How Joe Start's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Joe Start posted a career BABIP of .304, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1871, posting .356. The lowest point came in 1886 at .248, below the league average of .289 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1884 to .283 in 1885 and .248 in 1886. 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 16 seasons.
Joe Start Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Joe Start
| Joe Start
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.304 |
| Season Avg. | 0.304 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.304 |
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Joe Start BABIP Per Season
Joe Start's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Start BABIP by Team
Joe Start's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Start BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Start'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.
Joe Start BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Start'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.
Joe Start BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Start'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.
