How Joe Gaines's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Gaines posted a career BABIP of .296, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1963, posting .366, well above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 1961 at .000, well below the league average of .276 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .296 in 1964 to .277 in 1965 and .125 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .366 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Joe Gaines Lifetime BABIP

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Joe Gaines BABIP Per Season

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

Joe Gaines BABIP by Team

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

Joe Gaines BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Gaines'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.
Joe Gaines BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Gaines BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Gaines'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.
Joe Gaines BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Gaines BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Gaines'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.
Joe Gaines BABIP season-by-season breakdown table