How Buddy Bradford's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Buddy Bradford posted a career BABIP of .270, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1972, posting .333, well above the league average of .268 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .154, well below the league average of .267 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .333 in 1974 to .275 in 1975 and .261 in 1976. 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 11 seasons.

Buddy Bradford Lifetime BABIP

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Buddy Bradford BABIP Per Season

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

Buddy Bradford BABIP by Team

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

Buddy Bradford BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Buddy Bradford'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.
Buddy Bradford BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Buddy Bradford BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Buddy Bradford'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.
Buddy Bradford BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Buddy Bradford BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Buddy Bradford'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.
Buddy Bradford BABIP season-by-season breakdown table