How Tom Hume's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Tom Hume posted a career BABIP of .188, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1979, posting .276, near the league average of .285 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .000, well below the league average of .283 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1985 to .000 in 1986 and .273 in 1987. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .276 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tom Hume Lifetime BABIP

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Tom Hume BABIP Per Season

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

Tom Hume BABIP by Team

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

Tom Hume BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tom Hume'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.
Tom Hume BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Tom Hume BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Hume'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.
Tom Hume BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Hume BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Hume'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.
Tom Hume BABIP season-by-season breakdown table