How Jimmie DeShong's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jimmie DeShong posted a career BABIP of .230, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1938, posting .286, near the league average of .296 that year. The lowest point came in 1935 at .100, well below the league average of .296 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .244 in 1937 to .286 in 1938 and .214 in 1939. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .100 to .286 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jimmie DeShong Lifetime BABIP

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Jimmie DeShong BABIP Per Season

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

Jimmie DeShong BABIP by Team

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

Jimmie DeShong BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jimmie DeShong'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.
Jimmie DeShong BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jimmie DeShong BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jimmie DeShong'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.
Jimmie DeShong BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jimmie DeShong BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jimmie DeShong'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.
Jimmie DeShong BABIP season-by-season breakdown table