How Ray Nelson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ray Nelson posted a career BABIP of .260, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 1 season, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 1 season.

Ray Nelson Lifetime BABIP

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Ray Nelson BABIP Per Season

Ray 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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Nelson BABIP per season line chart

Ray Nelson BABIP by Team

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

Ray Nelson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

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

Ray Nelson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Ray Nelson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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