How Rick Ankiel's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Rick Ankiel posted a career BABIP of .297, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2012, posting .330, above the league average of .300 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .000, well below the league average of .297 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .297 in 2011 to .330 in 2012 and .279 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .330 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rick Ankiel Lifetime BABIP

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Rick Ankiel BABIP Per Season

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

Rick Ankiel BABIP by Team

Rick Ankiel's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Ankiel career BABIP by team bar chart

Rick Ankiel BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Ankiel's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rick Ankiel BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Ankiel BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel's seasonal BABIP 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.
Rick Ankiel BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Ankiel BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Ankiel's MLB career with BABIP 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.
Rick Ankiel BABIP season-by-season breakdown table