How Bob Friend's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Bob Friend posted a career OPS of .294, well below the league average of .719 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1954, posting .732, near the league average of .753 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .050, well below the league average of .710 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .179 in 1964 to .098 in 1965 and .050 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .050 to .732 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bob Friend Lifetime OPS

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Bob Friend OPS Per Season

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

Bob Friend OPS by Team

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

Bob Friend OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Friend'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.
Bob Friend OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Friend OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Friend'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.
Bob Friend OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Friend OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Friend'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.
Bob Friend OPS season-by-season breakdown table