How Matt Foster's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Matt Foster totaled 1 career Balks, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — 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 1 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Matt Foster Lifetime Balks

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Matt Foster Balks Per Season

Matt Foster'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.
Matt Foster Balks per season line chart

Matt Foster Balks by Team

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

Matt Foster Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Matt Foster'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.
Matt Foster Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Foster Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Foster'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.
Matt Foster Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Foster Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Foster'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.
Matt Foster Balks season-by-season breakdown table