Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2001
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2001
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 534
- W
- 30
- L
- 23
- ERA
- 3.49
- IP
- 539.2
- K
- 571
- BB
- 252
- WHIP
- 1.22
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | 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. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 2.25 |
| 2003 | MIN | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 26.0 | 30 | 14 | 1.42 |
| 2004 | MIN | 36 | 4 | 1 | 4.35 | 39.1 | 42 | 21 | 1.42 |
| 2007 |  MIL/TB | 25 | 1 | 2 | 7.66 | 24.2 | 30 | 20 | 2.03 |
| 2008 | TB | 51 | 6 | 2 | 1.54 | 58.1 | 82 | 24 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | TB | 73 | 5 | 4 | 4.81 | 67.1 | 69 | 33 | 1.37 |
| 2010 | TB | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2.28 | 55.1 | 56 | 17 | 1.08 |
| 2011 | ATH | 62 | 5 | 2 | 2.47 | 62.0 | 59 | 20 | 1.03 |
| 2012 | ATH | 75 | 3 | 2 | 2.53 | 74.2 | 72 | 28 | 0.92 |
| 2013 | ATH | 65 | 1 | 3 | 2.59 | 62.2 | 72 | 27 | 1.20 |
| 2014 | TB | 65 | 2 | 6 | 4.91 | 62.1 | 57 | 41 | 1.44 |
| 2015 | TB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4.1 | 0 | 4 | 1.62 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 20
- W
- 1
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 3.20
- IP
- 19.2
- K
- 15
- BB
- 10
- WHIP
- 1.32
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.5
- GB
- 499
- FB
- 829
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 26
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 40 | 67 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2007 | MIL/TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 31 | 39 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2008 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 35 | 83 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2009 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 68 | 117 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2010 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 45 | 104 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2011 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 64 | 98 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2012 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 69 | 118 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2013 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 65 | 98 | 0.7 | 9 |
| 2014 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 78 | 93 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2015 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | 0.3 | 1 |
What were Grant Balfour's career stats?
Grant Balfour played 12 seasons for the Twins, the Rays and the Athletics. He had 30 wins and 571 strikeouts with a 3.49 ERA over 539.2 innings. His best season was 2008: 6 wins, a 1.54 ERA and 82 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2001 to 2015
Grant Balfour finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 218th in saves (84)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Grant Balfour
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Grant Balfour among MLB players at the same position.
- Hector NerisAlike in ERA, WHIP, Saves92out of 100 on profile similarity
- Mike JacksonAlike in WHIP, ERA, Saves89out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jonathan BroxtonAlike in ERA, Saves, WHIP87out of 100 on profile similarity
- Daniel BardAlike in ERA, Saves, WHIP86out of 100 on profile similarity
- Brad BoxbergerAlike in ERA, Saves, WHIP85out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Grant Balfour with Hector Neris, Mike Jackson, Jonathan Broxton