How Willie Smith's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Willie Smith posted a career BABIP of .272, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1967, posting .318, above the league average of .283 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at .143, well below the league average of .278 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .283 in 1969 to .237 in 1970 and .178 in 1971. 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 9 seasons.
Willie Smith Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Willie Smith
| Willie Smith
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.272 |
| Season Avg. | 0.272 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.272 |
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Willie Smith BABIP Per Season
Willie 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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Smith BABIP by Team
Willie Smith's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Smith BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Willie 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.
Willie Smith BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Willie 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.
Willie Smith BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Willie 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.
