According to the internet, as of 2007 Ty Cobb had the highest BABIP all-time. Which is no surprise.
Players who do well in BABIP either tend to be very fast or hit lots of line drives. Joey Votto, despite not being very fast, has an excellent BABIP mark because of all the line drives.
Joey Gallo is pretty much designed to have a poor BABIP. He's not very fast, and he swings with a massive uppercut. That leads to lots of pop flies, which are almost always outs (when they don't go over the fence). More than improving his BABIP, what he really needs to do is just strike out less. If he could get the K's under control he'd hit more homeruns, which would make up for not hitting many singles or doubles.
His batting line is actually kind of hilarious. He's got a slugging percentage over 500 (which is very good) with a batting average below 200. Dave Kingman never managed that (to pick another player with a similar batting style). Rob Deer never managed it either; the only season in which he slugged over 500 he had a 247 batting average.
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