How Davey Williams's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Davey Williams posted a career BABIP of .259, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1953, posting .308, near the league average of .282 that year. The lowest point came in 1954 at .221, well below the league average of .279 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .308 in 1953 to .221 in 1954 and .256 in 1955. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.

Davey Williams Lifetime BABIP

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Davey Williams BABIP Per Season

Davey Williams's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Davey Williams BABIP per season line chart

Davey Williams BABIP by Team

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

Davey Williams BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Davey 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.
Davey Williams BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Davey Williams BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Davey 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.
Davey Williams BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Davey Williams BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Davey 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.
Davey Williams BABIP season-by-season breakdown table