How Miguel Cabrera's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Miguel Cabrera posted a career BABIP of .340, above the league average of .289 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 2015, posting .384, well above the league average of .299 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at .292, near the league average of .301 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .305 in 2021 to .324 in 2022 and .317 in 2023. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 20 seasons.

Miguel Cabrera Lifetime BABIP

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Miguel Cabrera BABIP Per Season

Miguel Cabrera's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, South America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Miguel Cabrera BABIP per season line chart

Miguel Cabrera BABIP by Team

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

Miguel Cabrera BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Miguel Cabrera BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Miguel Cabrera BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera BABIP season-by-season breakdown table