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Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour

Regular Season: 1 PA , .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Plate Appearances

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Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-06-17	CHC	TBR	tied 1-1	t6	---	2	4 (2-1)	Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Batting Comparison

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	40	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Murton	23-27	2005	2009	346	1058	952	134	272	46	5	29	112	10	3	93	149	.286	.352	.436	.788	100	415	27	6	3	4	5

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Murton	25	2007	2007	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Value

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	40	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Matt Murton	23-27	2005	2009	346	1058	3.3	0.1	2.5	-0.3	3	1	1	8

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Sabermetric

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	40	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0.0	.000	1.0		0
2	Matt Murton	23-27	2005	2009	346	1058	80	371	383	717	147	.312	217	-1	-0.2	.150	6.4	76.92	13

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	20	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Matt Murton	25	2007	2007	1	4	0	1	1	3		.250	1			.000			0

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Win Probability

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	40	2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.34		-0.61	0.12
2	Matt Murton	23-27	2005	2009	346	1058	1.1	1.3	-0.1	-6.64		6.70	0.99

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Pitching Comparison

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	30	23	.566	3.49	534	1	203	0	0	84	539.2	406	215	209	47	252	14	571	8	1	26	2241	678	119	3.55	1.219	6.8	0.8	4.2	9.5

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	1	1	.500	3.20	20	0	8	0	0	2	19.2	16	7	7	2	10	4	15	1	0	1	83	27		3.84	1.322	7.3	0.9	4.6	6.9

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Value

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	534	1	539.2	9.2	3.5

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Against

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	534	1	539.2	678	1947	270	76	13	26	12	68.42	3	31	15	19	.209	.299	.333	.633	73	.125	.266	203	649	136	666	678

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	20	0	19.2	27	54											.296	.415					.378				27	27

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Starting & Relieving

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	0	0	32.0	254	72	28	22	79.2	203	533

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013								100.0	8	20

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Ratios

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	534	1	539.2	25.5	11.2	14.2
2	Matt Murton	23-27	2005	2009

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	20	0	19.2	18.1	12.0	6.0
2	Matt Murton	25	2007	2007

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Pitch Summary

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grant Balfour	23-37	2001	2015	534	1	539.2	9632	66	5917	61.43

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grant Balfour	26-35	2004	2013	20	0	19.2

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Matt Murton	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Grant Balfour	1

Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Game Logs

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Matt Murton vs. Grant Balfour: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Grant Balfour	TBR	2008-06-17																																	P
2	Matt Murton	CHC	2008-06-17	*	9	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.081	0.97	-0.05%	-0.68			LF

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