Willie Mays Career Starts as Fielder Overview
During Willie Mays's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
2666 starts as fielder, an average of 121.18 starts as fielder per season. 1962 was his best season
with 159 starts as fielder and his worst season was 1951 when he had
0 starts as fielder. Willie Mays outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting
USA (385.376), The Silent Generation (493.654), Y (1358.91), mlb (389.973), and CF (467.404) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
The number of games a player had where he played a defensive position from the start of game, before the start of the first batters plate appearance. Generally, for Starts as Fielder, higher is better. (
Source)
Willie Mays Lifetime Starts as Fielder
Stats similar to Starts as Fielder for Willie Mays
| Willie MaysStarts as Fielder |
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Career | 2666 |
Season Avg. | 121.18 |
162 Game Avg. | 147.45 |
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Willie Mays Starts as Fielder By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Willie Mays's yearly Starts as Fielder
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 Starts as Fielder by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Willie Mays's career Starts as Fielder progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Willie Mays's career Starts as Fielder at the end of that season.
Willie Mays Starts as Fielder By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Willie Mays and related player groups by summarizing Starts as Fielder
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 Starts as Fielder Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Willie Mays Starts as Fielder 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.