How Dave Shean's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Dave Shean posted a career BABIP of .248, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1912, posting .375, well above the league average of .300 that year. The lowest point came in 1919 at .151, well below the league average of .279 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .227 in 1917 to .280 in 1918 and .151 in 1919. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .151 to .375 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Dave Shean Lifetime BABIP

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Dave Shean BABIP Per Season

Dave Shean's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Shean BABIP per season line chart

Dave Shean BABIP by Team

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

Dave Shean BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Shean'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.
Dave Shean BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Shean BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Shean'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.
Dave Shean BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Shean BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Shean'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.
Dave Shean BABIP season-by-season breakdown table