Grant Balfour vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Balfour as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Balfour led in home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 84), strikeout rate (K%+ 123 vs 102), and run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 97). Phil Hughes held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 204 vs 83). Role difference aside, Grant Balfour holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Hughes

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.69
52.69
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
4.52
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.2
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
7.25
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.22
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
38.31
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
4.77
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Hughes

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.05
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.03
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.95
97.95
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Phil Hughes

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
290
8700
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
540
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.82
-54.69
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
240
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA