How Tim Wakefield's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Tim Wakefield posted a career BABIP of .191, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 2001, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .296 that year. The lowest point came in 1997 at .000, well below the league average of .303 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.0 in 2009 to .000 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tim Wakefield Lifetime BABIP

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Tim Wakefield BABIP Per Season

Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield BABIP per season line chart

Tim Wakefield BABIP by Team

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

Tim Wakefield BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Wakefield BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Wakefield BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield BABIP season-by-season breakdown table