How Lou Gehrig's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Lou Gehrig posted a career BABIP of .332, above the league average of .289 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 1924, posting .667, well above the league average of .309 that year. The lowest point came in 1939 at .148, well below the league average of .294 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .338 in 1937 to .299 in 1938 and .148 in 1939. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .148 to .667 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Lou Gehrig Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Lou Gehrig
| Lou Gehrig
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.332 |
| Season Avg. | 0.332 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.332 |
| More Info | See More |
Lou Gehrig BABIP Per Season
Lou Gehrig's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lou Gehrig BABIP by Team
Lou Gehrig's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lou Gehrig BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lou Gehrig'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.
Lou Gehrig BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lou Gehrig'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.
Lou Gehrig BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lou Gehrig'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.
