How Del Howard's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Del Howard posted a career BABIP of .285, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1905, posting .321, above the league average of .280 that year. The lowest point came in 1909 at .211, well below the league average of .272 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .276 in 1907 to .297 in 1908 and .211 in 1909. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 5 seasons.

Del Howard Lifetime BABIP

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Del Howard BABIP Per Season

Del Howard's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Del Howard BABIP per season line chart

Del Howard BABIP by Team

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

Del Howard BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Del Howard'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.
Del Howard BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Del Howard BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Del Howard'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.
Del Howard BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Del Howard BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Del Howard'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.
Del Howard BABIP season-by-season breakdown table