How Dave Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Dave Smith posted a career BABIP of .130, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1987, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .288 that year. The lowest point came in 1980 at .000, well below the league average of .288 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1990 to .000 in 1991. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Dave Smith Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Dave Smith
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| 162 Game Avg. | 0.13 |
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Dave Smith BABIP Per Season
Dave Smith's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Smith BABIP by Team
Dave Smith's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Smith'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 Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Smith'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 Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Smith'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.
