How Grant Balfour's Assists Compares to Similar Players

Grant Balfour totaled 45 career Assists, well below the league average of 312.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Assists season came in 2012, posting 7, well below the league average of 40.5 that year. The lowest point came in 2015 at 0, well below the league average of 36.7 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Assists total went from 5 in 2013 to 5 in 2014 and 0 in 2015, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Assists profile — ranging from 0 to 7 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Grant Balfour Lifetime Assists

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Grant Balfour Assists Per Season

Grant Balfour's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, Oceania, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Grant Balfour Assists per season line chart

Grant Balfour Assists by Team

Grant Balfour's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Grant Balfour career Assists by team bar chart

Grant Balfour Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of Grant Balfour's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Grant Balfour Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

Grant Balfour Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Grant Balfour's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Grant Balfour Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

Grant Balfour Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Grant Balfour's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Grant Balfour Assists season-by-season breakdown table