How George Kelly's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

George Kelly posted a career BABIP of .316, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1922, posting .347, above the league average of .308 that year. The lowest point came in 1917 at .111, well below the league average of .276 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .321 in 1929 to .326 in 1930 and .263 in 1932. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 16 seasons.

George Kelly Lifetime BABIP

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George Kelly BABIP Per Season

George Kelly's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
George Kelly BABIP per season line chart

George Kelly BABIP by Team

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

George Kelly BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how George Kelly'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.
George Kelly BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

George Kelly BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes George Kelly'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.
George Kelly BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

George Kelly BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of George Kelly'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.
George Kelly BABIP season-by-season breakdown table