How Rich Reese's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Rich Reese posted a career BABIP of .268, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1965, posting .400, well above the league average of .270 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .000, well below the league average of .274 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .215 in 1971 to .229 in 1972 and .152 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .400 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rich Reese Lifetime BABIP

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Rich Reese BABIP Per Season

Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese BABIP per season line chart

Rich Reese BABIP by Team

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

Rich Reese BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Reese BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Reese BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese BABIP season-by-season breakdown table