Hoyt Wilhelm Career Walks Per Strikeout Overview

Hoyt Wilhelm's Walks Per Strikeout was 0.16 for his 21-year Major League Baseball career. 1953 was his best season when his Walks Per Strikeout was 0.5 and his worst season was 1954 when his Walks Per Strikeout was 0. Hoyt Wilhelm underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating USA (0.750854), The Greatest Generation (1.07674), Y (1.47874), mlb (0.709533), and RP (0.245713) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

The walks per strikeout ratio (BB/K) is a metric that measures a player or teams plate discipline by showing how often players walk compared to how often they strikeout. It is calculated by dividing walks by strikeouts for a given period of time. Generally, for Walks Per Strikeout, higher is better. (Source)

Hoyt Wilhelm Lifetime Walks Per Strikeout

Stats similar to Walks Per Strikeout for Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm
Walks Per Strikeout
Career0.16
Season Avg.0.12
162 Game Avg.0.16
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Hoyt Wilhelm Walks Per Strikeout By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Hoyt Wilhelm's yearly Walks Per Strikeout for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, 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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Hoyt Wilhelm Walks Per Strikeout By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Hoyt Wilhelm's career Walks Per Strikeout changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Walks Per Strikeout Hoyt Wilhelm had at that season in his career.
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Hoyt Wilhelm Walks Per Strikeout By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Hoyt Wilhelm and related player groups by summarizing Walks Per Strikeout for each season played by Hoyt Wilhelm. 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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Hoyt Wilhelm Walks Per Strikeout Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Hoyt Wilhelm Walks Per Strikeout 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, RP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Hoyt Wilhelm 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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