How Ty Cobb's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ty Cobb posted a career BABIP of .383, well above the league average of .289 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best BABIP season came in 1911, posting .444, well above the league average of .312 that year. The lowest point came in 1905 at .276, near the league average of .276 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .330 in 1926 to .359 in 1927 and .336 in 1928. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 24 seasons.

Ty Cobb Lifetime BABIP

Stats similar to BABIP for Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb
BABIP
Career0.383
Season Avg.0.383
162 Game Avg.0.383
More InfoSee More

Ty Cobb BABIP Per Season

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

Ty Cobb BABIP by Team

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

Ty Cobb BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ty Cobb'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.
Ty Cobb BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ty Cobb BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ty Cobb'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.
Ty Cobb BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ty Cobb BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ty Cobb'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.
Ty Cobb BABIP season-by-season breakdown table