Three Balks
There have been 48 three balks since 1897, measured across 223,199 games, one every 4,649 games. The most recent was Jose Castillo on 11 May 2025; the first was Milt Shoffner on 12 May 1930.
Three balks by one pitcher.
Much rarer now: 3 since 2000, one every 20,542 games, against one every 4,649 across the whole record.
48times in history
1 in 4,649games · 1897+
1930first · Milt Shoffner
2025-05-11most recent · Jose Castillo
15y 0mlongest drought · 1994-04-23 to 2009-05-17
By decade
Done it most
BHBob Hall1×
Every occurrence (48 of them)
| Date | Player | # | Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-11 | JCJose Castillo | 48 | ↗ | |
| 2022-09-27 | 47 | ↗ | ||
| 2009-05-17 | 46 | ↗ | ||
| 1994-04-23 | 45 | ↗ | ||
| 1990-04-18 | TLTim Layana | 44 | ↗ | |
| 1989-08-22 | 43 | ↗ | ||
| 1989-06-13 | JDJohn Dopson | 42 | ↗ | |
| 1988-08-07 | EPEric Plunk | 41 | ↗ | |
| 1988-08-06 | JGJim Gott | 40 | ↗ | |
| 1988-08-01 | TBTodd Burns | 39 | ↗ | |
| 1988-07-18 | GWGene Walter | 38 | ↗ | |
| 1988-06-17 | JMJoe Magrane | 37 | ↗ | |
| 1988-06-06 | MEMark Eichhorn | 36 | ↗ | |
| 1988-05-20 | 35 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-05-06 | JSJeff Sellers | 34 | ↗ | |
| 1988-05-03 | DHDon Heinkel | 33 | ↗ | |
| 1988-05-02 | JGJose Guzman | 32 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-19 | 31 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-19 | 30 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-17 | STSteve Trout | 29 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-15 | MBMike Birkbeck | 28 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-13 | 27 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-12 | JSJose Segura | 26 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-12 | BWBobby Witt | 25 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-10 | 24 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-10 | 23 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-09 | 22 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-09 | 21 | ↗ | ||
| 1988-04-04 | 20 | ↗ | ||
| 1987-07-05 | LLLes Lancaster | 19 | ↗ | |
| 1987-06-10 | 18 | ↗ | ||
| 1986-09-02 | DLDave LaPoint | 17 | ↗ | |
| 1985-08-15 | 16 | ↗ | ||
| 1982-06-25 | 15 | ↗ | ||
| 1974-09-07 | 14 | ↗ | ||
| 1963-05-04 | BSBob Shaw | 13 | ↗ | |
| 1963-04-24 | JOJim Owens | 12 | ↗ | |
| 1963-04-22 | DRDon Rowe | 11 | ↗ | |
| 1963-04-13 | 10 | ↗ | ||
| 1959-05-22 | CPCamilo Pascual | 9 | ↗ | |
| 1950-06-09 | BHBob Hall | 8 | ↗ | |
| 1950-06-04 | BCBob Chipman | 7 | ↗ | |
| 1950-05-17 | MLMax Lanier | 6 | ↗ | |
| 1950-05-03 | VRVic Raschi | 5 | ↗ | |
| 1949-08-06 | AZAdrian Zabala | 4 | ↗ | |
| 1935-08-18 | WBWillie Burns | 3 | ↗ | |
| 1935-08-18 | 2 | ↗ | ||
| 1930-05-12 | MSMilt Shoffner | 1 | ↗ |