How Bob Steele's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Bob Steele posted a career BABIP of .272, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 4 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 4 seasons.

Bob Steele Lifetime BABIP

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Bob Steele BABIP Per Season

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

Bob Steele BABIP by Team

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

Bob Steele BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Steele'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.
Bob Steele BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Steele BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Steele'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.
Bob Steele BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Steele BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Steele'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.
Bob Steele BABIP season-by-season breakdown table