How Al Simmons's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Al Simmons posted a career BABIP of .340, above the league average of .289 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 1944, posting .500, well above the league average of .282 that year. The lowest point came in 1941 at .136, well below the league average of .283 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .136 in 1941 to .234 in 1943 and .500 in 1944. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.

Al Simmons Lifetime BABIP

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Al Simmons BABIP Per Season

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

Al Simmons BABIP by Team

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

Al Simmons BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Al Simmons'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.
Al Simmons BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Al Simmons BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Al Simmons'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.
Al Simmons BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Al Simmons BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Al Simmons'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.
Al Simmons BABIP season-by-season breakdown table