How Willie Mays's Walks Compares to Similar Players
Willie Mays totaled 1,468 career Walks, well above the league average of 164.7 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Walks season came in 1971, posting 112, well above the league average of 19.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1948 at 4. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Walks total went from 112 in 1971 to 60 in 1972 and 27 in 1973, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks profile — ranging from 4 to 112 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Willie Mays Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Walks for Willie Mays
| Willie Mays
Walks | Willie Mays
Intentional Walks | Willie Mays
Walks Per Strikeout |
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| Career | 1468 | 192 | 0.96 |
| Season Avg. | 63.83 | 8.35 | 0.96 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 79.14 | 10.35 | 0.96 |
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Willie Mays Walks Per Season
Willie Mays's Walks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Mays Walks by Team
Willie Mays's career Walks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Mays Cumulative Walks — Career Progression
A running total of Willie Mays's career Walks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Willie Mays Walks Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Willie Mays's seasonal Walks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Willie Mays Walks — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Willie Mays's MLB career with Walks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
