How Joe Kelley's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Kelley posted a career BABIP of .331, above the league average of .290 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 1894, posting .415, well above the league average of .335 that year. The lowest point came in 1906 at .240, below the league average of .274 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .296 in 1905 to .240 in 1906 and .284 in 1908. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 17 seasons.

Joe Kelley Lifetime BABIP

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Joe Kelley
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Season Avg.0.331
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Joe Kelley BABIP Per Season

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

Joe Kelley BABIP by Team

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

Joe Kelley BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Kelley'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.
Joe Kelley BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Kelley BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Kelley'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.
Joe Kelley BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Kelley BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Kelley'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.
Joe Kelley BABIP season-by-season breakdown table