How Scott Kazmir's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Scott Kazmir posted a career BABIP of .222, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 2007, posting .500, well above the league average of .304 that year. The lowest point came in 2005 at .000, well below the league average of .296 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .500 in 2015 to .263 in 2016 and .000 in 2021. 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.

Scott Kazmir Lifetime BABIP

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Scott Kazmir BABIP Per Season

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

Scott Kazmir BABIP by Team

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

Scott Kazmir BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scott Kazmir'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.
Scott Kazmir BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Scott Kazmir BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scott Kazmir'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.
Scott Kazmir BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scott Kazmir BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scott Kazmir'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.
Scott Kazmir BABIP season-by-season breakdown table