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: 8-9 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 7

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 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	3	84	Jul 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	7-GF		99	2.1	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.86	5.60	9	45	27	6	7	0	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.000	.25	0.00%	0.63	7t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 4
2	4	86	Jul 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-13	7-8		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.15	5.57	7	32	23	10	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.02	0.00%	0.10	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d8
3	5	88	Jul 8	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-8	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.45	4.39	11	41	30	8	4	5	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.050	.34	0.04%	1.81	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
4	6	92	Jul 12	MIN	@	ANA	L,1-6	7-8		3	1.0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.24	5.31	6	20	6	1	1	1	2	0	2	0		2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.011	.09	0.01%	0.14	7b 1-3 1 out d4	8b 123 1 out d4
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
5	7	125	Aug 19	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-2	9-GF		37	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.89	4.64	3	16	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
6	8	129	Aug 23	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	6-GF		3	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.03	3.56	14	55	38	9	8	2	8	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.222	2.21	0.31%	2.20	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	9	134	Aug 29	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-5	6-7	W(1-0)	5	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.76	3.55	7	22	16	4	3	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.068	.78	0.07%	1.21	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
8	10	136	Aug 31	MIN	@	TEX	L,10-11	6-6	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	3.40	3	7	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.094	2.41	0.12%	0.60	6b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out a1
Sept				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
9	11	139	Sep 3	MIN		ANA	W,6-5	GS-3		2	2.2	4	4	4	5	3	1	0	3.32	4.50	17	66	38	6	6	0	9	3	1	0	32			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.225	2.99	-0.28%	-2.47	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d4
10	12	142	Sep 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	6-8		3	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	4.46	6	26	16	5	3	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.022	3.16	-0.03%	0.30	6t --3 2 out d1	8t -2- 0 out tie
11	13	144	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-8	7-7		1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.92	5.06	4	12	7	3	0	1	3	2	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.058	.65	-0.15%	-2.65	7b -2- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d6
12	14	150	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-6	6-7		5	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.57	4.97	7	31	20	6	1	4	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	.50	-0.034	1.54	-0.06%	-1.97	6b 12- 0 out a7	7b -23 0 out a6
13	15	154	Sep 19	MIN		DET	W,6-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.37	4.71	3	12	9	5	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.017	.35	0.02%	0.55	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
14	16	155	Sep 20	MIN		DET	W,7-3	6-7		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.18	4.38	5	21	14	5	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.004	1.27	0.00%	-0.45	6t 1-- 2 out a4	7t 1-- 2 out a3
15	17	159	Sep 25	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	7-7	BS(1)	4	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.49	3	18	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-1.91	7b -23 1 out a1	7b -2- 2 out d2
16	18	160	Sep 26	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.55	5	21	10	2	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.37	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
17	19	162	Sep 28	MIN	@	DET	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.15	4.34	5	23	15	0	4	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
							8-9		W-L:1-0,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.3	26.0	23	12	12	14	30	4	0	4.15	4.34	115	468	63%	16%	11%	0.54		20%	13%	0	32	11	55%	2	1	0	98	5	0	2	1	1	2	.83	-0.065	1.21	0.02%	-0.36

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