How Leon Ruffin's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Leon Ruffin posted a career BABIP of .209, well below the league average of .267 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1946, posting .274. The lowest point came in 1936 at .107. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .213 in 1943 to .154 in 1944 and .274 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .107 to .274 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Leon Ruffin Lifetime BABIP

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Leon Ruffin BABIP Per Season

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

Leon Ruffin BABIP by Team

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

Leon Ruffin BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Leon Ruffin'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.
Leon Ruffin BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Leon Ruffin BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Leon Ruffin'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.
Leon Ruffin BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Leon Ruffin BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Leon Ruffin'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.
Leon Ruffin BABIP season-by-season breakdown table