Grant Balfour vs Will Smith

Grant BalfourWill Smith

Grant Balfour and Will Smith compared on their MLB careers: Grant Balfour played 12 seasons, 2001 to 2015, Will Smith 12 seasons, 2012 to 2024. Grant Balfour has 30 wins to Will Smith's 33. Will Smith won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Grant Balfour and Will Smith career totals
534GP618
30W33
23L45
3.5ERA3.9
539.2IP652.1
571K748
252BB238
1.2WHIP1.2
84SV114

How do they compare in the postseason?

Grant Balfour and Will Smith postseason
20GP25
7R8
16H11

Where each stands all time

Grant Balfour and Will Smith all-time places
Grant BalfourAll-time rankWill Smith
218th (84)Saves143rd (114)

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
  • Will Smith: 3 championships; 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 Will Smith 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.
1st20010013.502012695.32
2nd2003104.152013213.24
3rd2004414.352014133.70
4th2007127.662015722.70
5th2008621.542016243.35
6th2009544.812018232.55
7th2010212.282019602.76
8th2011522.472020224.50
9th2012322.532021373.44
10th2013132.592022033.97
11th2014264.912023274.40
12th2015006.232024046.53

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA