How Lefty Grove's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Lefty Grove posted a career BABIP of .246, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1931, posting .343, above the league average of .297 that year. The lowest point came in 1933 at .131, well below the league average of .289 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .200 in 1939 to .304 in 1940 and .185 in 1941. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .131 to .343 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Lefty Grove Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Lefty Grove
| Lefty Grove
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.246 |
| Season Avg. | 0.246 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.246 |
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Lefty Grove BABIP Per Season
Lefty Grove'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.
Lefty Grove BABIP by Team
Lefty Grove's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lefty Grove BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lefty Grove'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.
Lefty Grove BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lefty Grove'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.
Lefty Grove BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lefty Grove'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.
