How Gary Matthews Jr.'s BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Gary Matthews Jr. posted a career BABIP of .299, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2006, posting .343, above the league average of .303 that year. The lowest point came in 2000 at .206, well below the league average of .304 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .292 in 2008 to .313 in 2009 and .324 in 2010. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

Gary Matthews Jr. Lifetime BABIP

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Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP Per Season

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

Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP by Team

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

Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. BABIP season-by-season breakdown table