Phil Niekro Total Chances

Phil Niekro Career Total Chances Overview

During Phil Niekro's 24-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 1301 total chances, an average of 54.21 total chances per season. 1979 was his best season with 88 total chances and his worst season was 1964 when he had 2 total chances. Phil Niekro is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by SP (206.833), USA (2093.96), The Silent Generation (2295.19), Y (8643.37), and mlb (2061.62) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Total chances are the number of defensive plays the player or team has participated in. It's calcuated by summing putouts, assists, and errors for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Total Chances, higher is better. (Source)

Phil Niekro Lifetime Total Chances

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	Phil Niekro Total Chances
Career	1301
Season Avg.	54.21
162 Game Avg.	243.94
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Phil Niekro Total Chances By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Phil Niekro's yearly Total Chances 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 Total Chances by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Phil Niekro's career Total Chances progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Phil Niekro's career Total Chances at the end of that season.

Phil Niekro Total Chances By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Phil Niekro and related player groups by summarizing Total Chances 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 Total Chances Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Phil Niekro Total Chances 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.