How Merl Combs's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Merl Combs posted a career OPS of .555, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1949, posting .674, near the league average of .737 that year. The lowest point came in 1952 at .450, well below the league average of .698 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .639 in 1950 to .483 in 1951 and .450 in 1952. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.

Merl Combs Lifetime OPS

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Merl Combs OPS Per Season

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

Merl Combs OPS by Team

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

Merl Combs OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Merl Combs'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.
Merl Combs OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Merl Combs OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Merl Combs'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.
Merl Combs OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Merl Combs OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Merl Combs'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.
Merl Combs OPS season-by-season breakdown table