How Clay Holmes's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Clay Holmes has totaled 3 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 2018, posting 0, well below the relief pitcher average of 0.1 that year. The highest point came in 2021 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 1 in 2023 to 0 in 2024 and 1 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.

Clay Holmes Lifetime Balks

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Clay Holmes Balks Per Season

Clay Holmes'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Clay Holmes Balks per season line chart

Clay Holmes Balks by Team

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

Clay Holmes Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Clay Holmes'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.
Clay Holmes Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Clay Holmes Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Clay Holmes'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.
Clay Holmes Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Clay Holmes Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Clay Holmes'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.
Clay Holmes Balks season-by-season breakdown table