How Merl Combs's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Merl Combs posted a career BABIP of .225, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1950, posting .291, near the league average of .285 that year. The lowest point came in 1952 at .179, well below the league average of .273 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1950 to .200 in 1951 and .179 in 1952. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.
Merl Combs Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Merl Combs
| Merl Combs
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.225 |
| Season Avg. | 0.225 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.225 |
| More Info | See More |
Merl Combs BABIP Per Season
Merl Combs's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Merl Combs BABIP by Team
Merl Combs's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Merl Combs BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Merl Combs'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.
Merl Combs BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Merl Combs'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.
Merl Combs BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Merl Combs'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.
