How Corbin Burnes's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Corbin Burnes has totaled 7 career Balks, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Balks season came in 2019, posting 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 0.3 that year. The highest point came in 2024 at 3, well above the starting pitcher average of 0.3 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Balks total has gone from 1 in 2023 to 3 in 2024 and 2 in 2025, rising over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 3 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Corbin Burnes Lifetime Balks

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Corbin Burnes Balks Per Season

Corbin Burnes'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.
Corbin Burnes Balks per season line chart

Corbin Burnes Balks by Team

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

Corbin Burnes Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Corbin Burnes'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.
Corbin Burnes Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Corbin Burnes Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Corbin Burnes'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.
Corbin Burnes Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Corbin Burnes Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Corbin Burnes'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.
Corbin Burnes Balks season-by-season breakdown table