How Whitey Ford's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Whitey Ford posted a career OPS of .457, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1959, posting .689, near the league average of .710 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .053, well below the league average of .669 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .425 in 1965 to .053 in 1966 and .308 in 1967. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .053 to .689 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Whitey Ford Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Whitey Ford
| Whitey Ford
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.457 |
| Season Avg. | 0.457 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.457 |
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Whitey Ford OPS Per Season
Whitey Ford's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Whitey Ford OPS by Team
Whitey Ford's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Whitey Ford OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Whitey Ford'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.
Whitey Ford OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Whitey Ford'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.
Whitey Ford OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Whitey Ford'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.
