How Jim Bouton's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Jim Bouton posted a career Range Factor of .951, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1964, posting 1.53, well below the league average of 3.14 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .411, well below the league average of 3.23 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .411 in 1969 to .517 in 1970 and 1.2 in 1978. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .411 to 1.53 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Bouton Lifetime Range Factor

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Jim Bouton Range Factor Per Season

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

Jim Bouton Range Factor by Team

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

Jim Bouton Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Bouton Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Bouton Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table