How Jose Cruz's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Jose Cruz posted a career OPS of .774, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1970, posting .912, well above the league average of .707 that year. The lowest point came in 1988 at .535, well below the league average of .714 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .754 in 1986 to .707 in 1987 and .535 in 1988. 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 19 seasons.
Jose Cruz Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Jose Cruz
| Jose Cruz
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.774 |
| Season Avg. | 0.774 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.774 |
| More Info | See More |
Jose Cruz OPS Per Season
Jose Cruz'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jose Cruz OPS by Team
Jose Cruz's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jose Cruz OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Cruz'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.
Jose Cruz OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jose Cruz'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.
Jose Cruz OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jose Cruz'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.
