Lefty Grove Career Walks Overview
During Lefty Grove's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1187 walks, an average of 70 walks per season. 1934 was his best season
with 32 walks and his worst season was 1925 when he had
131 walks. Lefty Grove underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (216.9380890778), The Lost Generation (231.1421875), Y (1019.1666666667), mlb (210.21488652595), and SP (291.93291592129) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
A walk is issued by a pitcher or a team's pitchers when four balls, pitches out of the strike zone which do not hit the batter and are not swung on, before the plate appearance ends. The batter is then given first base and the plate apperance is over. Generally, for Walks, lower is better. (
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Lefty Grove Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Walks for Lefty Grove
| Lefty GroveWalks | Lefty GroveIntentional Walks | Lefty GroveWalks Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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Career | 1187 | 0 | 2.71 |
Season Avg. | 70 | 0 | 2.78 |
162 Game Avg. | 131 | 0 | 2.71 |
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Lefty Grove Walks By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Lefty Grove's yearly Walks
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Lefty Grove Cumulative Walks by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Lefty Grove's career Walks progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Lefty Grove's career Walks at the end of that season.
Lefty Grove Walks By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lefty Grove and related player groups by summarizing Walks
for each season played by Lefty Grove. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Lefty Grove Walks Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Lefty Grove Walks stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Lefty Grove career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.