Grant Balfour vs. Phil Clark — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Phil Clark
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Grant Balfour posted a stronger line than Phil Clark. Grant Balfour posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.49 vs 7.98) and WHIP (1.245 vs 2.114). By the career numbers, Grant Balfour had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Clark

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.5
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.98
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
11.66
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.66
11.66
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.68
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.159
1.159
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
43.57
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9.82
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
36.82
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.57
43.57

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Clark

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.41
98.41
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Clark

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
15
9000
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA