Grant Balfour stats

Last played for the Tampa Bay Rays, 2015

Relief Pitcher · #50

Age 48 · 6' 2"

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Grant Balfour played 12 MLB seasons, 2001 to 2015.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
534
W
30
L
23
ERA
3.49
IP
539.2
K
571
BB
252
WHIP
1.22
Standard by season
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.
2001MIN20013.502.2232.25
2003MIN17104.1526.030141.42
2004MIN36414.3539.142211.42
2007MIL/TB25127.6624.230202.03
2008TB51621.5458.182240.89
2009TB73544.8167.169331.37
2010TB57212.2855.156171.08
2011ATH62522.4762.059201.03
2012ATH75322.5374.272280.92
2013ATH65132.5962.272271.20
2014TB65264.9162.157411.44
2015TB6006.234.1041.62

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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
Expanded by season
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.
2001MIN0006.80000
2003MIN00010.40000
2004MIN0009.640670.63
2007MIL/TB00010.931390.80
2008TB00012.735830.42
2009TB0009.2681170.61
2010TB0009.1451040.44
2011ATH0008.664980.70
2012ATH0008.7691180.62
2013ATH00010.365980.79
2014TB0008.278930.84
2015TB0000.04120.31

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
48 yearsDec 30, 1977
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2001
Birthplace
Sydney, Australia

Latest performance

Grant Balfour

Apr 18 · vs NYY · L 9-0

IP
0.2
H
1
R
3
ER
3
BB
3
K
0
HR
1
ERA
6.23

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sat, Apr 18vsNYYL 9-00.21330
Wed, Apr 15atTORL 12-710000
Tue, Apr 14atTORW 3-210000
Fri, Apr 10atMIAL 10-9 F/1011000
Tue, Apr 07vsBALL 6-50.11000
Mon, Apr 06vsBALL 6-20.10000

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 9,244 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

Playoff series

Grant Balfour played 19 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 7 series — 1 won, 6 lost.

Grant Balfour's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2013DETLost 1-122.0003
2012DETLost 1-121.2312
2010TEXLost 1-233.2201
2008CHWWon 3-033.1204
2008BOSLost 1-342.1551
2008PHILost 0-333.0412
2004NYYLost 0-222.2002

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Grant Balfour’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.