How Art Decatur's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Art Decatur posted a career BABIP of .155, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1927, posting .400, well above the league average of .300 that year. The lowest point came in 1923 at .000, well below the league average of .302 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .080 in 1925 to .000 in 1926 and .400 in 1927. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .400 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Art Decatur Lifetime BABIP

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Art Decatur BABIP Per Season

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

Art Decatur BABIP by Team

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

Art Decatur BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Art Decatur'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.
Art Decatur BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Art Decatur BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Art Decatur'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.
Art Decatur BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Art Decatur BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Art Decatur'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.
Art Decatur BABIP season-by-season breakdown table