How Walt Masterson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Walt Masterson posted a career BABIP of .257, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1939, posting .333, above the league average of .294 that year. The lowest point came in 1949 at .177, well below the league average of .280 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .194 in 1952 to .233 in 1953 and .333 in 1956. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 14 seasons.

Walt Masterson Lifetime BABIP

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Walt Masterson BABIP Per Season

Walt Masterson'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.
Walt Masterson BABIP per season line chart

Walt Masterson BABIP by Team

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

Walt Masterson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Walt Masterson'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.
Walt Masterson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Walt Masterson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Walt Masterson'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.
Walt Masterson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Walt Masterson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Walt Masterson'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.
Walt Masterson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table