How Sam Barkley's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Sam Barkley posted a career OPS of .672, near the league average of .622 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1884, posting .786, above the league average of .676 that year. The lowest point came in 1888 at .571, near the league average of .631 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .579 in 1887 to .571 in 1888 and .681 in 1889. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.

Sam Barkley Lifetime OPS

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Sam Barkley OPS Per Season

Sam Barkley's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Barkley OPS per season line chart

Sam Barkley OPS by Team

Sam Barkley's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Barkley career OPS by team bar chart

Sam Barkley OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Barkley's career OPS 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.
Sam Barkley OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Barkley OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Barkley's seasonal OPS 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.
Sam Barkley OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Barkley OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Barkley's MLB career with OPS 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.
Sam Barkley OPS season-by-season breakdown table