How Matt Watson's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Matt Watson posted a career BABIP of .209, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The BABIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 3 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Matt Watson Lifetime BABIP

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Matt Watson BABIP Per Season

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

Matt Watson BABIP by Team

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

Matt Watson BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Watson'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.
Matt Watson BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Watson BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Watson'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.
Matt Watson BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Watson BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Watson'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.
Matt Watson BABIP season-by-season breakdown table