How Rico Petrocelli's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Rico Petrocelli posted a career BABIP of .265, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1963, posting .333, well above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 1976 at .235, below the league average of .278 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .287 in 1974 to .267 in 1975 and .235 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 13 seasons.

Rico Petrocelli Lifetime BABIP

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Rico Petrocelli BABIP Per Season

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

Rico Petrocelli BABIP by Team

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

Rico Petrocelli BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rico Petrocelli'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.
Rico Petrocelli BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rico Petrocelli BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rico Petrocelli'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.
Rico Petrocelli BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rico Petrocelli BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rico Petrocelli'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.
Rico Petrocelli BABIP season-by-season breakdown table