Grant Balfour vs. Jack Kull — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jack Kull
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Grant Balfour and Jack Kull are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jack Kull posted stronger numbers in ERA (3 vs 3.49) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.78). Grant Balfour had the advantage in WHIP (1.245 vs 2.667). By the career numbers, Jack Kull 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 Jack Kull

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.49
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9.52
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
54
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.59
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.667
2.667
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Jack Kull

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.41
98.41
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Jack Kull

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA