How Ford Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Ford Smith posted a career BABIP of .232, below the league average of .264 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 4 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .183 to .409 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Ford Smith Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Ford Smith
| Ford Smith
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.232 |
| Season Avg. | 0.232 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.232 |
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Ford Smith BABIP Per Season
Ford Smith'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ford Smith BABIP by Team
Ford Smith's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ford Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ford 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.
Ford Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ford 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.
Ford Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ford 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.
