How Darin Downs's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Darin Downs totaled 2 career Balks, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Balks arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Balks arc was below 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 below league norms.

Darin Downs Lifetime Balks

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Darin Downs Balks Per Season

Darin Downs'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.
Darin Downs Balks per season line chart

Darin Downs Balks by Team

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

Darin Downs Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

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

Darin Downs Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Darin 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.
Darin Downs Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Darin Downs Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Darin 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.
Darin Downs Balks season-by-season breakdown table