How Joe Bowman's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Joe Bowman posted a career OPS of .568, well below the league average of .719 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1932, posting 2.0, well above the league average of .728 that year. The lowest point came in 1945 at .258, well below the league average of .714 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .572 in 1941 to .528 in 1944 and .258 in 1945. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .258 to 2.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Bowman Lifetime OPS

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Joe Bowman OPS Per Season

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

Joe Bowman OPS by Team

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

Joe Bowman OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Bowman OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Bowman OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman OPS season-by-season breakdown table