How Bob Cerv's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Bob Cerv posted a career BABIP of .291, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1955, posting .394, well above the league average of .276 that year. The lowest point came in 1953 at .000, well below the league average of .280 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .263 in 1960 to .231 in 1961 and .212 in 1962. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .394 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Bob Cerv Lifetime BABIP

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Bob Cerv BABIP Per Season

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

Bob Cerv BABIP by Team

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

Bob Cerv BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Cerv'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.
Bob Cerv BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Cerv BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Cerv'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.
Bob Cerv BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Cerv BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Cerv'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.
Bob Cerv BABIP season-by-season breakdown table