How James Brown's OPS Compares to Similar Players

James Brown posted a career OPS of .644, near the league average of .712 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1943, posting .877. The lowest point came in 1939 at .421. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .501 in 1942 to .877 in 1943 and .714 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .421 to .877 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

James Brown Lifetime OPS

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James Brown OPS Per Season

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

James Brown OPS by Team

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

James Brown OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how James Brown'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.
James Brown OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

James Brown OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes James Brown'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.
James Brown OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

James Brown OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of James Brown'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.
James Brown OPS season-by-season breakdown table