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: 32-19

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 27

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 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	81	56	May 31	TBR		CHW	W,2-0	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.076	4.28	0.07%	0.46	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
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
2	82	57	Jun 1	TBR		CHW	W,4-3	6-7		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.47	5	22	16	1	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.157	2.36	0.14%	1.00	6t 12- 2 out tie	7t 3 out tie
3	83	58	Jun 3	TBR	@	BOS	L,4-7	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.99	3	14	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.006	1.69	0.01%	0.48	6b -23 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
4	84	60	Jun 5	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-7	2-4		1	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.86	2.27	10	44	25	6	2	4	4	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.005	1.10	-0.01%	0.13	2b 1-- 0 out d2	4b 12- 1 out d3
5	85	63	Jun 8	TBR	@	TEX	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.38	2.76	4	20	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.003	.14	0.00%	0.56	8b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
6	86	69	Jun 15	TBR		FLA	L,3-9	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.45	2.18	7	29	18	8	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.024	.24	0.02%	1.08	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d4
7	87	70	Jun 17	TBR		CHC	W,3-2	5-6	W(1-0)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.09	4	21	11	4	0	1	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.174	2.47	0.15%	1.34	5t 123 2 out tie	6t 3 out tie
8	88	72	Jun 19	TBR		CHC	W,8-3	7-8	W(2-0)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.74	1.68	6	25	16	4	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.003	1.31	0.00%	0.76	7t 1-3 1 out d1	8t 3 out a5
9	89	75	Jun 22	TBR		HOU	L,2-3	6-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.46	1.51	8	40	26	6	7	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.082	1.43	0.07%	0.73	6t --- 2 out d1	8t 12- 2 out d1
10	90	79	Jun 27	TBR	@	PIT	W,10-5	7-9		4	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	1.36	7	33	19	6	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.038	.32	0.03%	1.21	7b --- 0 out a5	9b --- 1 out a5
11	91	82	Jun 30	TBR		BOS	W,5-4	7-7	H(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	1.44	2	7	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.139	5.00	0.15%	0.95	7t 12- 1 out a2	7t 3 out a2
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
12	92	83	Jul 1	TBR		BOS	W,3-1	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.08	1.39	6	31	20	4	5	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.186	4.31	0.19%	1.00	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
13	93	86	Jul 5	TBR		KCR	W,3-0	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	1.26	3	16	11	4	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.036	.55	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
14	94	89	Jul 8	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-5	6-6		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.96	1.15	4	16	11	4	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.033	.56	0.03%	0.55	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
15	95	90	Jul 9	TBR	@	NYY	L,1-2	9-GF(10)	L(2-1)	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.37	1.20	5	27	18	5	1	0	2	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	-0.148	4.60	-0.13%	-0.45	9b -2- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
16	96	93	Jul 12	TBR	@	CLE	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.80	1.53	3	18	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.018	.18	-0.02%	-0.89	8b --- 2 out d3	8b end d 4
17	97	94	Jul 13	TBR	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.64	1.63	8	33	20	5	4	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.020	.23	0.02%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
18	98	95	Jul 18	TBR		TOR	W,2-1	8-GF	S(4)	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.54	1.46	4	20	12	6	2	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.264	4.39	0.28%	0.92	8t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
19	99	98	Jul 21	TBR		OAK	W,4-0	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	1.53	3	15	11	3	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.026	.56	0.03%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
20	100	101	Jul 24	TBR	@	KCR	L,2-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	1.51	3	10	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.14	0.01%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
21	101	102	Jul 25	TBR	@	KCR	W,5-3	6-7	H(2)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.33	1.50	6	30	20	3	6	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.209	3.34	0.21%	1.20	6b 1-- 0 out a1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
22	102	105	Jul 28	TBR	@	TOR	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	1.54	2	11	7	2	0	0	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.78	0.03%	0.96	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
23	103	107	Jul 30	TBR	@	TOR	W,3-2	7-7	H(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	1.46	3	16	13	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.110	2.37	0.11%	0.52	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
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
24	104	108	Aug 1	TBR		DET	W,5-2	5-6	W(3-1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	1.33	4	19	11	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.136	1.90	0.12%	1.00	5t 12- 2 out tie	6t 3 out tie
25	105	110	Aug 3	TBR		DET	W,6-5	7-8		1	1.1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.44	1.73	6	34	20	6	4	0	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.050	.85	-0.04%	0.01	7t -2- 1 out d2	8t 1-- 2 out d2
26	106	112	Aug 5	TBR		CLE	W,8-4	6-7	H(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	1.80	5	33	21	3	3	0	3	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	0.121	3.63	0.09%	0.82	6t 123 2 out a1	7t 1-3 2 out a1
27	107	115	Aug 8	TBR	@	SEA	W,5-3	7-8	H(5)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	1.85	4	13	9	3	1	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.130	1.42	0.09%	0.75	7b 1-- 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
28	108	116	Aug 9	TBR	@	SEA	W,8-7	7-7	H(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	1.83	3	8	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.256	3.31	0.15%	1.51	7b 12- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
29	109	118	Aug 12	TBR	@	OAK	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	1.76	4	19	13	5	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.031	.35	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
30	110	119	Aug 13	TBR	@	OAK	W,3-2	7-7	H(7)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	1.82	5	15	9	5	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.108	2.00	0.05%	0.50	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
31	111	120	Aug 14	TBR	@	OAK	W,7-6	9-9	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	1.74	3	13	8	1	5	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	-0.219	2.61	-0.08%	-0.32	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
32	112	123	Aug 17	TBR	@	TEX	W,7-4	9-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.19	1.99	4	25	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.082	.52	-0.03%	-1.85	9b 12- 1 out a5	9b 123 2 out a3
33	113	124	Aug 18	TBR		LAA	W,6-4	6-7	H(8)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.38	1.93	6	28	18	4	2	1	3	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.054	.58	-0.02%	-0.73	6t --3 1 out a3	7t 1-- 2 out a1
34	114	126	Aug 20	TBR		LAA	L,4-5	8-9	L(3-2)	1	1.1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.56	1.89	6	21	14	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.023	.58	-0.01%	0.13	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out tie
35	115	127	Aug 22	TBR	@	CHW	W,9-4	7-7	H(9)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	1.81	2	13	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	0.189	2.23	0.07%	0.97	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
36	116	128	Aug 23	TBR	@	CHW	W,5-3	7-7	W(4-2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	1.92	4	20	11	1	1	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.027	.28	0.01%	0.56	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
37	117	129	Aug 24	TBR	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-8	H(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	1.95	3	13	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.150	.56	0.03%	0.56	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
38	118	131	Aug 27	TBR		TOR	W,1-0	8-8	H(11)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	1.91	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	0.107	1.92	0.03%	0.46	8t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
39	119	132	Aug 28	TBR		TOR	W,3-2	8-8	H(12)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	1.87	2	12	8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.036	.71	-0.01%	-0.76	8t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 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
40	120	137	Sep 3	TBR		NYY	L,4-8	7-8		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.38	1.86	6	25	15	1	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.041	.03	0.00%	1.08	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
41	121	139	Sep 5	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.74	2.12	5	17	14	5	1	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.099	.02	0.00%	-1.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
42	122	140	Sep 6	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-7	12-12		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.70	2.06	4	18	12	3	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.141	.20	0.01%	0.52	12b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
43	123	143	Sep 9	TBR	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-7	H(13)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	2.08	3	11	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.114	.23	0.01%	0.57	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
44	124	144	Sep 10	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-2	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.63	2.13	5	21	13	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	0.151	.37	0.01%	0.57	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
45	125	146	Sep 13(2)	TBR	@	NYY	L,5-6	7-7		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	2.09	3	17	11	1	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.171	.02	0.00%	-0.66	7b -2- 2 out tie	7b 3 out d1
46	126	149	Sep 16	TBR		BOS	W,2-1	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	2.12	4	14	11	3	1	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.108	.06	0.00%	0.79	7t --- 0 out d1	8t --- 1 out tie
47	127	150	Sep 17	TBR		BOS	W,10-3	5-7	W(5-2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.52	2.08	7	34	22	8	4	0	5	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.061	.01	0.00%	1.42	5t 12- 2 out a5	7t --- 2 out a5
48	128	153	Sep 20	TBR		MIN	W,7-2	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.49	2.08	5	23	12	6	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.54	7t --- 0 out a6	7t 3 out a6
49	129	155	Sep 22	TBR	@	BAL	W,4-2	6-7	W(6-2)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.45	2.04	4	22	13	5	2	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.215	.00	0.00%	1.49	6b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out a2
50	130	156	Sep 23(1)	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-2	8-8	H(14)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	2.04	4	16	10	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
51	131	160	Sep 26	TBR	@	DET	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.54	2.22	5	20	14	4	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.34	7b --- 2 out d2	8b end d 3
							32-19		W-L:6-2,Sv:4,BSv:1,Hld:14	1.4	58.1	28	10	10	24	82	3	0	1.54	2.22	224	1027	62%	18%	11%	0.44		20%	11%	0		44	20%	2	1	0	196	8	0	1	0	3	0	1.27	2.853	1.20	1.92%	24.27

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