How Billy Ripken's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Billy Ripken posted a career BABIP of .273, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1995, posting .417, well above the league average of .300 that year. The lowest point came in 1993 at .219, well below the league average of .296 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .250 in 1996 to .306 in 1997 and .308 in 1998. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.
Billy Ripken Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Billy Ripken
| Billy Ripken
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.273 |
| Season Avg. | 0.273 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.273 |
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Billy Ripken BABIP Per Season
Billy Ripken's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Billy Ripken BABIP by Team
Billy Ripken's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Billy Ripken BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Ripken'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.
Billy Ripken BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Billy Ripken'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.
Billy Ripken BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Billy Ripken'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.
