How Art Mahaffey's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Art Mahaffey posted a career BABIP of .193, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1963, posting .263, near the league average of .278 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .000, well below the league average of .286 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .217 in 1964 to .200 in 1965 and .000 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .263 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Art Mahaffey Lifetime BABIP

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Art Mahaffey BABIP Per Season

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

Art Mahaffey BABIP by Team

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

Art Mahaffey BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Art Mahaffey'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.
Art Mahaffey BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Art Mahaffey BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Art Mahaffey'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.
Art Mahaffey BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Art Mahaffey BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Art Mahaffey'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.
Art Mahaffey BABIP season-by-season breakdown table