How Tom Smith's Balks Compares to Similar Players
Tom Smith 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.
Tom Smith Lifetime Balks
Stats similar to Balks for Tom Smith
| Tom Smith
Balks |
|---|
| Career | 1 |
| Season Avg. | 0.25 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 6.48 |
| More Info | See More |
Tom Smith Balks Per Season
Tom Smith'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.
Tom Smith Balks by Team
Tom Smith's career Balks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tom Smith Cumulative Balks — Career Progression
A running total of Tom Smith'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.
Tom Smith Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Tom Smith'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.
Tom Smith Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Tom Smith'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.
