How Ray Bates's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Ray Bates posted a career BABIP of .254, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 2 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The BABIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.
Ray Bates Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Ray Bates
| Ray Bates
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.254 |
| Season Avg. | 0.254 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.254 |
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Ray Bates BABIP Per Season
Ray Bates's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Bates BABIP by Team
Ray Bates's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ray Bates BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ray Bates'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.
Ray Bates BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ray Bates'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.
Ray Bates BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ray Bates'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.
