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

Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia
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 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 2 224 288 0.891 4.3 0.5 3.7 12.7 3.42
2009 31 TBR AL 3 1 .750 4.26 36 0 7 0 0 1 38.0 31 19 18 2 19 0 38 1 0 1 161 105 1.316 7.3 0.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
6 Seasons 15 6 .714 4.00 167 1 48 0 0 5 189.0 150 85 84 17 101 4 224 4 0 6 807 113 1.328 7.1 0.8 4.8 10.7 2.22
162 Game Avg. 6 2 .714 4.00 68 0 19 0 0 2 77 61 34 34 7 41 2 91 2 0 2 327 113 1.328 7.1 0.8 4.8 10.7 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) 10 3 .769 3.27 109 0 25 0 0 5 118.1 85 44 43 6 59 1 147 1 0 3 488 136 1.217 6.5 0.5 4.5 11.2 2.49
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) 15 4 .789 3.77 164 1 46 0 0 5 186.1 146 79 78 16 97 4 221 3 0 6 789 120 1.304 7.1 0.8 4.7 10.7 2.28
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 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 1 4 0.900 5.4 2.7 10.8 4.00
2008 30 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 19.29 4 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 4 1 3.857 19.3 15.4 3.9 0.25
2008 30 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 3 2 2.333 12.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
2 Seasons (4 Series) 0 0 4.76 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 11 0 6 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 7 1.676 8.7 0.0 6.4 7.1 1.13
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 7 0.500 3.0 0.0 1.5 9.0 6.00
1 ALCS 0 0 19.29 4 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 4 1 3.857 19.3 15.4 3.9 0.25
1 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 3 2 2.333 12.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

Standard Batting

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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
2004 26 MIN AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 29 TOT 3 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
2008 30 TBR AL 1 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 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBR (3 yrs) 7 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) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 (6 yrs) 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 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 WS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 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 E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 MIN AL 23 P 2 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 1.000 1.69 0.50
2003 MIN AL 25 P 17 1 26.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.24 .950 1.73 0.49
2004 MIN AL 26 P 36 0 39.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.19 .943 1.65 0.45
2007 TOT 29 P 25 0 24.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.24 .950 1.61 0.42
2007 MIL NL 29 P 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 0.40
2007 TBD AL 29 P 22 0 22.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.27 .950 1.60 0.42
2008 TBR AL 30 P 51 0 58.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.10 .940 1.60 0.42
2009 TBR AL 31 P 36 0 38.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.24 0.03 1.000 1.63 0.43
6 Seasons P 167 1 189.0 24 4 20 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.14 .950 1.64 0.44
6 Seasons TOT 167 1 189.0 24 4 20 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.14 .950 1.64 0.44

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--36--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2903), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1082), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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