How Willie Mays's Slugging Pct Compares to Similar Players
Willie Mays posted a career Slugging Pct of .557, well above the league average of .391 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Slugging Pct season came in 1954, posting .667, well above the league average of .413 that year. The lowest point came in 1948 at .326. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .482 in 1971 to .402 in 1972 and .345 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 23 seasons.
Willie Mays Lifetime Slugging Pct
Stats similar to Slugging Pct for Willie Mays
| Willie Mays
Slugging Pct |
|---|
| Career | 0.557 |
| Season Avg. | 0.557 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.557 |
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Willie Mays Slugging Pct Per Season
Willie Mays's Slugging Pct 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 Slugging Pct by Team
Willie Mays's career Slugging Pct totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Mays Slugging Pct Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Mays's career Slugging Pct shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Willie Mays Slugging Pct Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Willie Mays's seasonal Slugging Pct 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 Slugging Pct — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Willie Mays's MLB career with Slugging Pct 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.
