How Dave Collins's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Dave Collins posted a career BABIP of .307, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1979, posting .356, well above the league average of .285 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at .256, near the league average of .279 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .275 in 1988 to .281 in 1989 and .271 in 1990. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.

Dave Collins Lifetime BABIP

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Dave Collins BABIP Per Season

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

Dave Collins BABIP by Team

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

Dave Collins BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Collins'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 Collins BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Collins BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Collins'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 Collins BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Collins BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Collins'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 Collins BABIP season-by-season breakdown table