How Sam West's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Sam West posted a career BABIP of .319, above the league average of .289 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best BABIP season came in 1931, posting .354, above the league average of .297 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .263, near the league average of .274 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .282 in 1940 to .286 in 1941 and .263 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent BABIP producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.
Sam West Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Sam West
| Sam West
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.319 |
| Season Avg. | 0.319 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.319 |
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Sam West BABIP Per Season
Sam West's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam West BABIP by Team
Sam West's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam West BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam West'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.
Sam West BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam West'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.
Sam West BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam West'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.
