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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	OAK		SEA	L,2-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 5	OAK	@	TOR	L,6-7	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 9	OAK	@	MIN	W,1-0		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	9	Apr 10	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 13	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	14 (1)	Apr 15	OAK		DET	L,4-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	15	Apr 16	OAK		DET	W,6-2		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	21 (5)	Apr 23	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	22	Apr 24	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	25 (2)	Apr 27	OAK	@	LAA	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	26	Apr 29	OAK		TEX	W,3-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	28 (1)	May 1	OAK		TEX	W,7-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	29	May 2	OAK		TEX	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	31 (1)	May 4	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	33 (1)	May 6	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	35 (1)	May 8	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	38 (2)	May 13	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	39	May 14	OAK		CHW	W,6-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	41 (1)	May 16	OAK		LAA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	43 (1)	May 18	OAK		MIN	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	45 (1)	May 20	OAK	@	SFG	L,1-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	47 (1)	May 22	OAK	@	SFG	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	51 (3)	May 26	OAK	@	LAA	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	53 (1)	May 28	OAK		BAL	W,4-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	54	May 29	OAK		BAL	W,6-4		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	61 (6)	Jun 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	65 (3)	Jun 10	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	67 (1)	Jun 12	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	68	Jun 14	OAK		KCR	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	70 (1)	Jun 16	OAK		KCR	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	71	Jun 17	OAK		SFG	W,5-2		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	72	Jun 18	OAK		SFG	W,4-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	74 (1)	Jun 21	OAK	@	NYM	W,7-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	90 (15)	Jul 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	91	Jul 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	93 (1)	Jul 15	OAK		LAA	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	95 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	OAK		LAA	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	98 (2)	Jul 20	OAK	@	DET	W,7-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	100 (1)	Jul 23	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	102 (1)	Jul 25	OAK		TBR	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	103	Jul 26	OAK		TBR	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	107 (3)	Jul 30	OAK		MIN	W,8-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	108	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,7-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	112 (3)	Aug 5	OAK	@	TBR	L,4-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	114 (1)	Aug 7	OAK	@	TBR	W,5-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
46	115	Aug 9	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	120 (4)	Aug 14	OAK		TEX	L,6-7		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
48	122 (1)	Aug 16	OAK		BAL	W,8-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
49	123	Aug 17	OAK		BAL	W,6-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	125 (1)	Aug 19	OAK		TOR	W,2-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	128 (2)	Aug 23	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
52	129	Aug 24	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	131 (1)	Aug 26	OAK	@	BOS	W,15-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
54	136 (4)	Aug 31	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	140 (3)	Sep 4	OAK		SEA	W,8-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	145 (4)	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-7		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
57	147 (1)	Sep 12	OAK		LAA	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	150 (2)	Sep 15	OAK		DET	W,6-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	152 (1)	Sep 17	OAK		DET	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	155 (2)	Sep 21	OAK		TEX	L,2-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	156	Sep 22	OAK		TEX	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	157	Sep 23	OAK	@	LAA	W,3-1		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							62gm		62.0	2	4	0	6	1