How Duke Esper's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Duke Esper posted a career OPS of .592, below the league average of .719 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best OPS season came in 1898, posting .763, above the league average of .687 that year. The lowest point came in 1895 at .429, well below the league average of .795 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .482 in 1896 to .666 in 1897 and .763 in 1898. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 9 seasons.

Duke Esper Lifetime OPS

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Duke Esper
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Career0.592
Season Avg.0.592
162 Game Avg.0.592
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Duke Esper OPS Per Season

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

Duke Esper OPS by Team

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

Duke Esper OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Duke Esper'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.
Duke Esper OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Duke Esper OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Duke Esper'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.
Duke Esper OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Duke Esper OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Duke Esper'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.
Duke Esper OPS season-by-season breakdown table