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: 8-12

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	7-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.05	1	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.027	8.99	0.23%	0.57	7b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d2
2	2004	ALDS g4	Oct 9	MIN		NYY	L,5-6	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.55	6	28	19	2	4	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.072	8.65	0.77%	1.15	6t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out a4
2008 Postseason		Year	Series	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
3	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 2	TBR		CHW	W,6-4	7-7	H(1)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-2.87	2	9	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.177	54.57	1.52%	1.62	7t 123 1 out a3	7t 3 out a3
4	2008	ALDS g2	Oct 3	TBR		CHW	W,6-2	6-7	H(2)	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.13	4	14	11	1	2	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.061	34.50	-0.53%	-0.30	6t -2- 1 out a1	7t 12- 0 out a1
5	2008	ALDS g4	Oct 6	TBR	@	CHW	W,6-2	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.63	7	30	19	5	3	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.055	6.88	0.68%	1.11	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
6	2008	ALCS g1	Oct 10	TBR		BOS	L,0-2	8-9		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	2.27	5	21	12	1	2	0	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.097	23.12	1.65%	1.88	8t -23 1 out d2	9t --- 2 out d2
7	2008	ALCS g2	Oct 11	TBR		BOS	W,9-8	5-5		0	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1.93	6.35	3	19	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.203	24.55	-3.32%	-1.67	5t --- 1 out tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
8	2008	ALCS g5	Oct 16	TBR	@	BOS	L,7-8	7-7		4	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	8.44	8.38	6	25	15	3	0	1	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.079	4.12	-0.90%	-3.55	7b --- 0 out a7	7b --- 2 out a3
9	2008	ALCS g6	Oct 18	TBR		BOS	L,2-4	7-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.94	9.13	3	18	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.007	38.76	0.17%	-0.05	7t -2- 2 out d2	8t 1-- 0 out d2
10	2008	WS g1	Oct 22	TBR		PHI	L,2-3	7-9		3	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.14	7.63	7	27	17	5	5	1	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.090	48.50	3.06%	0.65	7t 1-3 2 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d1
11	2008	WS g3	Oct 25	TBR	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF		2	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.14	8.45	3	15	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.52	-0.285	158.28	-9.82%	-2.46	9b 1-- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
12	2008	WS g5	Oct 27	TBR	@	PHI	L,3-4	5-6		1	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.23	7.63	6	21	16	3	1	1	5	0	3	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.034	83.17	-0.92%	0.50	5b 12- 0 out d1	6b 1-- 1 out d1
2010 Postseason		Year	Series	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
13	2010	ALDS g1	Oct 6	TBR		TEX	L,1-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.08	3	7	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.003	1.15	0.03%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
14	2010	ALDS g4	Oct 10	TBR	@	TEX	W,5-2	6-7		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.08	6	22	15	4	2	2	4	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.063	19.75	0.94%	0.26	6b -2- 1 out a4	7b 3 out a3
15	2010	ALDS g5	Oct 12	TBR		TEX	L,1-5	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.53	3	8	6	2	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.032	17.78	0.86%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
2012 Postseason		Year	Series	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
16	2012	ALDS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	L(0-1)	3	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	13.50	4.59	5	18	10	3	2	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	3.55	-0.359	59.60	-3.31%	-0.93	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
17	2012	ALDS g3	Oct 9	OAK		DET	W,2-0	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	2.49	3	11	7	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.069	17.68	0.46%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	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
18	2013	ALDS g2	Oct 5	OAK		DET	W,1-0	9-GF	W(1-0)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.05	3	11	7	2	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.132	26.98	1.12%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
19	2013	ALDS g3	Oct 7	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.55	4	21	12	5	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.041	11.69	0.56%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	2013	ALDS g5	Oct 10	OAK		DET	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.05	3	18	12	1	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	3.89	0.19%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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