How Ray Bates's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Ray Bates posted a career OPS of .595, below the league average of .725 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 2 seasons, the OPS arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the OPS arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The OPS profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Ray Bates Lifetime OPS

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Ray Bates
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Career0.595
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Ray Bates OPS Per Season

Ray Bates's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Bates OPS per season line chart

Ray Bates OPS by Team

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

Ray Bates OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ray Bates'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.
Ray Bates OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Ray Bates OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ray Bates'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.
Ray Bates OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ray Bates OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ray Bates'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.
Ray Bates OPS season-by-season breakdown table