How Mel Stottlemyre's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Mel Stottlemyre posted a career BABIP of .237, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1964, posting .360, well above the league average of .274 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .182, well below the league average of .267 that year. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 11 seasons.

Mel Stottlemyre Lifetime BABIP

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Mel Stottlemyre BABIP Per Season

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

Mel Stottlemyre BABIP by Team

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

Mel Stottlemyre BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Mel Stottlemyre BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mel Stottlemyre BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre BABIP season-by-season breakdown table