How Jerry May's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jerry May posted a career BABIP of .278, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1965, posting .500, well above the league average of .280 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .188, well below the league average of .283 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .294 in 1971 to .206 in 1972 and .188 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .188 to .500 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Jerry May Lifetime BABIP

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Jerry May BABIP Per Season

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

Jerry May BABIP by Team

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

Jerry May BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jerry 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.
Jerry May BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jerry May BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jerry 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.
Jerry May BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jerry May BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jerry 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.
Jerry May BABIP season-by-season breakdown table