How Jim Nelson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Nelson posted a career BABIP of .350, well above the league average of .290 — 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. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .267 to .600 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Jim Nelson Lifetime BABIP

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Jim Nelson BABIP Per Season

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

Jim Nelson BABIP by Team

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

Jim Nelson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Nelson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Nelson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table