How Paul Derringer's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Paul Derringer posted a career BABIP of .210, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1937, posting .267, near the league average of .293 that year. The lowest point came in 1931 at .130, well below the league average of .297 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .250 in 1943 to .188 in 1944 and .238 in 1945. 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 15 seasons.

Paul Derringer Lifetime BABIP

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Paul Derringer BABIP Per Season

Paul Derringer'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.
Paul Derringer BABIP per season line chart

Paul Derringer BABIP by Team

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

Paul Derringer BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Paul Derringer'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.
Paul Derringer BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Paul Derringer BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Paul Derringer'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.
Paul Derringer BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Paul Derringer BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Paul Derringer'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.
Paul Derringer BABIP season-by-season breakdown table