How Satchel Paige's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Satchel Paige posted a career BABIP of .214, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1945, posting .360. The lowest point came in 1935 at .000. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .172 in 1952 to .100 in 1953. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .360 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Satchel Paige Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Satchel Paige
| Satchel Paige
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.214 |
| Season Avg. | 0.214 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.214 |
| More Info | See More |
Satchel Paige BABIP Per Season
Satchel Paige's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Satchel Paige BABIP by Team
Satchel Paige's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Satchel Paige BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Satchel Paige'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.
Satchel Paige BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Satchel Paige'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.
Satchel Paige BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Satchel Paige'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.
