How Derek Jeter's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Derek Jeter posted a career BABIP of .350, well above the league average of .289 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best BABIP season came in 1999, posting .396, well above the league average of .301 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at .208, well below the league average of .298 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .347 in 2012 to .208 in 2013 and .294 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 20 seasons.

Derek Jeter Lifetime BABIP

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Derek Jeter BABIP Per Season

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

Derek Jeter BABIP by Team

Derek Jeter's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Derek Jeter BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Derek Jeter'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.
Derek Jeter BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Derek Jeter BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Derek Jeter'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.
Derek Jeter BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Derek Jeter BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Derek Jeter'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.
Derek Jeter BABIP season-by-season breakdown table