Babe Ruth Career Walks Overview
During Babe Ruth's 10-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
441 walks, an average of 44 walks per season. 1920 was his best season
with 2 walks and his worst season was 1916 when he had
118 walks. Babe Ruth is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (216.9380890778), The Lost Generation (231.1421875), mlb (210.21488652595), RF (101.66666666667), and Y (1019.1666666667) 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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Babe Ruth Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Walks for Babe Ruth
| Babe RuthWalks | Babe RuthIntentional Walks | Babe RuthWalks Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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Career | 441 | 0 | 3.25 |
Season Avg. | 44 | 0 | 3.76 |
162 Game Avg. | 184 | 0 | 3.25 |
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Babe Ruth Walks By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Babe Ruth'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, RF, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Babe Ruth Cumulative Walks by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Babe Ruth's career Walks progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Babe Ruth's career Walks at the end of that season.
Babe Ruth Walks By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Walks
for each season played by Babe Ruth. 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!
Babe Ruth Walks Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Babe Ruth 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,
RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Babe Ruth 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.