How Anthony Shumaker's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Anthony Shumaker 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.

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Anthony Shumaker Balks Per Season

Anthony Shumaker'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.
Anthony Shumaker Balks per season line chart

Anthony Shumaker Balks by Team

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

Anthony Shumaker Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Anthony Shumaker'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.
Anthony Shumaker Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Anthony Shumaker Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Anthony Shumaker'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.
Anthony Shumaker Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Anthony Shumaker Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Anthony Shumaker'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.
Anthony Shumaker Balks season-by-season breakdown table