How Jim Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Jim Smith posted a career BABIP of .278, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 1 season, the BABIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the BABIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 1 season.
Jim Smith Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Jim Smith
| Jim Smith
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.278 |
| Season Avg. | 0.278 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.278 |
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Jim Smith BABIP Per Season
Jim Smith's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Smith BABIP by Team
Jim Smith's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim 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.
Jim Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim 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.
Jim Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim 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.
