How Ken Williams's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ken Williams posted a career BABIP of .266, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1991, posting .333, above the league average of .287 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at .158, well below the league average of .286 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .246 in 1989 to .217 in 1990 and .333 in 1991. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .158 to .333 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Ken Williams Lifetime BABIP

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Ken Williams BABIP Per Season

Ken Williams'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.
Ken Williams BABIP per season line chart

Ken Williams BABIP by Team

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

Ken Williams BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

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

Ken Williams BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Ken Williams BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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