Grant Balfour vs. Esmerling Vasquez — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Esmerling Vasquez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Grant Balfour a clear advantage over Esmerling Vasquez across the core pitching metrics. Grant Balfour led in run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 85), strikeout rate (K%+ 123 vs 103), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 107 vs 90). Grant Balfour was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Esmerling Vasquez

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
7.84
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.5
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.64
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.86
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
8.38
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.38
8.38
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.28
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
40.07
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.65
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
5.07
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.64
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.518
1.518
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
33.56
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Esmerling Vasquez

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
7.84
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.65
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.49
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Esmerling Vasquez

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
147
44100
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-63.2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Esmerling Vasquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Esmerling Vasquez
Career
Per 600 PA