How Kent Hrbek's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Kent Hrbek posted a career BABIP of .282, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1984, posting .326, above the league average of .286 that year. The lowest point came in 1993 at .223, well below the league average of .296 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .280 in 1991 to .249 in 1992 and .223 in 1993. 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 13 seasons.

Kent Hrbek Lifetime BABIP

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Kent Hrbek BABIP Per Season

Kent Hrbek'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.
Kent Hrbek BABIP per season line chart

Kent Hrbek BABIP by Team

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

Kent Hrbek BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kent Hrbek'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.
Kent Hrbek BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Kent Hrbek BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kent Hrbek'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.
Kent Hrbek BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kent Hrbek BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kent Hrbek'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.
Kent Hrbek BABIP season-by-season breakdown table