Rafael Palmeiro Career Total Chances Overview

During Rafael Palmeiro's 20-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 19844 total chances, an average of 992.2 total chances per season. 1998 was his best season with 1568 total chances and his worst season was 1986 when he had 40 total chances. Rafael Palmeiro outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting Cuba (2469.99), Baby Boomers (2225.59), Y (8643.37), mlb (2061.62), and 1B (4817.71) 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)

Rafael Palmeiro Lifetime Total Chances

Stats similar to Total Chances for Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro
Total Chances
Career19844
Season Avg.992.2
162 Game Avg.1367.39
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Rafael Palmeiro Total Chances By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Rafael Palmeiro'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, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Rafael Palmeiro Cumulative Total Chances by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Rafael Palmeiro's career Total Chances progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Rafael Palmeiro's career Total Chances at the end of that season.
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Rafael Palmeiro Total Chances By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Rafael Palmeiro and related player groups by summarizing Total Chances for each season played by Rafael Palmeiro. 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!
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Rafael Palmeiro Total Chances Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Rafael Palmeiro 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, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Rafael Palmeiro 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.
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