How Dave Cole's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Dave Cole posted a career BABIP of .256, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1955, posting .500, well above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 1950 at .000, well below the league average of .275 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1953 to .217 in 1954 and .500 in 1955. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Dave Cole Lifetime BABIP

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Dave Cole BABIP Per Season

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

Dave Cole BABIP by Team

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

Dave Cole BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Cole'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.
Dave Cole BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Cole BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Cole'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.
Dave Cole BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Cole BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Cole'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.
Dave Cole BABIP season-by-season breakdown table