How Bob Chesnes's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Bob Chesnes totaled 2 career Balks, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 3 seasons, the Balks arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Balks arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 2 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Bob Chesnes Lifetime Balks

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Bob Chesnes Balks Per Season

Bob Chesnes'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.
Bob Chesnes Balks per season line chart

Bob Chesnes Balks by Team

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

Bob Chesnes Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Bob Chesnes'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.
Bob Chesnes Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Chesnes Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Chesnes'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.
Bob Chesnes Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Chesnes Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Chesnes'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.
Bob Chesnes Balks season-by-season breakdown table