How Dave Downs's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Dave Downs totaled 1 career Balks, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Balks arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Balks arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Dave Downs Lifetime Balks

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Dave Downs Balks Per Season

Dave Downs'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.
Dave Downs Balks per season line chart

Dave Downs Balks by Team

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

Dave Downs Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Dave Downs'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.
Dave Downs Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Downs Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Downs'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.
Dave Downs Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Downs Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Downs'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.
Dave Downs Balks season-by-season breakdown table