How Melky Mesa's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Melky Mesa posted a career BABIP of .462, well above the league average of .289 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Melky Mesa Lifetime BABIP

Stats similar to BABIP for Melky Mesa
Melky Mesa
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Career0.462
Season Avg.0.462
162 Game Avg.0.462
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Melky Mesa BABIP Per Season

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

Melky Mesa BABIP by Team

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

Melky Mesa BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Melky Mesa'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.
Melky Mesa BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Melky Mesa BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Melky Mesa'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.
Melky Mesa BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Melky Mesa BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Melky Mesa'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.
Melky Mesa BABIP season-by-season breakdown table