How Sam Chapman's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Sam Chapman posted a career OPS of .780, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1941, posting .921, well above the league average of .731 that year. The lowest point came in 1945 at .517, well below the league average of .677 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .822 in 1949 to .772 in 1950 and .615 in 1951. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.

Sam Chapman Lifetime OPS

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Sam Chapman OPS Per Season

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

Sam Chapman OPS by Team

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

Sam Chapman OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Chapman'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.
Sam Chapman OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Chapman OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Chapman'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.
Sam Chapman OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Chapman OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Chapman'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.
Sam Chapman OPS season-by-season breakdown table