# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grant-balfour
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:45:03.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grant-balfour"
name: "Grant Balfour"
slug: "grant-balfour"
description: "Grant Robert Balfour is an Australian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, and Oakland Athletics. He is second all-time in saves and strikeouts among Australian MLB pitchers behind Liam Hendriks, and holds the Oakland Athletics consecutive save record at 44."
tagline: "Australian baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MG_0054_Grant_Balfour.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1977-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.76
  momentum:             11.43564356435644
  historical:           7.234308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "葛蘭特·巴爾弗"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "غرانت بلفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جرانت بلفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Balfour"
    title: "Grant Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Balfour"
    title: "Grant Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%A2"
    title: "グラント・バルフォア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%83%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Бальфур, Грант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Balfour"
    title: "Grant Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2604693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump