Willie Mays Career Fielding Percentage Overview
Willie Mays's Fielding Percentage was 98.08 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career.
1952 was his best season when his Fielding Percentage was 99.14 and his worst season was 1971
when his Fielding Percentage was 97.27. Willie Mays outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (0.971908), The Silent Generation (0.97365), Y (0.969852), mlb (0.972288), and CF (0.97834) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Fielding percentage is a metric that shows how often a player or team is successfull in recording an out or assist compared to the chances given. It is calculated by dividing chances accepted by total changes for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Fielding Percentage, higher is better. (
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Willie Mays Lifetime Fielding Percentage
Stats similar to Fielding Percentage for Willie Mays
| Willie MaysFielding Percentage |
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Career | 98.08 |
Season Avg. | 98.08 |
162 Game Avg. | 98.08 |
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Willie Mays Fielding Percentage By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Willie Mays's yearly Fielding Percentage
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 Fielding Percentage By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Willie Mays's career Fielding Percentage changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Fielding Percentage Willie Mays
had at that season in his career.
Willie Mays Fielding Percentage By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Willie Mays and related player groups by summarizing Fielding Percentage
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 Fielding Percentage Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Willie Mays Fielding Percentage 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.