How Jim Thorpe's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Thorpe posted a career BABIP of .297, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1919, posting .398, well above the league average of .279 that year. The lowest point came in 1913 at .160, well below the league average of .288 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .266 in 1917 to .287 in 1918 and .398 in 1919. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .160 to .398 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Jim Thorpe Lifetime BABIP

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Jim Thorpe BABIP Per Season

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

Jim Thorpe BABIP by Team

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

Jim Thorpe BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Thorpe'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.
Jim Thorpe BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Thorpe BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Thorpe'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.
Jim Thorpe BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Thorpe BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Thorpe'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.
Jim Thorpe BABIP season-by-season breakdown table