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Grant Balfour
Roster:
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Anderson, Brett
Balfour, Grant
Blevins, Jerry
Cespedes, Yoenis
Chavez, Jesse
Colon, Bartolo
Cook, Ryan
Crisp, Coco
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
Rodriguez, Fernando
Rosales, Adam
Sizemore, Scott
Smith, Seth
Sogard, Eric
Straily, Daniel
Young, Chris
W-L
0-0
ERA
1.47
K
20
Walks
8
WHIP
1.15
Grant Balfour
#50
Relief Pitcher
Oakland Athletics
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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
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Recent News
Straily, Cespedes push A's past Rangers 1-0
May 22 (AP)
A's beat Royals on Cespedes homer
May 20 (The Sacramento Bee)
*
Bay Area Baseball: Even in slump, Cespedes maintains flair for dramatic in A's win
May 19 (The Sacramento Bee)
*
Cespedes homer helps A's complete sweep of Royals
May 19 (AP)
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Relief Pitcher Comparisons
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
1.47
League Average
3.97
League Leader
1.35
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
20
League Average
21
League Leader
91
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
1.15
League Average
1.30
League Leader
0.72
ERA
K
WHIP
SV
Balfour
9
League Average
4
League Leader
18
Next Game: 5/24 vs. HOU
G
GS
W
L
SV
BS
HLD
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
ERA
WHIP
BAA
Last game vs. HOU
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
9.00
2.00
.500
Career vs. HOU
7
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
1
1
10
1.13
0.63
.148
Away (this year)
7
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
6.1
3
0
0
0
5
9
0.00
1.26
.136
Grass (this year)
18
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
18.1
13
3
3
2
8
20
1.47
1.15
.194
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 21
@ TEX
W 1-0
SV
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
9
0
0
18.1
1.47
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
Total
18.1
13
3
3
2
8
20
0
0
9
0
0
18.1
1.47
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
18
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
18.1
13
3
3
2
8
20
1.47
1.15
.194
Career
(
Full
)
416
1
27
14
43
16
95
0
0
428.2
319
161
157
38
188
462
3.30
1.18
.207