How Bruce Chen's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Chen posted a career BABIP of .284, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2006, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .303 that year. The lowest point came in 1999 at .000, well below the league average of .301 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Bruce Chen Lifetime BABIP

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Bruce Chen BABIP Per Season

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

Bruce Chen BABIP by Team

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

Bruce Chen BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Chen BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Chen BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen BABIP season-by-season breakdown table