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Grant Balfour
	Balfour


	Born: December 30, 1977 in Sydney, Australia
	35 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'2"	Wt: 195

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Notes:
- Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an Amateur Free Agent in 1997
- High School: Glenwood (Glenwood, AU)

All-Teammate Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carl Crawford	4	2007	2010	18.4
Lew Ford	2	2003	2004	5.6
Yoenis Cespedes	2	2012	2013	5.0
Shannon Stewart	2	2003	2004	4.3

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Torii Hunter	3	2001	2004	12.6
B.J. Upton	4	2007	2010	10.3
Coco Crisp	3	2011	2013	8.3
Bill Hall	1	2007	2007	0.6

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ben Zobrist	4	2007	2010	13.0
Josh Reddick	2	2012	2013	5.8
Corey Hart	1	2007	2007	4.7
Gabe Gross	3	2007	2009	2.7

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jason Bartlett	4	2004	2010	10.3
Cristian Guzman	3	2001	2004	7.3
J.J. Hardy	1	2007	2007	3.2
Cliff Pennington	2	2011	2012	2.7

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Akinori Iwamura	3	2007	2009	6.6
Sean Rodriguez	1	2010	2010	3.6
Rickie Weeks	1	2007	2007	2.2
Eric Sogard	3	2011	2013	1.3

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Evan Longoria	3	2008	2010	20.0
Corey Koskie	3	2001	2004	12.9
Josh Donaldson	2	2012	2013	4.5
Ryan Braun	1	2007	2007	2.0

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carlos Pena	4	2007	2010	17.5
Doug Mientkiewicz	3	2001	2004	6.8
Prince Fielder	1	2007	2007	3.6
Brandon Moss	2	2012	2013	3.0

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Joe Maddon	4	2007	2010	15.5
Ron Gardenhire	2	2003	2004	7.8
Bob Melvin	3	2011	2013	6.0
Tom Kelly	1	2001	2001	1.8

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
A.J. Pierzynski	2	2001	2003	6.3
John Jaso	3	2008	2013	3.4
Dioner Navarro	4	2007	2010	2.0
Joe Mauer	1	2004	2004	1.4

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Matt LeCroy	3	2001	2004	1.6
Cliff Floyd	1	2008	2008	1.0
Hideki Matsui	1	2011	2011	0.5
David Ortiz	1	2001	2001	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Johan Santana	3	2001	2004	13.2
Brad Radke	3	2001	2004	12.8
James Shields	4	2007	2010	10.0
Scott Kazmir	3	2007	2009	8.9
Matt Garza	3	2008	2010	8.4
Joe Mays	2	2001	2003	6.2
David Price	3	2008	2010	6.2
Brandon McCarthy	2	2011	2012	5.4
Bartolo Colon	2	2012	2013	4.8
Gio Gonzalez	1	2011	2011	4.4
Jarrod Parker	2	2012	2013	4.3
Eric Milton	2	2001	2003	4.1
Carlos Silva	1	2004	2004	3.9
Tom Milone	2	2012	2013	3.2
A.J. Griffin	2	2012	2013	3.0

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carlos Villanueva	1	2007	2007	1.5
Terry Mulholland	1	2004	2004	0.6
Jeremy Hellickson	1	2010	2010	0.6
Jason Hammel	2	2007	2008	0.5

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Grant Balfour	10	2001	2013	9.9
Joe Nathan	1	2004	2004	3.9
Juan Rincon	3	2001	2004	3.9
J.P. Howell	3	2007	2009	3.6
Ryan Cook	2	2012	2013	3.4
Eddie Guardado	2	2001	2003	3.2
Jerry Blevins	3	2011	2013	2.6
LaTroy Hawkins	2	2001	2003	2.5
Joaquin Benoit	1	2010	2010	2.3
Dan Wheeler	4	2007	2010	2.3
Rafael Soriano	1	2010	2010	2.2
Francisco Cordero	1	2007	2007	1.7
Lance Cormier	2	2009	2010	1.3
Sean Doolittle	2	2012	2013	1.3
Pat Neshek	2	2012	2013	1.3

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James