Batting average on balls in play

Rod Carew had a .408 BABIP in 1977, one of the best single-season BABIPs since 1945.[1]

In baseball statistics, batting average on balls in play (abbreviated BABIP) is a measurement of how often batted balls result in hits, excluding home runs.[2] It can be expressed as, "when you hit the ball and it’s not a home run, what’s your batting average?"[1] The statistic is typically used to evaluate individual batters and individual pitchers.

  1. ^ a b Reinhart, Brian (June 4, 2013). "The Ten Highest BABIPs since 1945". FanGraphs. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fgBABIP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).