How Herb Cobb's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Herb Cobb totaled 2 career Balks, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Balks arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Balks arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Herb Cobb Lifetime Balks

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Herb Cobb Balks Per Season

Herb Cobb'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.
Herb Cobb Balks per season line chart

Herb Cobb Balks by Team

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

Herb Cobb Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Herb Cobb'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.
Herb Cobb Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Herb Cobb Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Herb Cobb'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.
Herb Cobb Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Herb Cobb Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Herb Cobb'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.
Herb Cobb Balks season-by-season breakdown table