How Ozzie Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ozzie Smith posted a career BABIP of .275, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1987, posting .320, near the league average of .292 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at .212, well below the league average of .299 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .293 in 1993 to .212 in 1995 and .287 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 18 seasons.

Ozzie Smith Lifetime BABIP

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Ozzie Smith BABIP Per Season

Ozzie 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.
Ozzie Smith BABIP per season line chart

Ozzie Smith BABIP by Team

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

Ozzie Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ozzie 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.
Ozzie Smith BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ozzie Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ozzie 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.
Ozzie Smith BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ozzie Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ozzie 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.
Ozzie Smith BABIP season-by-season breakdown table