How Brent Strom's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Brent Strom totaled 6 career Balks, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Balks season came in 1973, posting 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 0.4 that year. The highest point came in 1975 at 2, well above the starting pitcher average of 0.8 that year. The Balks trended upward through the final seasons. The Balks total went from 2 in 1975 to 2 in 1976 and 1 in 1977, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 2 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Brent Strom Lifetime Balks

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Brent Strom Balks Per Season

Brent Strom'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.
Brent Strom Balks per season line chart

Brent Strom Balks by Team

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

Brent Strom Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Brent Strom'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.
Brent Strom Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Brent Strom Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brent Strom'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.
Brent Strom Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brent Strom Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brent Strom'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.
Brent Strom Balks season-by-season breakdown table