How Jason Vargas's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Jason Vargas posted a career BABIP of .282, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2012, posting .667, well above the league average of .295 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at .000, well below the league average of .304 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .333 in 2017 to .211 in 2018 and .167 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .667 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Jason Vargas Lifetime BABIP

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Jason Vargas BABIP Per Season

Jason Vargas'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.
Jason Vargas BABIP per season line chart

Jason Vargas BABIP by Team

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

Jason Vargas BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jason Vargas'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.
Jason Vargas BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jason Vargas BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jason Vargas'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.
Jason Vargas BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jason Vargas BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jason Vargas'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.
Jason Vargas BABIP season-by-season breakdown table