Grant Balfour vs Octavio Dotel

Grant BalfourOctavio Dotel

Grant Balfour and Octavio Dotel compared on their MLB careers: Grant Balfour played 12 seasons, 2001 to 2015, Octavio Dotel 15 seasons, 1999 to 2013. Grant Balfour has 30 wins to Octavio Dotel's 59. Octavio Dotel won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Grant Balfour and Octavio Dotel career totals
534GP758
30W59
23L50
3.5ERA3.8
539.2IP951
571K1,143
252BB412
1.2WHIP1.2
84SV109

How do they compare in the postseason?

Grant Balfour and Octavio Dotel postseason
20GP26
7R11
16H17

Where each stands all time

Grant Balfour and Octavio Dotel all-time places
Grant BalfourAll-time rankOctavio Dotel
218th (84)Saves152nd (109)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Grant Balfour: 0 championships; none on file
  • Octavio Dotel: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Grant Balfour and Octavio Dotel season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st20010013.501999835.38
2nd2003104.152000375.40
3rd2004414.352001752.66
4th2007127.662002641.85
5th2008621.542003642.48
6th2009544.812004663.69
7th2010212.282005123.52
8th2011522.4720060010.80
9th2012322.532007214.11
10th2013132.592008443.76
11th2014264.912009333.32
12th2015006.232010344.08
13th————2011543.50
14th————2012533.57
15th————20130013.50

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA