How Maury Wills's Walks Compares to Similar Players

Maury Wills totaled 552 career Walks, well above the league average of 164.7 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Walks season came in 1961, posting 59, well above the league average of 18.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at 10, well below the league average of 18.7 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Walks total went from 50 in 1970 to 40 in 1971 and 10 in 1972, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks profile — ranging from 10 to 59 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Maury Wills Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats

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Maury Wills Walks Per Season

Maury Wills's Walks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Maury Wills Walks per season line chart

Maury Wills Walks by Team

Maury Wills's career Walks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Maury Wills career Walks by team bar chart

Maury Wills Cumulative Walks — Career Progression

A running total of Maury Wills's career Walks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Maury Wills Walks year-over-year waterfall chart

Maury Wills Walks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Maury Wills's seasonal Walks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Maury Wills Walks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Maury Wills Walks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Maury Wills's MLB career with Walks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Maury Wills Walks season-by-season breakdown table