How Wib Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Wib Smith posted a career BABIP of .229, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Wib Smith Lifetime BABIP

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Wib Smith BABIP Per Season

Wib 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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Wib Smith BABIP per season line chart

Wib Smith BABIP by Team

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

Wib Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

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

Wib Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Wib Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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