How Joe DiMaggio's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Joe DiMaggio posted a career OPS of .977, well above the league average of .725 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best OPS season came in 1939, posting 1.12, well above the league average of .755 that year. The lowest point came in 1951 at .787, near the league average of .724 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.06 in 1949 to .979 in 1950 and .787 in 1951. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent OPS producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 13 seasons.

Joe DiMaggio Lifetime OPS

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Season Avg.0.977
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Joe DiMaggio OPS Per Season

Joe DiMaggio'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.
Joe DiMaggio OPS per season line chart

Joe DiMaggio OPS by Team

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

Joe DiMaggio OPS Year-Over-Year Change

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

Joe DiMaggio OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Joe DiMaggio OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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