How Dave May's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Dave May posted a career BABIP of .267, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1973, posting .312, above the league average of .280 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at .191, well below the league average of .281 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .236 in 1976 to .256 in 1977 and .191 in 1978. 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 12 seasons.
Dave May Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Dave May
| Dave May
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.267 |
| Season Avg. | 0.267 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.267 |
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Dave May BABIP Per Season
Dave May'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.
Dave May BABIP by Team
Dave May's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave May BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave May'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.
Dave May BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave May'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.
Dave May BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave May'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.
