How Johnny Bench's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Bench posted a career BABIP of .273, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1981, posting .315, above the league average of .283 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .194, well below the league average of .283 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .315 in 1981 to .273 in 1982 and .258 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Johnny Bench Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Johnny Bench
| Johnny Bench
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.273 |
| Season Avg. | 0.273 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.273 |
| More Info | See More |
Johnny Bench BABIP Per Season
Johnny Bench's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Bench BABIP by Team
Johnny Bench's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Bench BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny Bench'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.
Johnny Bench BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Bench'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.
Johnny Bench BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Bench'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.
