How Mike Sweeney's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Mike Sweeney posted a career BABIP of .300, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2002, posting .333, above the league average of .294 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .244, below the league average of .297 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .286 in 2008 to .291 in 2009 and .244 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.

Mike Sweeney Lifetime BABIP

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Mike Sweeney BABIP Per Season

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

Mike Sweeney BABIP by Team

Mike Sweeney's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Mike Sweeney BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Sweeney'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.
Mike Sweeney BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Sweeney BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Sweeney'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.
Mike Sweeney BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Sweeney BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Sweeney'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.
Mike Sweeney BABIP season-by-season breakdown table