How Mel Roach's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Mel Roach posted a career BABIP of .265, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1957, posting .333, above the league average of .278 that year. The lowest point came in 1953 at .000, well below the league average of .282 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .325 in 1960 to .161 in 1961 and .230 in 1962. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .333 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Mel Roach Lifetime BABIP

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Mel Roach BABIP Per Season

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

Mel Roach BABIP by Team

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

Mel Roach BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mel Roach'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.
Mel Roach BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Mel Roach BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mel Roach'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.
Mel Roach BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mel Roach BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mel Roach'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.
Mel Roach BABIP season-by-season breakdown table