How Rick Sofield's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Rick Sofield posted a career BABIP of .298, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 3 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .222 to .424 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rick Sofield Lifetime BABIP

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Rick Sofield BABIP Per Season

Rick Sofield's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Sofield BABIP per season line chart

Rick Sofield BABIP by Team

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

Rick Sofield BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Sofield'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.
Rick Sofield BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Sofield BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Sofield'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.
Rick Sofield BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Sofield BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Sofield'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.
Rick Sofield BABIP season-by-season breakdown table