	0	0	40	0.794	5.6	0.0	1.6	7.1	4.50
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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1997	19	MIN-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TWN · GULF
1998	20	MIN-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ELZ · APPY
1999	21	MIN-min	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		QDS · MIDW
2000	22	MIN-min	A+	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
2001	23	MIN-min	AAA,AA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM,NBR · PCL,EL
2001	23	MIN	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2002	24	MIN-min	AAA	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
2003	25	MIN-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2003	25	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006	28	CIN-min	A,Rk,A+	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DAY,RDL,SAR · MIDW,GULF,FLOR
2007	29	MIL-min	AA,AAA	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0		HVL,NVL · SOUL,PCL
2007	29	TOT	MLB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	29	MIL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	29	TBD	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	TBD-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2008	30	TBR	AL	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	31	TBR	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	32	TBD-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POE · FLOR
2010	32	TBR	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	33	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2011	33	OAK	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	34	OAK	AL	75	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	35	OAK	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Yrs				413	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

TBR (4 yrs)				203	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				152	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				410	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	23	MIN	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1

2003	25	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2004	26	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$305,000	1

2007	29	MIL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2007	29	TBD	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2008	30	TBR	AL	51	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0		1
2009	31	TBR	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,400,000	1
2010	32	TBR	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$2,050,000	1
2011	33	OAK	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,750,000	1
2012	34	OAK	AL	75	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,000,000	1
2013	35	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,500,000	1
10 Seasons				399	2	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	0.3	2	$16,005,000

TBR (4 yrs)				203	1	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$3,450,000
MIN (3 yrs)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$305,000
OAK (3 yrs)				138	1	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$12,250,000
MIL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	26	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	CHW	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	WS	PHI	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	32	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2012	34	OAK	AL	ALDS	DET	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (6 Series)							17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 ALDS							10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2001	MIN	AL	23	P	2	0	2.2	1	0	1	0	1.000			3.38	0.50	.960	1.69	1.75	0	0			0
2003	MIN	AL	25	P	17	1	26.0	4	0	4	0	1.000	1	8	1.38	0.24	.958	1.73	1.71	2	1	33%	30%	0
2004	MIN	AL	26	P	36	0	39.1	7	3	4	0	1.000	-1	-5	1.60	0.19	.949	1.65	1.65	2	2	50%	32%	0
2007	TOT	MLB	29	P	25	0	24.2	6	1	5	0	1.000	-2	-16	2.19	0.24	.955	1.61	1.60	3	1	25%	26%	2
2007	MIL	NL	29	P	3	0	2.2	0	0	0	0		-1	-67	0.00	0.00		1.69	1.67	2	0	0%	24%	0
2007	TBD	AL	29	P	22	0	22.0	6	1	5	0	1.000	-1	-8	2.45	0.27	.955	1.60	1.59	1	1	50%	26%	2
2008	TBR	AL	30	P	51	0	58.1	5	0	5	0	1.000	0	0	0.77	0.10	.952	1.60	1.59	2	1	33%	27%	0
2009	TBR	AL	31	P	73	0	67.1	4	1	3	1	1.000	0	0	0.53	0.05	.952	1.52	1.51	6	1	14%	26%	0
2010	TBR	AL	32	P	57	0	55.1	4	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0.65	0.07	.952	1.63	1.61	2	2	50%	26%	0
2011	OAK	AL	33	P	62	0	62.0	6	2	4	1	1.000	0	0	0.87	0.10	.948	1.60	1.59	1	0	0%	28%	0
2012	OAK	AL	34	P	75	0	74.2	13	6	7	0	1.000	1	3	1.57	0.17	.954	1.57	1.56	3	3	50%	26%	0
2013	OAK	AL	35	P	15	0	15.1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.53	1.53	0	0			0
	10 Seasons			P	413	1	425.2	50	15	35	2	1.000	-1	0	1.06	0.12	.953	1.60	1.58	21	11	34%	27%	2
	10 Seasons			TOT	413	1	425.2	50	15	35	2	1.000	-1	-2	1.06	0.12	.953	1.60	1.58	21	11	34%	27%	2

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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) 2012 AL 75 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 2012 AL 24 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Active 62.81 (47th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y Active 10.4 (32nd) Career 10.4 (174th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.1 (8th) Active 6.0 (46th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2012 AL 75 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1905), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (928), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (286th), 8.4 career WAR/9.3 7yr-peak WAR/8.8 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Wes Stock (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Humphreys (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 18, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	26	Minnesota Twins	$305,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Minnesota Twins	$330,000
2006	28	Cincinnati Reds	$340,000

2009	31	Tampa Bay Rays	$1,400,000
2010	32	Tampa Bay Rays	$2,050,000
2011	33	Oakland Athletics	$3,750,000
2012	34	Oakland Athletics	$4,000,000	contracts
2013	35	Oakland Athletics	$4,500,000
2013 Status		Signed thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$16,675,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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