How Jose Alvarez's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Jose Alvarez totaled 2 career Balks, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Balks arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Balks arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jose Alvarez Lifetime Balks

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Jose Alvarez Balks Per Season

Jose Alvarez's Balks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jose Alvarez Balks per season line chart

Jose Alvarez Balks by Team

Jose Alvarez's career Balks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jose Alvarez career Balks by team bar chart

Jose Alvarez Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Jose Alvarez's career Balks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Jose Alvarez Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Alvarez Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Alvarez's seasonal Balks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jose Alvarez Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Alvarez Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Alvarez's MLB career with Balks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jose Alvarez Balks season-by-season breakdown table