Record Book : Balk Records

Balk records set by the team. One of the more difficult rules to completely grasp and a record book section no team really wants to belong in.
"(Phil) Niekro cheated for forty years and they're trying to make it up in one year." - Tom Trebelhorn on the high number of balks called during the 1988 season and quoted in USA Today
Balks

Team Records
Record Lg Team(s) Data
Most
In A Game
By One Team		 AL Mil (vs NY) 5 04-10-1988
Oak (vs Sea) 04-13-1988
NL Mil (vs Chi) 6 05-04-1963
Most
In A Game
By Both Teams		 AL Mil 5 vs NY 1 6 04-10-1988
Chi 4 vs Cal 2 04-12-1988
NL Pit 4 vs Cin 3 7 04-13-1963
Mil 6 vs Chi 1 05-04-1963
Most
In A Season		 AL Oakland 76 1988
NL Montreal 41 1988


Remove the National League record set in May, and every record on this page was set during the same week of play! Four of them during the same year of play!

On May 4, 1963, Milwaukee set two team records. Their starting pitcher, Bob Shaw, also set a single pitcher balk record that same day!

The least amount of balks by all of the teams combined in a single league is thirteen. This occurred in the National League in 1936, 1946, and 1956!
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