How Earl Torgeson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Earl Torgeson posted a career BABIP of .279, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1957, posting .322, above the league average of .278 that year. The lowest point came in 1961 at .115, well below the league average of .283 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .240 in 1959 to .277 in 1960 and .115 in 1961. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 15 seasons.

Earl Torgeson Lifetime BABIP

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Earl Torgeson BABIP Per Season

Earl Torgeson's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Earl Torgeson BABIP per season line chart

Earl Torgeson BABIP by Team

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

Earl Torgeson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Earl Torgeson'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.
Earl Torgeson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Earl Torgeson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Earl Torgeson'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.
Earl Torgeson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Earl Torgeson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Earl Torgeson'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.
Earl Torgeson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table