How Larry Bowa's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Larry Bowa posted a career OPS of .620, below the league average of .719 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best OPS season came in 1975, posting .711, near the league average of .704 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .501, well below the league average of .704 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .651 in 1983 to .542 in 1984 and .580 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. The OPS profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 16 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.
Larry Bowa Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Larry Bowa
| Larry Bowa
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.62 |
| Season Avg. | 0.62 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.62 |
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Larry Bowa OPS Per Season
Larry Bowa's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Larry Bowa OPS by Team
Larry Bowa's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Bowa OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Bowa'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.
Larry Bowa OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Larry Bowa'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.
Larry Bowa OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Larry Bowa'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.
