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.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	OAK		SEA	L,1-3		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Mar 29	OAK		SEA	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 7	OAK		SEA	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	5	Apr 9	OAK		KCR	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	W,5-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	8	Apr 13	OAK	@	SEA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	12 (3)	Apr 17	OAK	@	LAA	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	14 (1)	Apr 19	OAK	@	LAA	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	17 (2)	Apr 22	OAK		CLE	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	19 (1)	Apr 24	OAK		CHW	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	20	Apr 25	OAK		CHW	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	21	Apr 27	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	23 (1)	Apr 29	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	25 (1)	May 1	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	28 (2)	May 5	OAK	@	TBR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	30 (1)	May 8	OAK		TOR	W,7-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	32 (1)	May 10	OAK		DET	L,6-10	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	35 (2)	May 13	OAK		DET	L,1-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	36	May 14	OAK	@	LAA	W,5-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	39 (2)	May 17	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-4		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	41 (1)	May 19	OAK	@	SFG	L,0-4		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	42	May 20	OAK	@	SFG	W,6-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	45 (2)	May 23	OAK		LAA	L,1-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	48 (2)	May 27	OAK		NYY	L,0-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	49	May 28	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	50	May 29	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	53 (2)	Jun 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	56 (2)	Jun 5	OAK		TEX	L,3-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	58 (1)	Jun 7	OAK		TEX	W,7-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	59	Jun 8	OAK	@	ARI	L,8-9		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	62 (2)	Jun 12	OAK	@	COL	W,8-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	64 (1)	Jun 14	OAK	@	COL	W,8-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	66 (1)	Jun 16	OAK		SDP	W,6-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	68 (1)	Jun 19	OAK		LAD	W,3-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	71 (2)	Jun 22	OAK		SFG	L,4-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	74 (2)	Jun 25	OAK	@	SEA	W,1-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	76 (1)	Jun 27	OAK	@	SEA	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	78 (1)	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80 (1)	Jul 1	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	83 (2)	Jul 4	OAK		BOS	W,3-2		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
41	84	Jul 6	OAK		SEA	W,4-1		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	86 (1)	Jul 8	OAK		SEA	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	87	Jul 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
44	91 (3)	Jul 18	OAK		TEX	W,4-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	92	Jul 19	OAK		NYY	W,4-3		3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	95 (2)	Jul 22	OAK		NYY	W,5-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	99 (3)	Jul 27	OAK	@	BAL	W,14-9		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
48	102 (2)	Jul 30	OAK		TBR	W,4-3		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	104 (1)	Aug 1	OAK		TBR	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	106 (1)	Aug 3	OAK		TOR	W,5-4		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	107	Aug 4	OAK		TOR	L,1-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	111 (3)	Aug 8	OAK		LAA	W,9-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	113 (1)	Aug 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	117 (3)	Aug 16	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	118	Aug 17	OAK		CLE	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	119	Aug 18	OAK		CLE	W,8-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	122 (2)	Aug 21	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	125 (2)	Aug 24	OAK	@	TBR	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	126	Aug 25	OAK	@	TBR	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	127	Aug 27	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	133 (5)	Sep 2	OAK		BOS	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	136 (2)	Sep 5	OAK		LAA	L,1-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
63	139 (2)	Sep 9	OAK	@	SEA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	140	Sep 10	OAK	@	LAA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	141	Sep 11	OAK	@	LAA	W,6-5		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	144 (2)	Sep 14	OAK		BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	145	Sep 15	OAK		BAL	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	151 (5)	Sep 22	OAK	@	NYY	L,9-10		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	152	Sep 23	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	154 (1)	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	158 (3)	Sep 29	OAK		SEA	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	159	Sep 30	OAK		SEA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	160	Oct 1	OAK		TEX	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	161	Oct 2	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	162	Oct 3	OAK		TEX	W,12-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							75gm		74.2	6	7	0	13	0