How Joe Pepitone's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Pepitone posted a career BABIP of .250, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1971, posting .308, above the league average of .272 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .218, below the league average of .270 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .308 in 1971 to .257 in 1972 and .272 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. The BABIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 12 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Joe Pepitone Lifetime BABIP

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Joe Pepitone BABIP Per Season

Joe Pepitone's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Pepitone BABIP per season line chart

Joe Pepitone BABIP by Team

Joe Pepitone's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Joe Pepitone BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Pepitone'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 Pepitone BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Pepitone BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Pepitone'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 Pepitone BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Pepitone BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Pepitone'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 Pepitone BABIP season-by-season breakdown table