How Sam Bowens's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Sam Bowens posted a career BABIP of .253, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1963, posting .357, well above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 1965 at .165, well below the league average of .270 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .236 in 1967 to .250 in 1968 and .256 in 1969. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 7 seasons.
Sam Bowens Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Sam Bowens
| Sam Bowens
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.253 |
| Season Avg. | 0.253 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.253 |
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Sam Bowens BABIP Per Season
Sam Bowens's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Bowens BABIP by Team
Sam Bowens's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Bowens BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Bowens'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.
Sam Bowens BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Bowens'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.
Sam Bowens BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Bowens'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.
