Roger Maris Intentional Walks
Roger Maris Career Intentional Walks Overview
During Roger Maris's 12-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
42 intentional walks, an average of 4 intentional walks per season. 1962 was his best season
with 11 intentional walks and his worst season was 1961 when he had
0 intentional walks. Roger Maris is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (11.8855), The Silent Generation (25.8854), mlb (12.4524), RF (16.0459), and Y (53.733) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Intentional walks (IBB) are walks issued to hitters to avoid risking a strong hitter from having a damaging at bat. Historically a pitcher would need to throw 4 intentional balls, however newer rules removes this requirement and batters can be walked without the pitches using a signal to the upmire. Generally, for Intentional Walks, higher is better. (Source)
Intentional walks (IBB) are walks issued to hitters to avoid risking a strong hitter from having a damaging at bat. Historically a pitcher would need to throw 4 intentional balls, however newer rules removes this requirement and batters can be walked without the pitches using a signal to the upmire. Generally, for Intentional Walks, higher is better. (Source)