#63 Grant Balfour, Closer, 35 yrs, Houston Astros - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#63 Grant Balfour, Closer, 35 yrs, Houston Astros
Wednesday, 2/6/2013

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Grant Balfour

12/30/1977
35
AUSTRALIA
6"2
180

Closer
R
R

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Big League Contract
$ 5,460,000
2014

Minimal
Average
None at all
Good
GREAT
Normal
4.5 Stars

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Runs	Hits	Doubles	Homeruns	Walks	Strikeouts	Velocity
Overall	10	10	9	10	9	14	10
vs. LHP		10	9	10	9	14
vs. RHP		10	9	10	9	14
Talent		Brilliant	Brilliant	Brilliant	Brilliant	Brilliant

Pitching Ratings
Duration Starter :
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-
E
60
C

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Hits	Doubles	Triples	Homeruns	Walks	Strikeouts
Overall	2	2	1	1	1	0
vs. LHP	2	2	1	1	1	0
vs. RHP	2	2	1	1	1	0
Talent	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

Running & Bunting Ratings
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E
E
B
E
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : D (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : -
Outfield Arm : -

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Opp.

Result

Start

Dec

Pitching Stats 2013

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	.0	.0	.0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	0.00

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Road	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month

ERA

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	Teams
2001	55	0	6	6	24	2.14	67.1	37	19	16	40	77	0	0	STL
2002	57	0	5	6	30	3.04	68.0	43	24	23	30	66	0	0	STL
2003	58	0	1	4	36	2.78	68.0	44	25	21	25	62	0	0	STL
2004	62	0	1	5	37	1.76	66.1	42	16	13	17	76	0	0	STL,NL
2005	57	0	3	2	34	1.00	72.0	40	10	8	18	69	0	0	STL,NL
2006	63	0	4	4	31	1.66	70.2	33	13	13	17	70	0	0	STL
2007	50	0	3	3	31	1.85	58.1	36	13	12	12	65	0	0	STL
2008	56	0	3	6	36	2.07	61.0	44	15	14	17	62	0	0	STL
2009	52	0	2	3	34	0.79	57.0	31	5	5	2	57	0	0	HOU,NL
2010	55	0	2	5	34	1.43	63.0	36	10	10	8	75	0	0	HOU,AL
2011	54	0	5	2	34	1.05	60.0	24	7	7	8	61	0	0	HOU
2012	53	0	3	2	29	1.23	65.2	39	10	9	12	69	0	0	HOU
Total	672	0	38	48	390	1.75	777.1	449	167	151	206	809	0	0

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1997, A	16	0	0	1	5	1.80	20.0	12	4	4	8	30	0	0
1997, AA	44	0	4	4	26	4.38	49.1	40	24	24	22	62	0	0
1998, AA	6	0	1	0	4	1.04	8.2	2	1	1	7	17	0	0
1998, AAA	37	0	4	5	18	2.85	47.1	46	16	15	30	65	0	0
1999, AAA	49	0	8	5	23	2.58	59.1	47	18	17	35	87	0	0
2000, AAA	40	0	3	8	17	4.94	47.1	41	26	26	31	72	0	0

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2003	3	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0
2004	4	0	0	0	3	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0	3	4.05	6.2	7	3	3	4	7	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2001	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2002	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2003	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2004	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL,NL
2005	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL,NL
2006	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2007	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2008	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2009	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU,NL
2010	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU,AL
2011	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
2012	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
Total	672	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2013

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

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RTO%

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1997...
Earned first career win on 5/6/2001...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2001 - 24 - 8th
2002 - 30 - 6th
2003 - 36 - 4th
2004 - 37 - 2nd
2005 - 34 - 4th
2006 - 31 - 8th
2007 - 31 - 5th
2008 - 36 - 5th
2009 - 34 - 6th
2010 - 34 - 4th
2011 - 34 - 4th
2012 - 29 - 8th

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