How Buddy Bell's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Buddy Bell posted a career OPS of .747, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1980, posting .877, well above the league average of .724 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at .479, well below the league average of .706 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .794 in 1987 to .639 in 1988 and .479 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 18 seasons.

Buddy Bell Lifetime OPS

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Buddy Bell OPS Per Season

Buddy Bell'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.
Buddy Bell OPS per season line chart

Buddy Bell OPS by Team

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

Buddy Bell OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Buddy Bell'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.
Buddy Bell OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Buddy Bell OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Buddy Bell'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.
Buddy Bell OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Buddy Bell OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Buddy Bell'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.
Buddy Bell OPS season-by-season breakdown table