Willie Mays Career Total Average Overview
Willie Mays's Total Average was 0.995 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career.
1955 was his best season when his Total Average was 1.19 and his worst season was 1973
when his Total Average was 0.587. Willie Mays outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (0.628342), The Silent Generation (0.595858), Y (0.841924), mlb (0.626148), and CF (0.657008) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Total average (TA) is a metric that designed to measure a players overall offensive conrtributions. It's calculated by dividing total bases, walks, hit by pitch, and stolen bases by at bats that did not result in a hit, times caught stealing, and times grounded into a double play. Generally, for Total Average, higher is better. (
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Willie Mays Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Willie Mays
| Willie MaysTotal Average |
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Career | 0.995 |
Season Avg. | 0.966 |
162 Game Avg. | 0.995 |
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Willie Mays Total Average By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Willie Mays's yearly Total Average
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 Total Average By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Willie Mays's career Total Average changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Total Average Willie Mays
had at that season in his career.
Willie Mays Total Average By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Willie Mays and related player groups by summarizing Total Average
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 Total Average Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Willie Mays Total Average 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.