Grant Balfour vs. Shad Williams — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Shad Williams
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Grant Balfour posted a stronger line than Shad Williams. Grant Balfour posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.49 vs 8.59) and WHIP (1.245 vs 2.352). 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 Shad Williams

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.5
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
8.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
13.19
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.19
13.19
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
7.98
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
47.56
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
10.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.216
2.216
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
38.97
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.383
0.383
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.56
47.56

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Shad Williams

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.05
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.03
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.41
98.41
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.116
0.116
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.071
0.071
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Shad Williams

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-66.4
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Shad Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Shad Williams
Career
Per 600 PA