Grant Balfour vs. Mason Thompson — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mason Thompson
Gen ZTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Grant Balfour posted a stronger line than Mason Thompson. Grant Balfour posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.49 vs 5.21) and WHIP (1.245 vs 1.667). 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 Mason Thompson

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
8.91
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
9.47
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.21
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
10.18
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.58
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
7.34
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.34
7.34
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.21
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.66
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.84
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.95
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
35.68
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Mason Thompson

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
8.91
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
9.47
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.66
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.5
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Mason Thompson

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
120
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-66.4
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mason Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mason Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA