How Lee Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Lee Smith posted a career BABIP of .095, well below the league average of .290 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1983, posting .250, below the league average of .288 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .000, well below the league average of .283 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .250 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Lee Smith Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Lee Smith
| Lee Smith
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.095 |
| Season Avg. | 0.095 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.095 |
| More Info | See More |
Lee Smith BABIP Per Season
Lee 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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lee Smith BABIP by Team
Lee Smith's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lee Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lee 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.
Lee Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lee 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.
Lee Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lee 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.
