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Grant Balfour | Major Leaguer 2001-2008

Full Name: Grant Robert Balfour
Born: December 30,1977 in Sydney, Australia
Height: 6-2 Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: William Clarke College (Kellyville,Australia)
College:

Baseball Lists: Australians in the Major Leagues

Debut: July 22,2001

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Twins in 1997

Transactions: [Jan 19,1997] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Twins. [Oct 5,2006] - Claimed off waivers by Brewers from Reds [Jan 12,2007] - Signed by Brewers (1-year) [Mar 29,2007] - Released by Brewers [Jul 27,2007] - Traded by Brewers to Devil Rays for Seth McClung [Dec 13,2007] - Signed by Rays (1-year)

Disabled List: [Apr 4,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right shoulder tenderness) [May 14,2004] - Activated [Aug 4,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (sore right shoulder) [Aug 17,2004] - Activated [Mar 26,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Jun 5,2005] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Oct 14,2005] - Activated [Mar 31,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (shoulder surgery) [Oct 3,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1997	GCL Twins	GCL	19	Min	Rk	2	4	3.76	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	43	3	2	9.81	0.13	2.69	5.78	1.39	--
1998	Elizabetht	App	20	Min	Rk	7	2	3.36	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	70	36	29	7	27	75	6	0	8.11	0.81	3.13	8.69	1.25	--
1999	Quad City	Midw	21	Min	A	8	5	3.53	19	14	0	0	2	1	91.2	66	39	36	7	37	95	1	0	6.48	0.69	3.63	9.33	1.12	--
2000	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	8	5	4.25	35	10	0	0	13	6	89.0	91	46	42	8	34	90	10	1	9.20	0.81	3.44	9.10	1.40	--
2001	NewBritain	East	23	Min	AA	2	1	1.08	35	0	0	0	24	13	50.0	26	6	6	1	22	72	1	0	4.68	0.18	3.96	12.96	0.96	--
	Edmonton	PCL	23	Min	AAA	2	2	5.51	11	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	18	11	10	2	10	17	2	0	9.92	1.10	5.51	9.37	1.71	--
	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	0	0	13.53	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	10.15	6.77	10.15	6.77	2.26	75%
2002	Edmonton	PCL	24	Min	AAA	2	4	4.16	58	0	0	0	25	8	71.1	60	34	33	3	30	88	2	1	7.57	0.38	3.79	11.10	1.26	--
2003	Rochester	IL	25	Min	AAA	5	2	2.41	21	11	0	0	10	5	71.0	48	21	19	6	16	87	0		6.08	0.76	2.03	11.03	0.90	--
	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	1	0	4.15	17	1	0	0	6	0	26.0	23	12	12	4	14	30	0	0	7.96	1.38	4.85	10.38	1.42	24%
2004	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	4	1	4.35	36	0	0	0	14	0	39.1	35	19	19	4	21	42	3	0	8.01	0.92	4.81	9.61	1.42	46%
2006	GCL Reds	GCL	28	Cin	Rk	0	0	13.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	6.77	0.00	20.30	13.53	3.01	--
	Dayton	Midw	28	Cin	A	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	--
	Sarasota	FSL	28	Cin	A+	0	0	7.95	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	7	5	0	3	7	4	0	12.72	0.00	4.77	11.13	1.94	--
2007	Huntsville	Sou	29	Mil	AA	0	0	2.38	8	0	0	0	5	2	11.1	8	3	3	0	4	21	0	1	6.35	0.00	3.18	16.68	1.06	--
	Nashville	PCL	29	Mil	AAA	1	1	1.69	24	0	0	0	11	5	32.0	17	6	6	2	11	47	0	0	4.78	0.56	3.09	13.22	0.88	--
	Milwaukee	NL	29	Mil	MLB	0	2	20.30	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.2	4	6	6	1	4	3	0	0	13.53	3.38	13.53	10.15	3.01	25%
	Tampa Bay	AL	29	Tb	MLB	1	0	6.14	22	0	0	0	6	0	22.0	26	15	15	1	16	27	0	0	10.64	0.41	6.55	11.05	1.91	52%
2008	Durham	IL	30	Tb	AAA	1	0	0.38	15	0	0	0	15	8	23.2	5	1	1	1	10	39	1	1	1.90	0.38	3.80	14.83	0.63	--
	Tampa Bay	MLB	30	Tb	MLB	2	1	1.64	17	0	0	0		3	22.0	10	4	4	0	11	33	0	0	4.09	0.00	4.50	13.50	0.95	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						8	4	4.71	97	1	0	0		3	114.2	101	60	60	12	69	137	3	0	7.93	0.94	5.42	10.75	1.48	--
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)						38	26	3.25	261	62	0	0	107	48	610.0	491	243	220	38	227	686	30		7.24	0.56	3.35	10.12	1.18	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2001	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2007	Huntsville	Sou	29	Mil	AA	p		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2008	Tampa Bay	MLB	30	Tb	MLB			17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)								40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2004	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	Div	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.77	0.00	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.75	0.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	GCL Twins	GCL	19	Min	Rk	P	13			3	17	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	--

1998	Elizabetht	App	20	Min	Rk	P	13			9	14	2	25	0	-	-	-	.920	--

1999	Quad City	Midw	21	Min	A	P	19			5	11	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	P	35			5	11	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	--

2001	NewBritain	East	23	Min	AA	P	35			1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Edmonton	PCL	23	Min	AAA	P	11			2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	P	2		2.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.37

2002	Edmonton	PCL	24	Min	AAA	P	58			3	13	1	17	4	-	-	-	.941	--

2003	Rochester	IL	25	Min	AAA	P	21			5	5	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	P	17	1	26	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

2004	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	P	36	-	39.1	3	4	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.60

2006	GCL Reds	GCL	28	Cin	Rk	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Dayton	Midw	28	Cin	A	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Sarasota	FSL	28	Cin	A+	P	5								-	-	-	---	--

2007	Huntsville	Sou	29	Mil	AA	P	8								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Nashville	PCL	29	Mil	AAA	P	24								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Milwaukee	NL	29	Mil	MLB	P	3	-	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2007	Tampa Bay	AL	29	Tb	MLB	P	22	-	22	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.45

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	70
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	330,000		1,825,756	56
2006	340,000		1,937,004	55

Career:	$1,470,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Participated in the 2001 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend, playing for the World team.