How Jimmy Nelson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jimmy Nelson posted a career BABIP of .253, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 2015, posting .286, near the league average of .301 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at .214, well below the league average of .300 that year. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 7 seasons.

Jimmy Nelson Lifetime BABIP

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Jimmy Nelson BABIP Per Season

Jimmy 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.
Jimmy Nelson BABIP per season line chart

Jimmy Nelson BABIP by Team

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

Jimmy Nelson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jimmy 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.
Jimmy Nelson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jimmy Nelson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jimmy 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.
Jimmy Nelson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jimmy Nelson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jimmy 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.
Jimmy Nelson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table