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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Balk_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Balk (disambiguation)">Balk (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg/170px-Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg/255px-Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Bob_Shaw_1964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="309" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(baseball)" title="Bob Shaw (baseball)">Bob Shaw</a> holds the major league record for most balks in a single game, five, in 1963.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, a <b>balk</b> is a set of illegal motions or actions that a pitcher may make. Most of these violations involve pitchers pretending to pitch when they have no intention of doing so. In games played under the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_rules#Rules" title="Baseball rules">Official Baseball Rules</a> that govern professional play in the United States and Canada, a balk results in a <a href="/wiki/Dead_ball_(baseball)#Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead ball (baseball)">dead ball</a> or delayed dead ball. In certain other circumstances, a balk may be wholly or partially disregarded. In the United States, under the <a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_State_High_School_Associations" title="National Federation of State High School Associations">National Federation of State High School Associations</a> (NFHS Baseball Rules), a balk results in an immediate dead ball. In the event a balk is enforced, the pitch is generally (but not always) nullified, each runner is awarded one base, and the batter (generally) remains at bat with the previous count. The balk rule in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> was introduced in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Official Baseball Rules: "Umpires should bear in mind that the purpose of the balk rule is to prevent the pitcher from deliberately deceiving the base runner."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Balk_actions">Balk actions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Balk actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A pitcher is restricted to a certain set of motions and one of two basic <a href="/wiki/Pitching_position" title="Pitching position">pitching positions</a> before and during a pitch. If these regulations are violated with one or more runners on base, an umpire may call a balk. The batter at <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">home plate</a> does not advance on a balk. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Hauschild_(44117497882).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg/250px-Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg/330px-Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg/500px-Mike_Hauschild_%2844117497882%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4842" data-file-height="3233" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hauschild" title="Mike Hauschild">Mike Hauschild</a> (right) talks to an umpire after having been called for a balk</figcaption></figure> <p>With a runner on base and the pitcher on or astride (with one leg on each side of) the <a href="/wiki/Pitcher%27s_mound" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitcher's mound">rubber</a>, under Official Baseball Rules, it is a balk when the pitcher:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Switches pitching position from the windup to the set (or vice versa) without properly disengaging the rubber</li> <li>While on the rubber, makes a motion associated with a pitch and does not complete the delivery</li> <li>When pitching from the set position, fails to make a complete stop with his hands together before beginning to pitch</li> <li>Throws from the mound to a base without stepping toward (gaining distance in the direction of that base)</li> <li>Throws or feints a throw from the rubber to an unoccupied base, unless a play is imminent</li> <li>Steps or feints from the rubber to first or third base without completing the throw</li> <li>Delivers a <a href="/wiki/Quick_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Quick pitch">quick return</a>, a pitch thrown right after receiving the ball back, with intent to catch the batter off-guard</li> <li>Drops the ball while on the rubber, even if by accident, if the ball does not subsequently cross a foul line</li> <li>Unnecessarily delays the game</li> <li>Pitches while facing away from the batter</li> <li>After bringing his hands together on the rubber, separates them except in making a pitch or a throw</li> <li>Stands on or astride the rubber without the ball, or mimics a pitch without the ball</li> <li>Attempts to throw to a fielder in a spot not directly at a base</li> <li>Delivers a pitch during a <a href="/wiki/Squeeze_play_(baseball)" title="Squeeze play (baseball)">squeeze play</a> or a steal of home, if the catcher or some other player steps on or in front of home plate without possession of the ball, or touches the batter (or the bat). The ball is dead, the batter is awarded first base, the pitcher is charged with a balk, and the run scores</li></ul> <p>With the addition of new pace-of-play rules introduced for the <a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2023 Major League Baseball season">2023 season</a>, a pitcher is charged with a balk if he attempts a pickoff more than twice in a single at-bat without recording an out, and without the runner advancing. </p><p>Under NFHS Rules, a balk occurs when<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>There is any feinting toward the batter or first base, or any dropping of the ball (even though accidental) and the ball does not cross a foul line.</li> <li>The pitcher fails to step with the non-pivot foot directly toward a base (occupied or unoccupied) when throwing or feinting there in an attempt to put out, or drive back a runner; or throwing or feinting to any unoccupied base when it is not an attempt to put out or drive back a runner.</li> <li>An illegal pitch from any position.</li> <li>Failing to pitch to the batter in a continuous motion immediately after any movement of any part of the body such as he habitually uses in his delivery</li> <li>Taking a hand off the ball while in a set position (unless he pitches to the batter or throws toward a base or he steps toward and feints a throw to second or third base)</li> <li>Failing to pitch to the batter when the entire non-pivot foot passes behind the perpendicular plane of the back edge of the pitcher’s plate, except when feinting or throwing to second base in an attempt to put out a runner</li> <li>The pitcher makes a movement naturally associated with pitching and/or places his feet on the pitcher's plate without the ball.</li></ul> <p>The pitcher's acts of <a href="/wiki/Spitball" title="Spitball">spitting</a> on the ball, defacing or altering the ball, rubbing the ball on the clothing or body, or applying a foreign substance to the ball are not balks; however, it will result in the pitcher's <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">ejection</a> from the game if caught. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clarifications">Clarifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Clarifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A pitcher was allowed to feint toward third (or second) base, and then turn and throw or feint to first base if the pitcher's pivot foot disengaged the rubber after the initial feint. This is called the "fake to third, throw to first" play. However, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> classified this as a balk beginning with the 2013 season.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If no runners are on base and the pitcher commits an otherwise balkable action, there generally is no penalty. However, delivering a quick return or pitching while off the rubber (which constitute balks when runners are on base) results in a ball being called with the bases empty. If the pitcher commits an act confusing to the batter with nobody on, stops their delivery, or otherwise violates, play is restarted without penalty and time is called. If a pitcher repeatedly commits illegal actions without runners on base, they may be subject to ejection for persistently violating the rules. </p><p>If, during an attempt to execute the "<a href="/wiki/Hidden_ball_trick" title="Hidden ball trick">hidden ball trick</a>" (where the defensive team deceives the runner(s) as to the ball's location while the play is live), the pitcher stands on the rubber prior to the fielder revealing the ball and applying the tag, the runner is not out. Instead, it is a balk, with all runners on base being awarded their next base. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_misconceptions">Common misconceptions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Common misconceptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Catcher's balk" is not a term in the official rules, but is sometimes used to describe an atypical situation relating to an <a href="/wiki/Intentional_walk" class="mw-redirect" title="Intentional walk">intentional walk</a>: if the catcher is not completely within the catcher's box when the pitcher releases the ball during delivery, it is a violation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The balk is still charged to the pitcher, because such a pitch is defined as a "Pitcher Illegal Action."<sup id="cite_ref-2019_MLBRules_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2019_MLBRules-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A pitcher is not required to step off the rubber before throwing to an occupied base in a <a href="/wiki/Baseball#Pitching_and_fielding" title="Baseball">pick-off</a> attempt. With his pivot foot in contact with the rubber in either the windup position or the "set" position, the pitcher may either: 1) deliver the ball to the batter: 2) throw to a base for a pickoff; or 3) step off the rubber.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MLB rules state that: "Pitchers shall take signs from the catcher while in contact with the pitcher’s plate" (the rubber), but the rules do not describe the infraction as a balk.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_League_Baseball_balk_records">Major League Baseball balk records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball balk records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> had 90 balks during his major league career.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The major league record in a single season is held by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Dave Stewart (baseball)">Dave Stewart</a>, who had 16 balks in 1988 while pitching for the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The major league record for the most balks in one game is held by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(baseball)" title="Bob Shaw (baseball)">Bob Shaw</a>, who had five balks in a May 4, 1963, game while pitching for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-walfoort4748_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walfoort4748-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four of the five balks came when the Cubs' <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(left_fielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Williams (left fielder)">Billy Williams</a> was on base: one in the first inning, then three more in the third inning. In the latter frame, Shaw walked Williams, and then proceeded to balk him to second, third and home.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaw's balks were blamed on his difficulty adjusting to a then-new point of emphasis in the rules: umpires were told to strictly enforce the section of the balk rule that required the pitcher, when going from the stretch to the set position, to come to a complete stop with his hands together for one full second before pitching. The rule had been virtually ignored before.<sup id="cite_ref-walfoort4748_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walfoort4748-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knuckleballer <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hough" title="Charlie Hough">Charlie Hough</a> was once called for nine balks in a single major league exhibition game, occurring in March 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hough was called for seven balks in a single inning of the game, as umpires set out to "enforce a full set position" for the coming season. </p><p>On September 27, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins" title="Miami Marlins">Miami Marlins</a> reliever <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bleier" title="Richard Bleier">Richard Bleier</a> was called for three balks in a row by first-base umpire <a href="/wiki/John_Tumpane" title="John Tumpane">John Tumpane</a>, all while facing <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> batter <a href="/wiki/Pete_Alonso" title="Pete Alonso">Pete Alonso</a>. Bleier had given up a single, and was then called for three balks while facing Alonso, balking the runner home. Marlins Manager <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattingly" title="Don Mattingly">Don Mattingly</a> was ejected for arguing the third balk. After Alonso grounded out for the third out of the inning, Bleier was also ejected for continuing to argue the balks. Until that point, Bleier had never had a balk called against him in his seven-year major league career, over the course of 303 games.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This instance tied the record for most balks in an inning and for most balks in a single at bat.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS Sports opined: "Some balks are obvious. Those are not... You almost have to be looking for a reason to call a balk to ring Bleier up on that motion three -- again, three! -- times in a single inning."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_balks">Notable balks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable balks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1947 World Series (New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers) <a href="/wiki/Spec_Shea" title="Spec Shea">Spec Shea</a> dropped the ball trying to pick off <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> at first base; after at least one other attempt, he dropped the ball and umpire <a href="/wiki/Babe_Pinelli" title="Babe Pinelli">Babe Pinelli</a> waved Robinson to second base.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A famous balk came in the <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">first All-Star Game of 1961</a>, when strong winds at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a> caused pitcher <a href="/wiki/Stu_Miller" title="Stu Miller">Stu Miller</a> to sway erratically and be called for a balk. This story is often exaggerated in re-tellings of baseball lore, some having Miller being blown off the pitching mound.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> on June 18, 2015, when Rangers relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Keone_Kela" title="Keone Kela">Keone Kela</a> committed a balk in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tie game with Dodger <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(baseball)" title="Enrique Hernández (baseball)">Enrique Hernández</a> at third base.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been at least 25 such <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run#Other_types_of_"walk-off"_wins" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off</a> balks (or "balk-offs") in major league history since 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> won two games in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2023 Kansas City Royals season">2023 season</a> via a balk-off. The first was on August 1 vs. the <a href="/wiki/2023_New_York_Mets_season" title="2023 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> in the bottom of the 10th inning when <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Walker_(baseball)" title="Josh Walker (baseball)">Josh Walker</a> balked before throwing a single pitch, scoring <a href="/wiki/MJ_Melendez" title="MJ Melendez">MJ Melendez</a> and resulting in a 7-6 victory for the Royals.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals' second balk-off victory came 36 days later in a game against the <a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2023 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> on September 5 when <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Santos" title="Gregory Santos">Gregory Santos</a> balked with 2 outs in the 9th inning and the bases loaded to score <a href="/wiki/Maikel_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Maikel García">Maikel García</a>; coincidentally, this game also ended with a score of 7-6.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>, the 2023 Royals are the only team in the <a href="/wiki/Live-ball_era" title="Live-ball era">Live Ball Era</a> to have multiple balk-off wins in a single season.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 14, 2019, Dodgers <a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> <a href="/wiki/Kenley_Jansen" title="Kenley Jansen">Kenley Jansen</a> intentionally balked during a game with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>. With the Dodgers leading, 5–3, and two outs in the top of the ninth inning, the Cubs' <a href="/wiki/Jason_Heyward" title="Jason Heyward">Jason Heyward</a> was on second base. Concerned that a runner at second base could possibly <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">steal signs</a>, Jansen intentionally balked, advancing the runner to third base.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jansen then struck out batter <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Caratini" title="Víctor Caratini">Víctor Caratini</a> for the final out of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other intentional balks, while rare, have subsequently occurred in MLB. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Intentional_balk" title="Intentional balk">Intentional balk</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballbiography.com/what-is-a-balk-in-baseball/">"What Is A Balk In Baseball? 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Batting_(baseball)" title="Batting (baseball)">Batting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">At bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_chop" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore chop">Baltimore chop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_flip" title="Bat flip">Bat flip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batted_ball" title="Batted ball">Batted ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Count_(baseball)" title="Count (baseball)">Batting count</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batting_out_of_turn" title="Batting out of turn">Batting out of order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunt_(baseball)" title="Bunt (baseball)">Bunt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_bunt" title="Sacrifice bunt">sacrifice bunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slap_bunt" title="Slap bunt">slap bunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_play_(baseball)" title="Squeeze play (baseball)">squeeze play</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charging_the_mound" title="Charging the mound">Charging the mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checked_swing" title="Checked swing">Checked swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleanup_hitter" title="Cleanup hitter">Cleanup hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contact_hitter" title="Contact hitter">Contact hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">Designated hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">Double</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_switch_(baseball)" title="Double switch (baseball)">Double switch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foul_ball" title="Foul ball">Foul ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foul_tip" title="Foul tip">Foul tip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_sombrero" title="Golden sombrero">Golden sombrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_rule_double" title="Ground rule double">Ground rule double</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hat-trick#Baseball" title="Hat-trick">Hat trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hit_and_run_(baseball)" title="Hit and run (baseball)">Hit and run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">Hit by pitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">Hitting for the cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home run</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">Grand slam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inside-the-park_home_run" title="Inside-the-park home run">Inside-the-park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">Walk-off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonshot_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moonshot (baseball)">Moonshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_home_run" title="Chinese home run">Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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(baseball)">Single</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strike_zone" title="Strike zone">Strike zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_spot_(sports)#Baseball" title="Sweet spot (sports)">Sweet spot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switch_hitter" title="Switch hitter">Switch hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">Triple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">Walk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pitch_(baseball)" title="Pitch (baseball)">Pitching</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pitch_(softball)" title="Pitch (softball)">(softball)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Balk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beanball" title="Beanball">Beanball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breaking_ball" title="Breaking ball">Breaking ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brushback_pitch" title="Brushback pitch">Brushback pitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changeup" title="Changeup">Changeup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_changeup" title="Vulcan changeup">Vulcan changeup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">Curveball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eephus_pitch" title="Eephus pitch">Eephus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emery_ball" title="Emery ball">Emery ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">Fastball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Two-seam_fastball" title="Two-seam fastball">two-seam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four-seam_fastball" title="Four-seam fastball">four-seam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_fastball" title="Cut fastball">cutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinker_(pitch)" title="Sinker (pitch)">sinker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split-finger_fastball" title="Split-finger fastball">split-finger</a></li></ul></li> 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title="Pitch count">Pitch count</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitching_position" title="Pitching position">Pitching position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitchout" title="Pitchout">Pitchout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quick_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Quick pitch">Quick pitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screwball" title="Screwball">Screwball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shutout_(baseball)" title="Shutout (baseball)">Shutout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slider_(pitch)" title="Slider (pitch)">Slider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitball" title="Spitball">Spitball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strike_zone" title="Strike zone">Strike zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striking_out_the_side" title="Striking out the side">Striking out the side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switch_pitcher" title="Switch pitcher">Switch pitcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_of_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Time of pitch">Time of pitch</a></li> 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