How Chester Williams's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Chester Williams posted a career BABIP of .278, near the league average of .267 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1939, posting .326. The lowest point came in 1942 at .228. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .326 in 1939 to .244 in 1941 and .228 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

Chester Williams Lifetime BABIP

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Chester Williams BABIP Per Season

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

Chester Williams BABIP by Team

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

Chester Williams BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Chester Williams BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chester Williams BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams BABIP season-by-season breakdown table