How Johnny Johnson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Johnny Johnson posted a career BABIP of .143, well below the league average of .267 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1945, posting .231. The lowest point came in 1938 at .000. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .136 in 1944 to .231 in 1945 and .150 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .231 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Johnny Johnson Lifetime BABIP

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Johnny Johnson BABIP Per Season

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

Johnny Johnson BABIP by Team

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

Johnny Johnson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny 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.
Johnny Johnson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Johnny Johnson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Johnny 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.
Johnny Johnson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Johnny Johnson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Johnny 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.
Johnny Johnson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table