How Rick Ankiel's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Rick Ankiel posted a career Range Factor of 2.0, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2008, posting 2.26, below the league average of 2.81 that year. The lowest point came in 1999 at .222, well below the league average of 2.89 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.25 in 2011 to 1.89 in 2012 and 2.03 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .222 to 2.26 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rick Ankiel Lifetime Range Factor

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Rick Ankiel
Range Factor
Career1.995
Season Avg.1.995
162 Game Avg.1.995
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Rick Ankiel Range Factor Per Season

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

Rick Ankiel Range Factor by Team

Rick Ankiel's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Ankiel career Range Factor by team bar chart

Rick Ankiel Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Ankiel's career Range Factor 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.
Rick Ankiel Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Ankiel Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel's seasonal Range Factor 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.
Rick Ankiel Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Ankiel Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Ankiel's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
Rick Ankiel Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table