How Ernie Johnson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Johnson posted a career BABIP of .205, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1950, posting .500, well above the league average of .275 that year. The lowest point came in 1958 at .000, well below the league average of .281 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .385 in 1957 to .000 in 1958 and .333 in 1959. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ernie Johnson Lifetime BABIP

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Ernie Johnson BABIP Per Season

Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson BABIP per season line chart

Ernie Johnson BABIP by Team

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

Ernie Johnson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Johnson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Johnson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table