How Luke Bard's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Luke Bard totaled 3 career Balks, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Balks arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 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.

Luke Bard Lifetime Balks

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Season Avg.0.75
162 Game Avg.8.84
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Luke Bard Balks Per Season

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

Luke Bard Balks by Team

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

Luke Bard Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Luke Bard'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.
Luke Bard Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Luke Bard Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luke Bard'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.
Luke Bard Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luke Bard Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luke Bard'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.
Luke Bard Balks season-by-season breakdown table