How Ed Young's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed Young posted a career BABIP of .269, near the league average of .264 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1942, posting .350. The lowest point came in 1936 at .167. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .282 in 1943 to .188 in 1946 and .250 in 1947. 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 9 seasons.

Ed Young Lifetime BABIP

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Ed Young BABIP Per Season

Ed Young's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Young BABIP per season line chart

Ed Young BABIP by Team

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

Ed Young BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Young'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.
Ed Young BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Young BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Young'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.
Ed Young BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Young BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Young'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.
Ed Young BABIP season-by-season breakdown table