Grant Balfour

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia au

High School: William Clark (Kellyville, Australia)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	19	-0.5	Twins	GULF	Rk	MIN	2	4	.333	3.76	4.16	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	0	43	4	2	3	275	1.388	9.8	0.1	2.7	5.8	2.15
1998	20	-0.3	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	7	2	.778	3.36	4.17	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	70	36	29	7	27	0	75	5	0	6	327	1.249	8.1	0.8	3.1	8.7	2.78
1999	21	-0.5	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	8	5	.615	3.53	3.83	19	14	2	0	0	1	91.2	66	39	36	7	37	0	95	6	0	1	368	1.124	6.5	0.7	3.6	9.3	2.57
2000	22	-0.6	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	8	5	.615	4.25	4.65	35	10	13	0	0	6	89.0	91	46	42	8	34	2	90	8	1	10	392	1.404	9.2	0.8	3.4	9.1	2.65
2001	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	MIN	4	3	.571	2.17	2.31	46	0	26	0	0	13	66.1	44	17	16	3	32	3	89	0	0	3	270	1.146	6.0	0.4	4.3	12.1	2.78
2001	23	-3.9	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MIN	2	2	.500	5.51	6.06	11	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	18	11	10	2	10	1	17	0	0	2	73	1.714	9.9	1.1	5.5	9.4	1.70
2001	23	-1.2	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	2	1	.667	1.08	1.08	35	0	24	0	0	13	50.0	26	6	6	1	22	2	72	0	0	1	197	0.960	4.7	0.2	4.0	13.0	3.27
2001	23	-5.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	2.250	10.1	6.8	10.1	6.8	0.67
2002	24	-2.9	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MIN	2	4	.333	4.16	4.29	58	0	25	0	0	8	71.1	60	34	33	3	30	1	88	0	1	2	296	1.262	7.6	0.4	3.8	11.1	2.93
2003	25	-1.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	5	2	.714	2.41	2.66	21	11	10	0	0	5	71.0	48	21	19	6	16	0	87	3	1	0	276	0.901	6.1	0.8	2.0	11.0	5.44
2003	25	-3.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	0	1.000	4.15	4.15	17	1	6	0	0	0	26.0	23	12	12	4	14	2	30	0	0	0	115	1.423	8.0	1.4	4.8	10.4	2.14
2004	26	-3.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	4	1	.800	4.35	4.35	36	0	14	0	0	0	39.1	35	19	19	4	21	1	42	2	0	3	172	1.424	8.0	0.9	4.8	9.6	2.00

2006	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-A-Rk	CIN	0	0		7.00	9.00	9	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	9	7	0	6	0	12	2	1	4	44	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
2006	28	5.0	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	CIN	0	0		7.94	11.12	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	7	5	0	3	0	7	1	1	4	30	1.941	12.7	0.0	4.8	11.1	2.33
2006	28	6.2	Dayton	MIDW	A	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
2006	28	7.6	Reds	GULF	Rk	CIN	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	8	3.000	6.8	0.0	20.3	13.5	0.67
2007	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIL	1	1	.500	1.87	1.87	32	0	16	0	0	7	43.1	25	9	9	2	15	0	68	0	1	0	168	0.923	5.2	0.4	3.1	14.1	4.53
2007	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TBD	1	2	.333	7.66	7.66	25	0	8	0	0	0	24.2	30	21	21	2	20	0	30	1	0	0	121	2.027	10.9	0.7	7.3	10.9	1.50
2007	29	2.2	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	1	1	.500	1.69	1.69	24	0	11	0	0	5	32.0	17	6	6	2	11	0	47	0	0	0	121	0.875	4.8	0.6	3.1	13.2	4.27
2007	29	4.9	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	MIL	0	0		2.38	2.38	8	0	5	0	0	2	11.1	8	3	3	0	4	0	21	0	1	0	47	1.059	6.4	0.0	3.2	16.7	5.25
2007	29	0.6	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	1	0	1.000	6.14	6.14	22	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	26	15	15	1	16	0	27	0	0	0	103	1.909	10.6	0.4	6.5	11.0	1.69
2007	29	0.0	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	20.25	20.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	4	6	6	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	18	3.000	13.5	3.4	13.5	10.1	0.75
2008	30	2.9	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	1	0	1.000	0.38	0.38	15	0	15	0	0	8	23.2	5	1	1	1	10	0	39	0	1	1	85	0.634	1.9	0.4	3.8	14.8	3.90
2008	30	1.7	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	6	2	.750	1.54	1.54	51	0	12	0	0	4	58.1	28	10	10	3	24	1	82	0	0	2	224	0.891	4.3	0.5	3.7	12.7	3.42
2009	31	2.9	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	5	4	.556	4.81	5.08	73	0	15	0	0	4	67.1	59	38	36	6	33	0	69	2	0	1	289	1.366	7.9	0.8	4.4	9.2	2.09
2010	32	9.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	1	.000	10.80	16.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	10	3.000	10.8	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67
2010	32	4.0	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	1	.667	2.28	2.60	57	0	8	0	0	0	55.1	43	16	14	3	17	2	56	0	1	4	222	1.084	7.0	0.5	2.8	9.1	3.29
2011	33	5.9	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2011	33	4.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	5	2	.714	2.47	2.47	62	0	15	0	0	2	62.0	44	17	17	8	20	1	59	0	0	0	242	1.032	6.4	1.2	2.9	8.6	2.95
2012	34	5.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	2	.600	2.53	2.53	75	0	34	0	0	24	74.2	41	21	21	4	28	2	72	1	0	2	289	0.924	4.9	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.57
2013	35	6.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	3	.250	2.59	2.87	65	0	55	0	0	38	62.2	48	20	18	7	27	2	72	0	0	9	262	1.197	6.9	1.0	3.9	10.3	2.67
2014	36	7.5	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	6	.250	4.91	4.91	65	0	34	0	0	12	62.1	49	34	34	3	41	3	57	1	0	4	270	1.444	7.1	0.4	5.9	8.2	1.39
2015	37	10.0	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	0		2.79	2.79	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	3	3	1	4	0	11	0	0	1	42	1.345	8.4	0.9	3.7	10.2	2.75
2015	37	8.7	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	0		6.23	6.23	6	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	21	1.615	6.2	2.1	8.3	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		30	23	.566	3.49	3.59	534	1	203	0	0	84	539.2	406	215	209	47	252	14	571	8	1	26	2241	1.219	6.8	0.8	4.2	9.5	2.27
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		38	27	.585	3.27	3.62	272	64	109	0	0	48	622.1	504	250	226	39	235	6	699	28	8	31	2559	1.187	7.3	0.6	3.4	10.1	2.97
All Levels (18 Seasons)							68	50	.576	3.37	3.60	806	65	312	0	0	132	1162.0	910	465	435	86	487	20	1270	36	9	57	4800	1.202	7.0	0.7	3.8	9.8	2.61

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		11	9	.550	2.92	3.08	138	11	65	0	0	26	225.0	159	77	73	15	82	2	289	3	3	6	899	1.071	6.4	0.6	3.3	11.6	3.52
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.32	1.32	43	0	29	0	0	15	61.1	34	9	9	1	26	2	93	0	1	1	244	0.978	5.0	0.1	3.8	13.6	3.58
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	4.58	5.23	42	12	13	0	0	6	96.1	101	56	49	8	40	2	99	9	2	14	432	1.464	9.4	0.7	3.7	9.2	2.48
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	5	.615	3.46	3.75	21	14	2	0	0	1	93.2	66	39	36	7	37	0	98	6	0	1	374	1.100	6.3	0.7	3.6	9.4	2.65
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		9	6	.600	3.64	4.25	28	27	0	0	0	0	146.0	144	69	59	8	50	0	120	10	2	9	610	1.329	8.9	0.5	3.1	7.4	2.40