Grant Balfour

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia au

High School: William Clark (Kellyville, Australia)

Debut: July 22, 2001 (Age 23-204d, 17,921st in major league history)
vs. SEA 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 18, 2015 (Age 37-109d)
vs. NYY 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Trevor Jarrett

Full Name: Grant Robert Balfour

Pronunciation: \BAL-fore\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.2

ERA

3.49

534

539.2

571

WHIP

1.219

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-21

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 16

2004 Pitching Game Log

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2004 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	20	36	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-11	4-4		99	0.2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	40.50	13.55	8	37	21	3	3	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.030	.18	-0.03%	-3.25	4b --- 0 out d6	4b 123 2 out d9
2	21	40	May 20	MIN		CHW	L,3-10	8-GF		3	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	13.50	10.92	8	28	16	5	1	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.15	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
3	22	43	May 23	MIN		CHW	L,7-17	4-4		2	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	23.63	12.05	3	11	6	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.288	3.66	-0.29%	-3.00	4t 12- 0 out a1	4t 12- 0 out d2
4	23	44	May 25	MIN	@	TBD	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15.75	8.05	4	17	12	3	2	0	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.78	7b 1-- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
5	24	50	May 31	MIN		TBD	L,3-7	6-7		5	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11.81	7.36	4	20	9	3	0	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.040	.49	0.03%	0.83	6t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	25	55	Jun 5	MIN		DET	L,0-6	8-GF		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	6.05	5	19	15	3	3	1	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.08	0.01%	2.23	8t 123 1 out d6	9t end d 6
7	26	59	Jun 10	MIN		NYM	W,3-2	14-GF(15)	W(1-0)	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.27	5.59	7	33	19	4	3	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	0.480	5.19	0.38%	1.83	14t 1-3 1 out tie	15t end tie
8	27	63	Jun 15	MIN	@	MON	W,8-2	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.52	5.43	5	22	13	4	1	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.10	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
9	28	65	Jun 17	MIN	@	MON	W,6-4	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.20	5.35	4	20	12	4	0	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.241	3.00	-0.20%	-1.41	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a1
10	29	66	Jun 18	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	6.75	5.39	4	19	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.020	1.14	-0.02%	-0.26	7b 12- 0 out d2	7b 123 2 out d3
11	30	71	Jun 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-3	7-9	W(2-0)	5	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.54	4.66	8	39	23	10	3	4	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.318	2.80	0.29%	1.46	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
12	31	74	Jun 27	MIN		MIL	L,3-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.14	4.26	3	10	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.09	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
13	32	75	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	4.24	1	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.004	.19	0.00%	0.35	9t -2- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
14	33	76	Jun 30	MIN		CHW	L,6-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.28	5.20	5	24	15	2	3	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.028	.44	-0.03%	-0.43	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	34	79	Jul 3	MIN	@	ARI	W,8-4	6-7	H(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.67	4.38	6	24	16	7	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.165	1.53	0.14%	1.09	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
16	35	84	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,7-1	6-7	W(3-0)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.34	3.96	5	23	14	2	7	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.144	2.83	0.15%	1.05	6t 12- 2 out d1	7t 3 out tie
17	36	86	Jul 10	MIN		DET	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.12	3.86	4	21	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.022	.90	0.02%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	37	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-12	4-5		5	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.80	3.80	8	33	20	4	3	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.55	4b 12- 1 out d10	5b 3 out d10
19	38	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	10-10	L(3-1)	1	0.1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.15	4.20	4	24	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	-0.188	4.88	-0.17%	-1.08	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 123 1 out tie
20	39	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	7-9	W(4-1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.65	3.94	11	46	29	5	4	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.343	3.75	0.37%	1.58	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
21	40	96	Jul 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-3	7-8	H(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	3.82	4	23	15	4	0	0	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.208	3.01	0.21%	1.19	7b -23 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
22	41	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-4	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	3.72	3	15	10	3	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.033	.70	0.03%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	42	119	Aug 18	MIN		NYY	W,7-2	8-8		23	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	3.69	3	11	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.032	.69	0.03%	0.92	8t 1-3 0 out a6	8t 3 out a5
24	43	122	Aug 21	MIN		CLE	W,8-1	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.10	3.60	3	14	9	4	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.36	0.02%	0.57	7t --- 0 out a6	7t 3 out a6
25	44	124	Aug 23	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-4	9-GF		1	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.90	3.88	6	28	20	7	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.07	0.00%	-2.40	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 3
26	45	127	Aug 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.77	3.89	5	24	13	3	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
27	46	129	Aug 28	MIN	@	ANA	W,7-1	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.66	3.74	4	16	11	3	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.06	0.00%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
28	47	131	Aug 31	MIN		TEX	W,8-5	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.83	6	25	12	3	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.054	1.31	0.03%	0.41	7t --- 0 out tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	48	147	Sep 17	MIN		BAL	L,2-11	7-7		16	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.91	4	16	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.41	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 12- 1 out d5
30	49	151	Sep 21	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.83	4	9	7	1	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
31	50	152	Sep 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-7	6-6	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.81	3	8	7	0	2	2	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.23	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.35	6b 123 1 out a2	6b 3 out tie
32	51	155	Sep 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	3.81	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.79	8b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 2
33	52	157	Sep 29(1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	6-6	H(4)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.79	3	11	7	2	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.55	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 3 out a2
34	53	159	Sep 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-6	6-7		0	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.10	4.20	6	20	11	2	0	2	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-1.16	6b 1-- 2 out tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
35	54	161	Oct 2 susp	MIN		CLE	W,6-5	7-7		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	4.19	2	7	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.46	7t 1-3 2 out tie	7t 3 out d1
36	55	162	Oct 3	MIN		CLE	L,2-5	8-GF		0	1.2	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.35	3.99	8	35	24	8	4	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-1.12	8t --- 1 out d1	9t end d 3
							15-21		W-L:4-1,BSv:1,Hld:4	2.0	39.1	35	19	19	21	42	4	2	4.35	3.99	172	738	61%	16%	10%	0.60		22%	9%	0		30	23%	2	2	0	147	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.00	0.660	1.17	0.99%	4.94

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