Phil Niekro Career Walks Overview
During Phil Niekro's 24-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1809 walks, an average of 75 walks per season. 1964 was his best season
with 7 walks and his worst season was 1977 when he had
164 walks. Phil Niekro underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (216.9380890778), The Silent Generation (283.38787878788), Y (1019.1666666667), mlb (210.21488652595), and SP (291.93291592129) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
A walk is issued by a pitcher or a team's pitchers when four balls, pitches out of the strike zone which do not hit the batter and are not swung on, before the plate appearance ends. The batter is then given first base and the plate apperance is over. Generally, for Walks, lower is better. (
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Phil Niekro Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Walks for Phil Niekro
| Phil NiekroWalks | Phil NiekroIntentional Walks | Phil NiekroWalks Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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Career | 1809 | 86 | 3.01 |
Season Avg. | 75 | 4 | 3.17 |
162 Game Avg. | 142 | 7 | 3.01 |
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Phil Niekro Walks By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Phil Niekro's yearly Walks
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Phil Niekro Cumulative Walks by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Phil Niekro's career Walks progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Phil Niekro's career Walks at the end of that season.
Phil Niekro Walks By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Phil Niekro and related player groups by summarizing Walks
for each season played by Phil Niekro. 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!
Phil Niekro Walks Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Phil Niekro Walks 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,
SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Phil Niekro 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.