» Grant Balfour | Major Leaguer 2001-2008

Tampa Bay Rays

Positions: P-336

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: None

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

2009 Stats		G	W-L	ERA	IP	H	BB	K	SV	WHIP
TB	MLB	35	3-1	4.50	36	31	19	36	1	1.39

Signed by Scout: Howard Norsetter

MLB Debut: July 22,2001

Scouting Report
Control:	49
K-Rating:	99
Efficiency:	94

Australians in the Major Leagues

Prospect Rankings*
2004 - #9 ranked for MIN

*According to Baseball America

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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
1997	TWI	GCL	19	Min	Rk	2	4	3.76	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	43	3	9.8	0.1	2.7	5.8	1.39
1998	ELI	App	20	Min	Rk	7	2	3.36	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	70	36	29	7	27	75	6	8.1	0.8	3.1	8.7	1.25
1999	QUA	Midw	21	Min	A	8	5	3.53	19	14	0	0	2	1	91.2	66	39	36	7	37	95	1	6.5	0.7	3.6	9.3	1.12
2000	FOR	FSL	22	Min	A+	8	5	4.25	35	10	0	0	13	6	89.0	91	46	42	8	34	90	10	9.2	0.8	3.4	9.1	1.40
2001	NBR	East	23	Min	AA	2	1	1.08	35	0	0	0	24	13	50.0	26	6	6	1	22	72	1	4.7	0.2	4.0	13.0	0.96
	EDM	PCL	23	Min	AAA	2	2	5.51	11	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	18	11	10	2	10	17	2	9.9	1.1	5.5	9.4	1.71
	MIN	AL	23	Min	MLB	0	0	13.53	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	3	2	0	10.2	6.8	10.2	6.8	2.26
2002	EDM	PCL	24	Min	AAA	2	4	4.16	58	0	0	0	25	8	71.1	60	34	33	3	30	88	2	7.6	0.4	3.8	11.1	1.26
2003	ROC	IL	25	Min	AAA	5	2	2.41	21	11	0	0	10	5	71.0	48	21	19	6	16	87	0	6.1	0.8	2.0	11.0	0.90
	MIN	AL	25	Min	MLB	1	0	4.15	17	1	0	0	6	0	26.0	23	12	12	4	14	30	0	8.0	1.4	4.8	10.4	1.42
2004	MIN	AL	26	Min	MLB	4	1	4.35	36	0	0	0	14	0	39.1	35	19	19	4	21	42	3	8.0	0.9	4.8	9.6	1.42
2006	RED	GCL	28	Cin	Rk	0	0	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	3	2	0	6.8	0.0	20.3	13.5	3.00
	DAY	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	0.0	0.0	13.5	0.00
	SAR	FSL	28	Cin	A+	0	0	7.94	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	7	5	0	3	7	4	12.7	0.0	4.8	11.1	1.94
2007	HUN	Sou	29	Mil	AA	0	0	2.38	8	0	0	0	5	2	11.1	8	3	3	0	4	21	0	6.4	0.0	3.2	16.7	1.06
	NAS	PCL	29	Mil	AAA	1	1	1.69	24	0	0	0	11	5	32.0	17	6	6	2	11	47	0	4.8	0.6	3.1	13.2	0.88
	MIL	NL	29	Mil	MLB	0	2	20.30	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.2	4	6	6	1	4	3	0	13.5	3.4	13.5	10.2	3.01
	TB	AL	29	Tb	MLB	1	0	6.14	22	0	0	0	6	0	22.0	26	15	15	1	16	27	0	10.6	0.4	6.5	11.0	1.91
2008	DUR	IL	30	Tb	AAA	1	0	0.38	15	0	0	0	15	8	23.2	5	1	1	1	10	39	1	1.9	0.4	3.8	14.8	0.63
	TB	AL	30	Tb	MLB	6	2	1.54	51	0	0	0	12	4	58.1	28	10	10	3	24	82	2	4.3	0.5	3.7	12.7	0.89
2009	TB	AL	31	Tb	MLB	3	1	4.50	35	0	0	0		1	36.0	31	19	18	2	19	36	1	7.8	0.5	4.8	9.0	1.39

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						15	6	4.04	166	1	0	0		5	187.0	150	85	84	17	101	222	6	7.2	0.8	4.9	10.7	1.34
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	7.2	0.6	3.3	10.1	1.18

Game Logs: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009

List of Teams for Grant Balfour: Dayton Dragons A [1], Durham Bulls AAA [1], Edmonton Trappers AAA [2], Elizabethton Twins Rk [1], Fort Myers Miracle A+ [1], Gulf Coast Reds Rk [1], Gulf Coast Twins Rk [1], Huntsville Stars AA [1], Milwaukee Brewers [1], Minnesota Twins [3], Nashville Sounds AAA [1], New Britain Rock Cats AA [1], Quad Cities River Bandits A [1], Rochester Red Wings AAA [1], Sarasota Reds A+ [1], Tampa Bay Rays [3]

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