How Willie Simms's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Willie Simms posted a career BABIP of .233, below the league average of .264 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1939, posting .298. The lowest point came in 1943 at .165. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .208 in 1941 to .223 in 1942 and .165 in 1943. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 7 seasons.

Willie Simms Lifetime BABIP

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Willie Simms BABIP Per Season

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

Willie Simms BABIP by Team

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

Willie Simms BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Simms BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Simms BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms BABIP season-by-season breakdown table