GRANT BALFOUR

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M's can't get the clutch hit they need | 2013-05-11 | Mariners Blog (Seattle Times)

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 79th in holds
Positions: P-585
Full Name: Grant Robert Balfour
Born: Dec 30, 1977 (35.144) in Sydney,Australia

Top Prospect: team 2004 (#9-MIN)

MLB Debut: Jul 22, 2001 (23.204)

Control
47

K-Rating
68

Efficiency
67

vsPower
63

Ht/Wt: 6-2 / 170 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: William Clarke College (Kellyville,Australia)
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1997 by MIN

Recent Contract: 1-years/$4.5m (2013-2013) by Oakland Athletics Notes

Tags: Futures Game Participant || Strikeout Pitcher || Top Prospect

TBC Player ID: 4150
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1997	GCL Twins	GCL	Rk	-	min	19	7	2	4	3.76	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	43	3	2	1.39	9.81	0.13	2.69	5.78	0.47	--	--
1998	Elizabethton	App	Rk	-	min	20	3	7	2	3.36	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	70	36	29	7	27	75	6	0	1.25	8.11	0.81	3.13	8.69	0.36	--	--
1999	Quad Cities	Midw	A	-	min	21	-	8	5	3.53	19	14	0	0	2	1	91.2	66	39	36	7	37	95	1	0	1.12	6.48	0.69	3.63	9.33	0.39	--	--
2000	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	-	min	22	-	8	5	4.25	35	10	0	0	13	6	89.0	91	46	42	8	34	90	10	1	1.40	9.20	0.81	3.44	9.10	0.38	--	--
2001	New Britain	East	AA	19	min	23	44	2	1	1.08	35	0	0	0	24	13	50.0	26	6	6	1	22	72	1	0	0.96	4.68	0.18	3.96	12.96	0.31	--	--
2001	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	-	min	23	-	2	2	5.51	11	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	18	11	10	2	10	17	2	0	1.71	9.92	1.10	5.51	9.37	0.59	--	--
2001	Minnesota	AL	MLB	19	min	23	-	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	2.25	10.12	6.75	10.12	6.75	1.50	.200	1.33
2002	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	19	min	24	43	2	4	4.16	58	0	0	0	25	8	71.1	60	34	33	3	30	88	2	1	1.26	7.57	0.38	3.79	11.10	0.34	--	--
2003	Rochester	IL	AAA	19	min	25	-	5	2	2.41	21	11	0	0	10	5	71.0	48	21	19	6	16	87	0	1	0.90	6.08	0.76	2.03	11.03	0.18	--	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	MLB	19	min	25	-	1	0	4.15	17	1	0	0	6	0	26.0	23	12	12	4	14	30	0	0	1.42	7.96	1.38	4.85	10.38	0.47	.297	0.54
2004	Minnesota	AL	MLB	19	min	26	-	4	1	4.35	36	0	0	0	14	0	39.1	35	19	19	4	21	42	3	0	1.42	8.01	0.92	4.81	9.61	0.50	.307	0.60
2006	GCL Reds	GCL	Rk	-	cin	28	-	0	0	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	3.00	6.75	0.00	20.25	13.50	1.50	--	--
2006	Dayton	Midw	A	-	cin	28	-	0	0	--	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	--	--	0.00	--	13.50	0.00	--	--
2006	Sarasota	FSL	A+	-	cin	28	-	0	0	7.94	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	7	5	0	3	7	4	1	1.94	12.71	0.00	4.76	11.12	0.43	--	--
2007	Huntsville	Sou	AA	-	mil	29	-	0	0	2.38	8	0	0	0	5	2	11.1	8	3	3	0	4	21	0	1	1.06	6.35	0.00	3.18	16.68	0.19	--	--
2007	Nashville	PCL	AAA	27	mil	29	-	1	1	1.69	24	0	0	0	11	5	32.0	17	6	6	2	11	47	0	0	0.88	4.78	0.56	3.09	13.22	0.23	--	--
2007	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	36	mil	29	-	0	2	20.25	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.2	4	6	6	1	4	3	0	0	3.00	13.50	3.37	13.50	10.12	1.33	--	0.43
2007	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	50	tb	29	-	1	0	6.14	22	0	0	0	6	0	22.0	26	15	15	1	16	27	0	0	1.91	10.64	0.41	6.55	11.05	0.59	.455	0.88
2008	Durham	IL	AAA	34	tb	30	75	1	0	0.38	15	0	0	0	15	8	23.2	5	1	1	1	10	39	1	1	0.63	1.90	0.38	3.80	14.83	0.26	--	--
2008	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	50	tb	30	-	6	2	1.54	51	0	0	0	12	4	58.1	28	10	10	3	24	82	2	0	0.89	4.32	0.46	3.70	12.65	0.29	.225	0.42
2009	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	50	tb	31	64	5	4	4.81	73	0	0	0	15	4	67.1	59	38	36	6	33	69	1	0	1.37	7.89	0.80	4.41	9.22	0.48	.301	0.58
2010	Charlotte	FSL	A+	-	tb	32	-	0	1	10.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	2	0	3	2	0	0	3.00	10.80	0.00	16.20	10.80	1.50	--	--
2010	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	50	tb	32	-	2	1	2.28	57	0	0	0	8	0	55.1	43	16	14	3	17	56	4	1	1.08	6.99	0.49	2.77	9.11	0.30	.286	0.43
2011	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	-	oak	33	-	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	--	--	--	--
2011	Oakland	AL	MLB	50	oak	33	-	5	2	2.47	62	0	0	0	15	2	62.0	44	17	17	8	20	59	0	0	1.03	6.39	1.16	2.90	8.56	0.34	.234	0.65
2012	Oakland	AL	MLB	50	oak	34	35	3	2	2.53	75	0	0	0	34	24	74.2	41	21	21	4	28	72	2	0	0.92	4.94	0.48	3.37	8.68	0.39	.204	0.57
2013	Oakland	AL	MLB		oak	35	5/21/2013	0	0	1.47	18	0	0	0	14	9	18.1	13	3	3	2	8	20	0	2	1.15	6.38	0.98	3.93	9.82	0.40	--	--
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MLB Totals (10 years) Career Ranks								27	14	3.30	416	1	0	0	127	43	428	319	161	157	38	188	462	12	3	1.18	6.71	0.80	3.95	9.71	0.41	.292	--
Minor League Totals (12 years)								38	27	3.27	264	64	0	0	107	48	613	495	247	223	38	231	688	30	8	1.18	7.27	0.56	3.39	10.10	0.34	--	--
AAA Totals (6 years)								11	9	2.93	130	11	0	0	63	26	215	150	74	70	14	78	278	5	3	1.06	6.28	0.59	3.27	11.64	0.28	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)								2	1	1.33	43	0	0	0	29	15	61	34	9	9	1	26	93	1	1	0.98	5.02	0.15	3.84	13.72	0.28	--	--
A+ Totals (3 years)								8	6	4.55	42	12	0	0	13	6	97	101	56	49	8	40	99	14	2	1.45	9.37	0.74	3.71	9.19	0.40	--	--
A Totals (2 years)								8	5	3.45	21	14	0	0	2	1	94	66	39	36	7	37	98	1	0	1.10	6.32	0.67	3.54	9.38	0.38	--	--
Rookie Totals (3 years)								9	6	3.64	28	27	0	0	0	0	146	144	69	59	8	50	120	9	2	1.33	8.88	0.49	3.08	7.40	0.42	--	--
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
2007	Huntsville	Sou	AA	-	mil	29	p	-	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
2008	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	50	tb	30	p	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
2012	Oakland	AL	MLB	50	oak	34	p	-	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (2 years) Career Ranks									76	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Minor League Totals (1 year)									8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-	--	--	0	1	1	-	-	.000
AA Totals (1 year)									8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-	--	--	0	1	1	-	-	.000
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1997	GCL Twins	GCL	Rk	P	13		21	3	17	1	0		.952	--	--
1998	Elizabethton	App	Rk	P	13		25	9	14	2	0		.920	--	--
1999	Quad Cities	Midw	A	P	19		16	5	11	0	1		1.000	--	--
2000	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	P	35		18	5	11	2	0		.889	--	--
2001	New Britain	East	AA	P	35		7	1	6	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	P	11		5	2	3	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	2		1	0	1	0	0	2	1.000	0.50	4.50
2002	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	P	58		17	3	13	1	4		.941	--	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	17	1	4	0	4	0	0	26	1.000	0.24	1.38
2004	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	36	0	7	3	4	0	0	39	1.000	0.19	1.62
2007	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	P	22	0	6	1	5	0	0	22	1.000	0.27	2.45
	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	0.00	0.00
2008	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	P	51	0	5	0	5	0	0	58	1.000	0.10	0.78
2009	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	P	73	0	4	1	3	0	1	67	1.000	0.05	0.54
2010	Charlotte	FSL	A+	P	2		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	P	57	0	4	2	2	0	0	55	1.000	0.07	0.65
2011	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	P	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	62	0	6	2	4	0	1	62	1.000	0.10	0.87
2012	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	75	0	13	6	7	0	0	74	1.000	0.17	1.58
Minor League Totals:				P	187	0	109	28	75	6	5	0	.945	0.55

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