How Eric Davis's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Eric Davis posted a career BABIP of .311, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1997, posting .377, well above the league average of .301 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .244, below the league average of .297 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .319 in 1999 to .374 in 2000 and .244 in 2001. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 16 seasons.

Eric Davis Lifetime BABIP

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Eric Davis BABIP Per Season

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

Eric Davis BABIP by Team

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

Eric Davis BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Eric Davis'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.
Eric Davis BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Eric Davis BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Eric Davis'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.
Eric Davis BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Eric Davis BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Eric Davis'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.
Eric Davis BABIP season-by-season breakdown table