How Joe Carter's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Joe Carter posted a career OPS of .771, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1986, posting .849, above the league average of .735 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .412, well below the league average of .726 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .782 in 1996 to .683 in 1997 and .765 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 OPS

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Joe Carter OPS Per Season

Joe Carter's OPS 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 OPS per season line chart

Joe Carter OPS by Team

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

Joe Carter OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Carter'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 Carter OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Carter OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Carter'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 Carter OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Carter OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Carter'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 Carter OPS season-by-season breakdown table