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Grant Balfour - Tampa Bay Rays
Birthdate:12/30/1977	Bats/Throws:R/R	Height/Weight:6-2/195	Position:P
9/26/2009 - Howell Out, Wheeler In? by Eno Sarris (RotoGraphs) 2
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Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	17 0	9 0	4.20 4.76	204 12	1 0	0 0	0 0	8 0	8 0	218.1 11.1	935 53	178 11	104 6	102 6	21 2	115 8	4 3	5 1	6 1	0 0	255 9
2001	Twins	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	0		2.2	14	3	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	2
2003	Twins	1	0	4.15	17	1	0	0	0	1	26.0	115	23	12	12	4	14	2	0	0	0	30
2004	Twins	4	1	4.35	36	0	0	0	0	1	39.1	172	35	19	19	4	21	1	2	3	0	42
2004	Twins	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2006	Reds (R)	0	0	13.50	2	2	0	0	0		1.1	8	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	2
2006	Reds (A)	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0		2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2006	Reds (A+)	0	0	7.94	5	0	0	0	0		5.2	30	8	7	5	0	3	0	1	4	1	7
2007	Brewers (AA)	0	0	2.38	8	0	0	0	2		11.1	47	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	21
2007	Brewers (AAA)	1	1	1.69	24	0	0	0	5		32.0	121	17	6	6	2	11	0	0	0	0	47
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	1	2	7.66	25	0	0	0	0	0	24.2	121	30	21	21	2	20	0	1	0	0	30
2007	Brewers	0	2	20.25	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	18	4	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	3
2007	Devil Rays	1	0	6.14	22	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	103	26	15	15	1	16	0	0	0	0	27
2008	Rays (AAA)	1	0	0.38	15	0	0	0	8		23.2	85	5	1	1	1	10	0	0	1	1	39
2008	Rays	6	2	1.54	51	0	0	0	4	1	58.1	224	28	10	10	3	24	1	0	2	0	82
2008	Rays	0	0	6.23	10	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	46	11	6	6	2	8	3	1	1	0	7
2009	Rays	5	4	4.81	73	0	0	0	4	5	67.1	289	59	38	36	6	33	0	2	1	0	69
2010	Bill James	5	2	2.86	74	0			4		63.0		46			5	31		1			79

Advanced

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	10.51 7.15	4.74 6.35	2.22 1.13	0.87 1.59	.224 .256	1.34 1.68	.303 .282	72.2 % 81.4 %	3.67 6.20
2001	Twins	6.75	10.13	0.67	6.75	.285	2.25	.153	62.5 %	14.67
2001	Average	6.74	3.29	2.05	1.13	.264	1.38	.300	71.2 %	4.42
2003	Twins	10.38	4.85	2.14	1.38	.239	1.42	.305	79.6 %	4.34
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	.265	1.38	.298	71.2 %	4.40
2004	Twins	9.61	4.81	2.00	0.92	.240	1.42	.310	74.4 %	3.99
2004	Twins	6.75	0.00	2.00	0.00	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %	1.55
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	.267	1.40	.301	71.4 %	4.46
2006	Reds (R)	13.50	20.25	0.67	0.00	.210	3.00	.362	60.0 %	9.20
2006	Reds (A)	13.50	0.00	3.00	0.00	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %	0.20
2006	Reds (A+)	11.12	4.76	2.33	0.00	.334	1.94	.471	41.7 %	2.85
2007	Brewers (AA)	16.68	3.18	5.25	0.00	.200	1.06	.422	75.0 %	0.55
2007	Brewers (AAA)	13.22	3.09	4.27	0.56	.159	0.88	.258	87.3 %	2.11
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	10.95	7.30	1.50	0.73	.301	2.03	.414	62.2 %	4.42
2007	Brewers	10.13	13.50	0.75	3.38	.347	3.00	.399	39.5 %	11.49
2007	Devil Rays	11.05	6.55	1.69	0.41	.295	1.91	.416	66.5 %	3.56
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	.269	1.41	.307	70.7 %	4.47
2008	Rays (AAA)	14.83	3.80	3.90	0.38	.070	0.63	.126	100.0 %	1.72
2008	Rays	12.65	3.70	3.42	0.46	.145	0.89	.233	87.9 %	2.22
2008	Rays	7.27	8.31	0.88	2.08	.310	2.19	.340	81.4 %	7.63
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	.265	1.39	.304	71.4 %	4.32
2009	Rays	9.22	4.41	2.09	0.80	.237	1.37	.305	65.4 %	3.77
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	.263	1.39	.303	71.9 %	4.32
2010	Bill James	11.29	4.43	2.55	0.71	.206	1.22	.294		3.14

Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tRA
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	0.79 0.50	21.6 % 11.8 %	34.6 % 29.4 %	43.9 % 58.8 %	10.6 % 25.0 %	8.1 % 10.0 %	8.1 % 20.0 %	7.7 % 0.0 %	4.15 5.36
2003	Twins	0.82	26.1 %	33.3 %	40.6 %	7.1 %	14.3 %	4.3 %	0.0 %	5.76
2004	Twins	0.80	22.1 %	34.6 %	43.3 %	11.1 %	8.9 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	4.83
2004	Twins	1.50	0.0 %	60.0 %	40.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	-0.65
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	1.17	22.4 %	41.8 %	35.8 %	12.5 %	8.3 %	10.7 %	0.0 %	4.99
2007	Brewers	0.40	22.2 %	22.2 %	55.6 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	11.13
2007	Devil Rays	1.37	22.4 %	44.8 %	32.8 %	10.5 %	5.3 %	11.5 %	0.0 %	4.18
2008	Rays	0.57	19.0 %	29.3 %	51.7 %	11.7 %	5.0 %	2.9 %	0.0 %	2.33
2008	Rays	0.39	13.8 %	24.1 %	62.1 %	22.2 %	11.1 %	28.6 %	0.0 %	6.66
2009	Rays	0.82	20.9 %	35.7 %	43.4 %	10.1 %	7.6 %	6.2 %	33.3 %	4.34

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Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
Total * Postseason	- - - - - -	186 10	236 20	116 4	25 5	15 2	13 1	1 0	113 3	1524 94	2462 139	3986 233
2003	Twins	23	28	18	2	1	2	0	8	172	298	470
2004	Twins	36	45	23	5	6	3	0	14	289	451	740
2004	Twins	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	12	22	34
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	28	24	15	3	3	3	0	16	220	323	543
2007	Brewers	2	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	34	42	76
2007	Devil Rays	26	19	13	2	3	2	0	16	186	281	467
2008	Rays	34	60	22	7	1	2	0	31	387	640	1027
2008	Rays	7	18	4	4	2	1	0	1	82	117	199
2009	Rays	65	79	38	8	4	3	1	44	456	750	1206

Win Probability

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Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	Games	WPA/LI	Clutch
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	2.40 -0.18	-15.31 -1.02	17.71 0.85	18.45 -0.86	1.84 -0.07	1.05 1.09	0.90 0.73	1.31 1.43	1.47 1.26	148 10	204 12	2.00 -0.11	0.29 -0.05
2001	Twins	0.02	-0.05	0.06	-1.73	-0.18	0.32	0.16	0.36	0.12	1	2	-0.49	0.54
2003	Twins	-0.06	-1.51	1.45	-0.23	-0.12	0.84	0.66	0.86	1.13	11	17	-0.13	0.06
2004	Twins	0.63	-2.46	3.10	4.27	0.43	1.00	0.94	1.08	1.58	22	36	0.31	0.32
2004	Twins	0.09	0.00	0.09	1.62	0.16	0.44	0.63	0.63	1.17	2	2	0.20	0.01
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	-1.32	-2.58	1.25	-10.66	-1.00	0.87	0.78	0.88	0.93	17	25	-0.46	-1.07
2007	Brewers	-0.74	-0.88	0.14	-4.91	-0.46	1.37	1.23	1.61	1.11	1	3	-0.17	-0.37
2007	Devil Rays	-0.58	-1.70	1.11	-5.75	-0.54	0.77	0.68	0.78	0.92	16	22	-0.29	-0.46
2008	Rays	2.69	-3.12	5.81	22.87	2.33	1.26	1.04	1.69	1.59	39	51	1.79	0.34
2008	Rays	-0.27	-1.02	0.76	-2.48	-0.23	1.18	0.75	1.59	1.28	8	10	-0.31	0.09
2009	Rays	0.44	-5.59	6.03	3.92	0.37	1.11	0.95	1.44	1.60	58	73	0.98	-0.58

Pitch Type

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Season	Team	FB	SL	CT	CB	CH	XX	PO
Total *	- - -	83.1% (93.8)	10.4% (85.4)	0.1% (87.0)	4.1% (80.8)	2.4% (85.5)	6.4%	0.2%
2003	Twins	76.4% (93.8)	13.9% (84.0)		2.9% (82.3)	6.8% (82.9)	12.6%
2004	Twins	79.0% (93.7)	10.9% (83.4)		7.7% (79.8)	2.4% (84.9)	17.2%
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	76.3% (93.2)	13.7% (85.8)	0.2% (89.0)	4.9% (80.5)	4.9% (87.3)	1.5%	0.6%
2007	Brewers	68.5% (92.9)	26.0% (85.6)		5.5% (80.8)		3.9%
2007	Devil Rays	77.6% (93.2)	11.8% (85.9)	0.2% (89.0)	4.8% (80.4)	5.7% (87.3)	1.1%	0.6%
2008	Rays	91.3% (94.6)	6.6% (87.0)		0.8% (81.4)	1.3% (87.5)	1.3%	0.3%
2009	Rays	83.7% (93.3)	10.6% (85.9)	0.1% (85.0)	5.1% (81.4)	0.5% (85.5)	4.1%

Pitch Type Values

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Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
Total *	- - -	32.9	-0.7	-0.1	-5.9	-2.5	1.06	-0.18	-2.66	-3.85	-2.89
2003	Twins	3.6	-0.7		-1.0	0.6	1.16	-1.16		-8.51	2.14
2004	Twins	7.0	-2.1		-3.4	-1.3	1.44	-3.09		-7.17	-8.56
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	-6.8	1.2	0.0	-0.4	-1.2	-1.68	1.66	4.02	-1.39	-4.63
2007	Brewers	-2.6	0.7		-0.2		-5.27	3.84		-4.00
2007	Devil Rays	-4.2	0.5	0.0	-0.2	-1.2	-1.18	0.90	4.02	-0.91	-4.63
2008	Rays	23.4	-1.0		-0.8	-0.9	2.53	-1.45		-9.43	-6.66
2009	Rays	5.7	1.8	-0.1	-0.4	0.2	0.59	1.47	-9.33	-0.60	3.51

Plate Discipline

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%
Total *	- - -	23.5 %	67.8 %	46.2 %	62.5 %	79.9 %	75.6 %	51.2 %	53.3 %
2003	Twins	21.1 %	70.2 %	47.9 %	56.8 %	79.1 %	74.7 %	54.7 %	58.3 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.5 %	79.2 %	51.4 %	58.6 %
2004	Twins	14.6 %	73.4 %	47.2 %	47.5 %	80.1 %	75.6 %	55.5 %	54.7 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.1 %	80.0 %	55.1 %	58.4 %
2007	Brewers	26.8 %	66.3 %	44.6 %	62.0 %	78.3 %	72.9 %	45.2 %	57.0 %
2007	Brewers	27.3 %	63.3 %	41.9 %	58.3 %	89.5 %	77.4 %	40.5 %	55.6 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %
2007	Devil Rays	26.7 %	66.7 %	45.0 %	62.7 %	76.8 %	72.3 %	45.9 %	57.3 %
2008	Rays	26.5 %	64.4 %	45.5 %	61.2 %	78.5 %	73.4 %	50.0 %	49.6 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %
2009	Rays	24.2 %	67.1 %	46.3 %	70.4 %	82.1 %	79.1 %	51.4 %	51.9 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	65.9 %	45.2 %	61.8 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %

Fielding

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Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	DP	FP	RF/G	RF/9
Total	- - -	P	204	1	218.1	5	22	1	1.000	0.1	0.0
2001	Twins	P	2	0	2.2	0	1	0	1.000	0.5	3.4
2003	Twins	P	17	1	26.0	0	4	0	1.000	0.2	1.4
2004	Twins	P	36	0	39.1	3	4	0	1.000	0.2	1.6
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays	P	25	0	24.2	1	5	0	1.000	0.2	2.2
2007	Brewers	P	3	0	2.2	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.0
2007	Devil Rays	P	22	0	22.0	1	5	0	1.000	0.3	2.5
2008	Rays	P	51	0	58.1	0	5	0	1.000	0.1	0.8
2009	Rays	P	73	0	67.1	1	3	1	1.000	0.1	0.5

Value

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Season	Team	Starting	Start-IP	Relieving	Relief-IP	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
Total *	- - -	-1.5	2.2	40.1	213.0	38.5	3.8	$16.2	$0.7
2003	Twins	-1.5	2.2	3.2	23.1	1.7	0.2	$0.5
2004	Twins			4.6	39.1	4.6	0.4	$1.3
2007	Brewers/Devil Rays			1.1	24.2	1.1	0.1	$0.4
2007	Brewers			-2.7	2.2	-2.7	-0.3	($1.0)
2007	Devil Rays			2.8	22.0	2.8	0.3	$1.1
2008	Rays			21.8	58.1	21.8	2.2	$9.8
2009	Rays			9.4	67.1	9.4	0.9	$4.1

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