Jim Thome Walks

Jim Thome Career Walks Overview

During Jim Thome's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 1747 walks, an average of 79 walks per season. 1999 was his best season with 127 walks and his worst season was 1991 when he had 5 walks. Jim Thome outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (215.948), Gen X (238.899), Y (870.83), mlb (211.057), and 1B (289.876) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Walks or base on balls (BB) is the total number of times a player is awarded first base because the pitcher issued 4 balls before the player puts the ball is put in play, is hit by a pitch, or strikes out. This is measure over a given time period, for example season or career. Generally, for Walks, higher is better. (Source)

Jim Thome Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Walks for Jim Thome

	Jim Thome Walks	Jim Thome Intentional Walks	Jim Thome Walks Per Strikeout
Career	1747	173	0.69
Season Avg.	79	8	0.65
162 Game Avg.	111	11	0.69
More Info	See More	See More	See More

Jim Thome Walks By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Jim Thome'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, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Jim Thome Cumulative Walks by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Jim Thome's career Walks progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Jim Thome's career Walks at the end of that season.

Jim Thome Walks By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Jim Thome and related player groups by summarizing Walks for each season played by Jim Thome. 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!

Jim Thome Walks Per Season Stats Table

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