How Zip Zabel's Balks Compares to Similar Players

Zip Zabel totaled 1 career Balks, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.6 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 3 seasons, the Balks arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 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.

Zip Zabel Lifetime Balks

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Zip Zabel Balks Per Season

Zip Zabel'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.
Zip Zabel Balks per season line chart

Zip Zabel Balks by Team

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

Zip Zabel Cumulative Balks — Career Progression

A running total of Zip Zabel'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.
Zip Zabel Balks year-over-year waterfall chart

Zip Zabel Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Zip Zabel'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.
Zip Zabel Balks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Zip Zabel Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Zip Zabel'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.
Zip Zabel Balks season-by-season breakdown table