How Mike Vail's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Mike Vail posted a career BABIP of .326, above the league average of .290 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 1980, posting .380, well above the league average of .287 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .111, well below the league average of .286 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .286 in 1982 to .283 in 1983 and .111 in 1984. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .111 to .380 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Mike Vail Lifetime BABIP

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Mike Vail BABIP Per Season

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

Mike Vail BABIP by Team

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

Mike Vail BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Vail'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 Vail BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Vail BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Vail'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 Vail BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Vail BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Vail'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 Vail BABIP season-by-season breakdown table