How Joe Sugden's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Sugden posted a career BABIP of .271, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1894, posting .326, near the league average of .354 that year. The lowest point came in 1905 at .185, well below the league average of .276 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .297 in 1904 to .185 in 1905 and .250 in 1912. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.

Joe Sugden Lifetime BABIP

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Joe Sugden BABIP Per Season

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

Joe Sugden BABIP by Team

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

Joe Sugden BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Sugden'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 Sugden BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Sugden BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Sugden'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 Sugden BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Sugden BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Sugden'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.
Joe Sugden BABIP season-by-season breakdown table