How Gene Locklear's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Gene Locklear posted a career BABIP of .306, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1977, posting .600, well above the league average of .289 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .258, near the league average of .283 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .341 in 1975 to .282 in 1976 and .600 in 1977. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .258 to .600 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Gene Locklear Lifetime BABIP

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Gene Locklear BABIP Per Season

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

Gene Locklear BABIP by Team

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

Gene Locklear BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gene Locklear'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.
Gene Locklear BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Gene Locklear BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gene Locklear'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.
Gene Locklear BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gene Locklear BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gene Locklear'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.
Gene Locklear BABIP season-by-season breakdown table