How Jim Shellenback's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Shellenback posted a career BABIP of .171, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1971, posting .250, near the league average of .272 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .091, well below the league average of .275 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .091 to .250 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Shellenback Lifetime BABIP

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Jim Shellenback BABIP Per Season

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

Jim Shellenback BABIP by Team

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

Jim Shellenback BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Shellenback'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.
Jim Shellenback BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Shellenback BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Shellenback'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.
Jim Shellenback BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Shellenback BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Shellenback'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.
Jim Shellenback BABIP season-by-season breakdown table