How Fred Talbot's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Fred Talbot posted a career BABIP of .259, below the league average of .289 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1964, posting .385, well above the league average of .274 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at .000, well below the league average of .271 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .111 in 1968 to .208 in 1969. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .385 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Fred Talbot Lifetime BABIP

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Fred Talbot BABIP Per Season

Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot BABIP per season line chart

Fred Talbot BABIP by Team

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

Fred Talbot BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Fred Talbot BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Fred Talbot BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot BABIP season-by-season breakdown table