Justin Verlander Balks
Justin Verlander Career Balks Overview
During Justin Verlander's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
19 balks, an average of 1 balks per season. 2005 was his best season
with 0 balks and his worst season was 2009 when he had
4 balks. Justin Verlander underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (2.189798558492), Millenial (1.1956378056841), Y (9.3055555555556), mlb (2.2225043643866), and SP (2.9719737626714) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
A balk is an illegal move done by the pitcher immediatly before windup or during the pitching act. Most of these illegal moves involve a pitcher pretending to pitch when he has no intention of doing so, this would be done to try and trick a baserunner into leaving the base and becoming an easy out. Balks are only called when there are runners on base, when a pitcher has been assesed a balk all baserunners are awarded the next base, this includes runners on third who would then score a run since he was awareded home plate. The active batter is not given any bases and their plate apperance continues with no change to the count. Generally, for Balks, lower is better. (Source)
A balk is an illegal move done by the pitcher immediatly before windup or during the pitching act. Most of these illegal moves involve a pitcher pretending to pitch when he has no intention of doing so, this would be done to try and trick a baserunner into leaving the base and becoming an easy out. Balks are only called when there are runners on base, when a pitcher has been assesed a balk all baserunners are awarded the next base, this includes runners on third who would then score a run since he was awareded home plate. The active batter is not given any bases and their plate apperance continues with no change to the count. Generally, for Balks, lower is better. (Source)
