How Ed McDonald's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed McDonald posted a career BABIP of .303, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 3 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 3 seasons.

Ed McDonald Lifetime BABIP

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Ed McDonald BABIP Per Season

Ed McDonald's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed McDonald BABIP per season line chart

Ed McDonald BABIP by Team

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

Ed McDonald BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed McDonald'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.
Ed McDonald BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed McDonald BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed McDonald'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.
Ed McDonald BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed McDonald BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed McDonald'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.
Ed McDonald BABIP season-by-season breakdown table