Walter Johnson Career Wild Pitches Overview
During Walter Johnson's 21-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
155 wild pitches, an average of 7 wild pitches per season. 1925 was his best season
with 1 wild pitches and his worst season was 1910 when he had
21 wild pitches. Walter Johnson underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (17.529661800037), The Lost Generation (13.075), Y (80), mlb (17.356133946993), and SP (22.24358974359) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
A wild pitch is charged to a pitcher when a pitch is poorly thrown, not easily handled by the catcher, and allows the hitter or a baserunner to take a base they wouldn't have otherwise been entitled too. Generally, for Wild Pitches, lower is better. (
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Walter Johnson Lifetime Wild Pitches
Stats similar to Wild Pitches for Walter Johnson
| Walter JohnsonWild Pitches |
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Career | 155 |
Season Avg. | 7 |
162 Game Avg. | 13 |
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Walter Johnson Wild Pitches By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Walter Johnson's yearly Wild Pitches
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.
Walter Johnson Cumulative Wild Pitches by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Walter Johnson's career Wild Pitches progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Walter Johnson's career Wild Pitches at the end of that season.
Walter Johnson Wild Pitches By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Walter Johnson and related player groups by summarizing Wild Pitches
for each season played by Walter Johnson. 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!
Walter Johnson Wild Pitches Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Walter Johnson Wild Pitches 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 Walter Johnson 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.