How Joe Cates's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Joe Cates posted a career BABIP of .215, below the league average of .257 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 1 season, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 1 season.
Joe Cates Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Joe Cates
| Joe Cates
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.215 |
| Season Avg. | 0.215 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.215 |
| More Info | See More |
Joe Cates BABIP Per Season
Joe Cates's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Cates BABIP by Team
Joe Cates's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Cates BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Cates'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.
Joe Cates BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Cates'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.
Joe Cates BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Cates'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.
