How Mordecai Brown's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Mordecai Brown totaled 4 career Balks, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Balks season came in 1903, posting 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 0.1 that year. The highest point came in 1905 at 1, well above the starting pitcher average of 0.2 that year. The Balks trended upward through the final seasons. The Balks total went from 1 in 1914 to 0 in 1915 and 0 in 1916, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Mordecai Brown Lifetime Balks

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Mordecai Brown Balks Per Season

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

Mordecai Brown Balks by Team

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

Mordecai Brown Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Mordecai Brown'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.
Mordecai Brown Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Mordecai Brown Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mordecai Brown'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.
Mordecai Brown Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mordecai Brown Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mordecai Brown'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.
Mordecai Brown Balks season-by-season breakdown table