Willie Mays Career Triples Overview
During Willie Mays's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
140 triples, an average of 6 triples per season. 1957 was his best season
with 20 triples and his worst season was 1973 when he had
0 triples. Willie Mays outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting
USA (19.649), The Silent Generation (17.7667), Y (94.5341), mlb (18.7975), and CF (26.908) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Triples (3B) are hits where the player reaches third base safely in a single play without the benefit of an error or fielders choice. If they pass third base safely and it was because of a fielding error it's still considered only a triple. Generally, for Triples, higher is better. (
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Willie Mays Lifetime Triples
Stats similar to Triples for Willie Mays
| Willie MaysTriples |
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Career | 140 |
Season Avg. | 6 |
162 Game Avg. | 8 |
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Willie Mays Triples By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Willie Mays's yearly Triples
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, CF, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Willie Mays Cumulative Triples by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Willie Mays's career Triples progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Willie Mays's career Triples at the end of that season.
Willie Mays Triples By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Willie Mays and related player groups by summarizing Triples
for each season played by Willie Mays. 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!
Willie Mays Triples Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Willie Mays Triples 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,
CF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Willie Mays 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.