How Les Straker's Balks Compares to Similar Players
Les Straker totaled 8 career Balks, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Balks arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Balks arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.
Les Straker Lifetime Balks
Stats similar to Balks for Les Straker
| Les Straker
Balks |
|---|
| Career | 8 |
| Season Avg. | 4 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 27.57 |
| More Info | See More |
Les Straker Balks Per Season
Les Straker's Balks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, South America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Les Straker Balks by Team
Les Straker's career Balks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Les Straker Cumulative Balks — Career Progression
A running total of Les Straker'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.
Les Straker Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Les Straker'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.
Les Straker Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Les Straker'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.
