How Joe Carter's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Joe Carter posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .306, near the league average of .330 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1986, posting .335, near the league average of .329 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .177, well below the league average of .327 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .307 in 1996 to .284 in 1997 and .304 in 1998. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 15 seasons.

Joe Carter Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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On Base Percentage (OBP)
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Season Avg.0.306
162 Game Avg.0.306
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Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Joe Carter's On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

Joe Carter's career On Base Percentage (OBP) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Carter career On Base Percentage (OBP) by team bar chart

Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Carter's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Carter's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Carter's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 Carter On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table