How Edwin Diaz's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Edwin Diaz has totaled 4 career Balks, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Balks season came in 2019, posting 0, well below the relief pitcher average of 0.1 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 1, well above the relief pitcher average of 0.2 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Balks total has gone from 0 in 2022 to 0 in 2024 and 0 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Edwin Diaz Lifetime Balks

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Edwin Diaz Balks Per Season

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

Edwin Diaz Balks by Team

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

Edwin Diaz Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Edwin Diaz'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.
Edwin Diaz Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Edwin Diaz Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Edwin Diaz'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.
Edwin Diaz Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Edwin Diaz Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Edwin Diaz'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.
Edwin Diaz Balks season-by-season breakdown table