How Nelson King's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Nelson King totaled 1 career Balks, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 4 seasons, the Balks arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 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.

Nelson King Lifetime Balks

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Nelson King Balks Per Season

Nelson King'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.
Nelson King Balks per season line chart

Nelson King Balks by Team

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

Nelson King Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Nelson King'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.
Nelson King Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Nelson King Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nelson King'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.
Nelson King Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nelson King Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nelson King'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.
Nelson King Balks season-by-season breakdown table