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Grant Balfour
Roster:
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Anderson, Brett
Balfour, Grant
Blevins, Jerry
Chavez, Jesse
Colón, Bartolo
Cook, Ryan
Crisp, Coco
Céspedes, Yoenis
Donaldson, Josh
Doolittle, Sean
Freiman, Nate
Griffin, A.J.
Jaso, John
Lowrie, Jed
Milone, Tommy
Montz, Luke
Moss, Brandon
Nakajima, Hiroyuki
Neshek, Pat
Norris, Derek
Okajima, Hideki
Parker, Jarrod
Reddick, Josh
Rodríguez, Fernando
Rosales, Adam
Sizemore, Scott
Smith, Seth
Sogord, Éric
Straily, Daniel
Young, Chris
W-L
0-0
ERA
1.56
K
19
Walks
8
WHIP
1.21
Grant Balfour
#50
Relief Pitcher
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Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Bats:
R
Throws:
R
Born:
Dec 30, 1977
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
College:
None
Draft:
1997 - Undrafted. Signed by Minnesota
Player Profile
Split Stats
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Batter vs. Pitcher
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Milone's long skid ends as A's beat Royals
May 19 (AP)
Doolittle shines as A's 'lights-out' left-hander in bullpen
May 19 (The Sacramento Bee)
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Bay Area baseball blog: Rosales makes this one count, Parker goes seven in 2-1 A's win
May 18 (The Sacramento Bee)
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Adam Rosales' go-ahead homer lifts A's past Royals
May 18 (AP)
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Relief Pitcher Comparisons
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
1.56
League Average
3.97
League Leader
1.40
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
19
League Average
20
League Leader
86
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
1.21
League Average
1.30
League Leader
0.72
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
8
League Average
4
League Leader
16
Next Game: 5/19 vs. KAN
G
GS
W
L
SV
BS
HLD
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
ERA
WHIP
BAA
Last game vs. KAN
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.00
1.00
.000
Career vs. KC
24
0
1
1
5
0
4
0
0
28.0
14
6
5
0
13
29
1.61
0.96
.147
Home (this year)
11
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
12.0
10
3
3
2
3
11
2.25
1.08
.222
Grass (this year)
17
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
17.1
13
3
3
2
8
19
1.56
1.21
.203
Last 10 Games (
Season Game Log
)
Season to Date
Date
Opponent
Score
Dec
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
W
L
SV
BS
HLD
IP
ERA
May 18
KAN
W 2-1
SV
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
8
0
0
17.1
1.56
May 17
KAN
W 2-1
SV
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
0
0
16.1
1.65
May 14
TEX
L 5-6
-
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
6
0
0
15.1
1.76
May 11
@ SEA
W 4-3
SV
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
6
0
0
14.1
1.88
May 5
@ NYY
W 5-4
SV
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
5
0
0
13.1
2.02
May 3
@ NYY
W 2-0
SV
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
12.1
2.19
Apr 30
LAA
W 10-6
-
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
12.0
2.25
Apr 29
LAA
W 10-8
-
2.0
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
0
11.0
2.45
Apr 28
BAL
W 9-8
-
1.0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
9.0
3.00
Apr 24
@ BOS
L 5-6
-
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
3
0
0
8.0
2.25
Total
17.1
13
3
3
2
8
19
0
0
8
0
0
17.1
1.56
Pitching
Last 3 years
Team
G
GS
W
L
SV
BS
HLD
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
ERA
WHIP
BAA
2011
OAK
62
0
5
2
2
5
26
0
0
62.0
44
17
17
8
20
59
2.47
1.03
.199
2012
OAK
75
0
3
2
24
2
15
0
0
74.2
41
21
21
4
28
72
2.53
0.92
.160
2013
OAK
17
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
17.1
13
3
3
2
8
19
1.56
1.21
.203
Career
(
Full
)
415
1
27
14
42
16
95
0
0
427.2
319
161
157
38
188
461
3.30
1.19
.208
Last updated through games completed on May 18, 2013
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