Walk-Off Balk
There have been 28 walk-off balks since 1897, measured across 208,335 games, an average of one occurrence every 7,440 games. The most recent was the Kansas City Royals on 5 September 2023; the first was the New York Yankees on 21 May 1912.
A game ended by a balk.
28recorded occurrences
1 in 7,440games · 1897+
1912first · New York Yankees
2023-09-05most recent · Kansas City Royals
21y 10mlongest drought · 1943-06-24 to 1965-04-28
By decade
Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.
Done it most
Every occurrence (28 of them)
| Date | Team | # | Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-05 |  Kansas City Royals | 28 | ↗ | |
| 2023-08-01 | Kansas City Royals | 27 | ↗ | |
| 2022-07-08 |  Cincinnati Reds | 26 | ↗ | |
| 2018-08-18 |  Seattle Mariners | 25 | ↗ | |
| 2016-07-16 |  San Diego Padres | 24 | ↗ | |
| 2015-06-18 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 23 | ↗ | |
| 2014-05-21 |  Cleveland Guardians | 22 | ↗ | |
| 2011-07-04 |  Chicago White Sox | 21 | ↗ | |
| 2011-06-16 |  Atlanta Braves | 20 | ↗ | |
| 2010-05-31 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 19 | ↗ | |
| 2008-09-09 | Atlanta Braves | 18 | ↗ | |
| 2005-07-15 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 17 | ↗ | |
| 2004-04-19 | Seattle Mariners | 16 | ↗ | |
| 2000-05-08 | FMFlorida Marlins | 15 | ↗ | |
| 2000-04-28 |  Baltimore Orioles | 14 | ↗ | |
| 1993-07-04 | Atlanta Braves | 13 | ↗ | |
| 1989-05-28 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 12 | ↗ | |
| 1986-07-10 |  Boston Red Sox | 11 | ↗ | |
| 1978-09-29 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | ↗ | |
| 1973-04-29 |  Houston Astros | 9 | ↗ | |
| 1965-06-08 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | ↗ | |
| 1965-04-28 | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | ↗ | |
| 1943-06-24 |  Homestead Grays | 6 | ↗ | |
| 1943-05-05 |  New York Yankees | 5 | ↗ | |
| 1942-05-23 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | ↗ | |
| 1939-04-22 | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | ↗ | |
| 1917-08-26 |  St. Louis Browns | 2 | ↗ | |
| 1912-05-21 | New York Yankees | 1 | ↗ |