How Bill Bruton's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Bill Bruton posted a career BABIP of .300, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1954, posting .324, above the league average of .279 that year. The lowest point came in 1961 at .264, near the league average of .283 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1962 to .282 in 1963 and .324 in 1964. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 12 seasons.

Bill Bruton Lifetime BABIP

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Bill Bruton BABIP Per Season

Bill Bruton'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.
Bill Bruton BABIP per season line chart

Bill Bruton BABIP by Team

Bill Bruton's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Bill Bruton BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Bruton'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.
Bill Bruton BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Bruton BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Bruton'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.
Bill Bruton BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Bruton BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Bruton'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.
Bill Bruton BABIP season-by-season breakdown table