How Joe Nolan's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Nolan posted a career BABIP of .281, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1981, posting .329, above the league average of .283 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at .000, well below the league average of .278 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .311 in 1983 to .327 in 1984 and .147 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .329 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Joe Nolan Lifetime BABIP

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Joe Nolan BABIP Per Season

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

Joe Nolan BABIP by Team

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

Joe Nolan BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Nolan'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.
Joe Nolan BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Nolan BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Nolan'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.
Joe Nolan BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Nolan BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Nolan'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.
Joe Nolan BABIP season-by-season breakdown table