How Bobby Doerr's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Bobby Doerr posted a career BABIP of .291, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1944, posting .325, above the league average of .282 that year. The lowest point came in 1937 at .258, below the league average of .300 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .304 in 1949 to .281 in 1950 and .289 in 1951. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

Bobby Doerr Lifetime BABIP

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Bobby Doerr BABIP Per Season

Bobby Doerr's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bobby Doerr BABIP per season line chart

Bobby Doerr BABIP by Team

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

Bobby Doerr BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bobby Doerr BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bobby Doerr BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr BABIP season-by-season breakdown table