Grant Balfour vs. Scott Barlow — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Scott Barlow
MillenialConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Grant Balfour and Scott Barlow are about as close as two relievers get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 115 for Grant Balfour and 113 for Scott Barlow, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 107 and 109 respectively. If forced to pick, Scott Barlow gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Scott Barlow

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
8.7
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.72
54.72
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.17
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
3.6
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
7.41
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.85
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.13
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9.52
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
10.59
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.59
10.59
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1939
38.33
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.91
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.91
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.55
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.283
1.283
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
33.29
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Scott Barlow

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
8.7
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.36
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.13
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.09
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.49
96.49
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Scott Barlow

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
440
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-66.4
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA