How Wayne Nordhagen's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Wayne Nordhagen posted a career BABIP of .292, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1981, posting .322, above the league average of .276 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .133, well below the league average of .284 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .322 in 1981 to .305 in 1982 and .133 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Wayne Nordhagen Lifetime BABIP

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Wayne Nordhagen BABIP Per Season

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

Wayne Nordhagen BABIP by Team

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

Wayne Nordhagen BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Wayne Nordhagen'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.
Wayne Nordhagen BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Wayne Nordhagen BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Wayne Nordhagen'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.
Wayne Nordhagen BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Wayne Nordhagen BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Wayne Nordhagen'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.
Wayne Nordhagen BABIP season-by-season breakdown table